In the June edition of the Mendip Times, Les talks about how fast the days go by and how it can be a good thing to have a good chat and set the world to rights, “whether you are leaning…
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Butcombe Brewery Walk for Arthritis Research UK
Join Les Davies and Sue Gearing for this 9.5 mile walk in glorious mid-Somerset on April 19th at 1pm from The Fox & Hounds at Charlton Adam. Sue Gearing described the walk in the March edition of The Mendip Times…
Mendip Times – April 2014
In the April edition of the Mendip Times, Les speaks with great fondness of the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury. The museum, which is closing down temporarily for a major re-fit, has been such a big part of Les’s…
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Mendip Times – March 2014
In the March edition of the Mendip Times, Les discusses the issue that has filled our news channels over the past few weeks – the terrible flooding on the Somerset Levels. What can Les mean by the ‘Prince of Wales…
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Workshop – Introduction to Orchard Management
Les is running a workshop – Introduction to Orchard Management – on 8th March 2014 at the Chew Valley Community Farm. From the Community farm website: This day workshop will be a thorough introduction to all aspects of caring for…
Mendip Times – February 2014
In his latest column, Les is full of praise for his new AGT Alpine Tractor which has had its first outing in the orchards. The wet weather is not stopping Les from getting on with his pruning work. If you…
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Les rocks at the Wassail!
Les Davies was Master of Ceremonies at the Wassail at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury on 18th January 2014. The event was a great success, with Les ensuring that everything ran smoothly. His daughter Lizzie was appointed Queen…
Winter Wassail at the Community Farm
Wassails are the main calendar event for January, when the sleeping apple trees will be woken from their winter’s rest and encouraged to think about giving a good crop for the coming year. (Read more about this in Les’ January…
Mendip Times – January 2014
Are we in for a cold spell to match that in the winter of 1962/63? Find out what Les thinks and read his memories of that cold snowy winter in the January 2014 issue of the Mendip Times. To read…
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Mendip Times – November 2013
In the November 2013 issue of the Mendip Times, Les talks about another very successful Mendip Ploughing Match, talks about pre-decimal units of measurement and settles his backside into a new tractor seat! He also has another picture-riddle for you…
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