English Heritage trains new generation of scythers to maintain meadows and craft
What to know about English Heritage trains new generation of scythers to maintain meadows and craft
It sounds like something out of a Thomas Hardy novel: a merry band of men and women roaming the West Country cutting meadows by hand in exchange for hunks of bread and cheese.
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What happened
It sounds like something out of a Thomas Hardy novel: a merry band of men and women roaming the West Country cutting meadows by hand in exchange for hunks of bread and cheese.
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Common ground
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