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In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'Only time will tell if that was the right decision'

After an exceptionally mild autumn, winter is definitely here as we discovered first hand when we drove through horizontal sleet on the way up our hill to collect a snow-covered quad bike left there at a gathering a few days earlier.

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In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'Only time will tell if that was the right decision'

I might treat my husband to a birthday mart lunch. After an exceptionally mild autumn, winter is definitely here as we discovered first hand when we drove through horizontal sleet on the way up our hill...

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