With March comes longer daylight hours and warmer weather, though Les would like it to hold off just a little bit so he can get his pruning work finished. In his March column Les talks about his work with Farm…

In his February column Les remembers the flooding in Somerset this time last year. He praises the Royal Bath and West of England Society for their work in raising the levels of awareness and raising money to help with flood…

The first part of Les’s column for the July Mendip Times is a very touching tribute to an old friend, Ron White of Paywell Farmhouse, who died not long ago. For Les, Ron epitomised ‘The Mendiper’ and his words about…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…