As I looked around this morning for something that illustrated the challenges faced by people during this period of unfamiliarly heavy and protracted snowfall in England I came across the following. It gives a down-to-earth description of the situation for many of the people who produce our food. The rest of us should be grateful.
From the Lancashire Telegraph
East Lancashire snow: How farmers are coping
Monday, 11th January 2010, By Emma Cruces »
“THE big freeze has left East Lancashire farmers working around the clock to keep their animals fed and watered. ……….”
[And I liked the pragmatic get-on-and-do-it attitude of the closing sentences:]
” You couldn’t prepare for it, even if you knew, and you couldn’t do anything more. At the end of the day it’s the same for lots of people. You still have to make a shilling, so you get on with it.”
