Thirty (Million) Trees

More than forty volunteers assembled behind a public house in Scartho recently, intent on planting thirty trees. As they braved the seemingly ever-present North Sea breezes, spades in hand, they were not only doing something pretty amazing for the environment in their small corner of the world, they were maintaining this region’s long-standing eco-philosophy, the …

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Lincolnshire’s Amazing Blow Wells

At the time I was writing my feature article, ‘Open for Visitors,’ for publication in the September, 2004 edition of ‘Lincolnshire in Focus’ magazine, the Far Ings Nature Reserve at Barton - the article’s subject - was undergoing a significant planned expansion. The project was a commendable one, which I summarised in my feature as …

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