Farms
Beeches Farm, Faxfleet Yesterday's blogpost was about paths but this one concerns farms. I looked back on my Geograph submissions and discovered that I have contributed 3897 image that are primarily labelled "farm". For this post I have once again selected just seven of those pictures My wife is a farmer's daughter. She was born in a Lincolnshire farmhouse by The River Trent. But it wasn't as isolated as the farms shown here. Her family farm, Holme Farm, was in the heart of a small village and very much part of the community. In contrast, when out walking, I frequently pass lonesome farms that are located more than a mile or two from the nearest village. I wonder what it must be like to live in such places - not just for a country vacation but all the time, whatever the season. Unquestionably , there must be lots of advantages - including the peace and quiet but there will be several disadvantages too. Children born on such farms will be far from their ...