I hope you have all had a happy and peaceful festive season. It is mid-January and the hustle and bustle of the Christmas turkey rush seems like a long and distant memory.
We are now well into winter and have settled into a nice routine, with Isobel and I taking turns on feeding and checking cows.
Last week I visited farmers in Northumberland to see for myself the devastation caused by Storm Arwen on farms across the North.
I had to go over to a nearby market town, running a couple of errands. It happens to also be the town I grew up in.