Slow down, you move too fast
Back in The Shire, the weather has been Corfu-like in its warmth and sunshine. West Bay - known to millions of television viewers as Broadchurch - is sparkling, with people chilling out, enjoying picnics and barbecues on the beach and the kiosks doing a roaring trade. There are plenty of boats in the harbour and skippers pottering around in slow motion. There's not much mackerel about - yet. But give it time, they'll be back. From the sea, the sandstone cliffs look more beautiful than ever. Just don't stand on the edge or underneath them. Inland, the young men who work for agricultural contractors are roaring through the narrow lanes of Lush Places at breakneck speed on tractors towing machinery the size of the Channel Islands. Time is money, so they try to do it as quickly as possible. I'm a farmer's daughter. I appreciate work needs to be done. I live in the countryside and farming life goes on, just as it should do. But these contra...