Farmers Protest, Toilet Woes and Final Roundup of 1995.
So, as I sit writing this on Monday, I look forward to tomorrow's farmers’ demonstration in Westminster on Tuesday almost with as much...
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Nov 159 min read
Medical Update, So Much Rugby, World Cup 95 and the Illogical Treatment of UK Farmers.
As I start this as usual on Monday morning, I am awaiting a consultation on Wednesday to discuss my blood markers from the tests carried...
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Nov 89 min read
Friendship, Opening the Agricultural Show at the Trade Fair and British Family Farms Under Siege.
It was my birthday this week and I have been inundated with birthday wishes from friends and family around the world. White Zimbabwean...
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Nov 18 min read
Positive Medical News, Memory and Farmers' Wives. What a Surprise. Good and Bad News in April 1995.
It is Monday afternoon once again as I commence this blog after spending the morning at the Coimbra University Hospital (CHUC), mostly...
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Oct 258 min read
Cancer Reviews, Importance of Wills, Some Positives from 1995 and Another Air Tragedy.
We are at that time again—tests and consultancy reviews for both of my cancers. I start this week with blood tests on my PSA status with...
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Oct 187 min read
Car Health, Free Advice and The Removal Of An Independent Judiciary.
As I start this on a Monday morning, it is just before we take our remaining running car for its annual MOT, which is known as IPO...
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Oct 119 min read
Daughters. Air Tragedies. Politics and Corruption are Long Time Partners.
Recently, as I have previously mentioned, I have been having telephone conversations with Willie Robinson, who often makes obscure but...
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Oct 48 min read
Festas (Fiestas), Strong Women and the Predicted Fall of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZIG)
One of the things I find unique in Portugal is the huge number of Festas that occur annually at this time of year weekly. Virtually every...
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Sep 279 min read
Days Go By. Farmer's Riskiest Burdens and Rural Adventures.
I have one month to go before I resume the cycle of health reviews, and to this end I plan to enjoy it as much as I can. With cancer, you...
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Sep 208 min read
Fire, Regrets, '94 Wheat Crisis. Loss at the High Court and the New Blackfordby Becoming Reality.
We all had a fear of fires when we farmed in Zimbabwe, with all farmers having, by law, to have fire breaks, which the local Intensive...
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Sep 139 min read
The Myth of Climate Change Mitigation. Quiet Men Who Impacted on My Life.
Global warming confuses me. This week, the UK Met Office informed us that Britain has had the coldest summer since 2015. Then, just this...
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Sep 67 min read
Free Speech. The North and South Farming Divide.
I did not think much about Elon Musk before we got Starlink, only admiring his entrepreneurial ability while still remaining sceptical...
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Aug 307 min read
A Timely Discussion. Inflation Starts to Impact on Agriculture in Zimbabwe.
When I took office as President of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), I received sound advice that would stand me in good stead for most...
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Aug 238 min read
SADC. The Cattle Show Ring.
SADC has just ended. Did the rest of the world notice, let alone take heed of its outcome? In the major countries, some lowly civil...
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Aug 169 min read
Olympic Closing Ceremony, Medical Update and Bull or Bullshit.
I have little to say about the Olympic closing ceremony except that I found it more enjoyable than the opening ceremony. Mainly because...
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