James and Isobel are new entrants and formerly had a 45-hectare (111-acre) fiveyear 51AVÊÓƵBusiness Tenancy at Wiston. That has come to an end and they are looking for a new tenancy. James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm.
We should be grateful, however, that we are not homeless, but since Isobel and I got married five years ago, we have lived in five houses and by the time of our sixth wedding anniversary we will have lived in six, I do hope that this will be the last move for a long time.
Our three-year-old was delighted at the Anstey Tractor Run.
More than 145 tractors took part and raised thousands in aid of Somerset Air Ambulance which has been involved in several rescues on Exmoor this year alone.
Tractor run
It was wonderful to see so many members of the public and rural community come together to watch, enjoy and be splashed at the side of fords by festive tractors driven by young farmers — their creativity and sheer organisational talent is impressive.
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I am deeply concerned about the (at least) four farmers in the South West who have been successfully prosecuted this year because their cows have come into conflict with walkers.
They have specifically been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for failing to separate walkers and cows.
It is a practical impossibility to expect cows to be separated from walkers on every farm and this is a dangerous precedent.
Most worryingly of all, it is not the law, but HSE's guidance that has changed, this means that in the future, we may be open to further changes without warning.
I am disappointed that the NFU has not done more to highlight this issue.
I have written several times but not had a satisfactory answer as to why this is not a priority.
One final success of the year was MP Dr Luke Evans' campaign for a Buy British Button which has been adopted by Morrisons.
This button will quickly display food produced in Britain, giving the consumer an easy option to select British only produce.
His campaign was backed by a number of organisations and I hope that other supermarkets pick up the opportunity to give the consumer what they want — British Produce.
