I know, it happens to all of us eventually. Or is it just me?
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No Footpath! No Shit?
As I walked along a narrow, single carriageway back lane, the sides of which were strewn (nay, overwhelmed) with greenery gone bananas in a wet English Summer, I chanced upon a hidden sign…
With such an abundance of native plants hiding it, I couldn’t imagine why it was there. And upon closer scrutiny, I discovered this…
Regarding the immediate area I could see no reason for its presence.
“No Footpath?” I said. “No shit – I’d never have guessed.”
Somebody paid money to have this erected: why?
A Lifeline for Nature
In England many farmers are paid to leave parts of their land fallow for several years, and turn it over to nature. Some go so far as to sow seeds of plants known to be of benefit to endangered species. The results have been very heart-warming to those who give a damn about the creatures that share this land with us. And areas that would otherwise be an uninteresting mono-culture, look like this…
And this…
If we keep this up, who knows, we may yet save the world from ourselves.
