Will's World

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Will's World: Farming women - strong in a life less ordinary

In the latest episode of “Will is mentally and physically exhausted after an incredibly busy and stressful few months, so he picks up every illness known to man”, I currently…

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Will's World: Storm's brewing and steaks are getting higher

I read a very unsettling article recently, detailing just how much the price of our weekly groceries has gone up over the past few years. As a family of six,…

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Will's World: Promises, paperwork, and a positive TB test

I’ve spent a lot of time on my own in a tractor cab lately, and one of the things I’ve been thinking about is balance. I’ve always tried very hard…

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Will's World: Maize silaging has me in a bit of a flap

With every couple, there’s one who has a cast-iron immune system and robustly breezes through life laughing off all forms of illness as if they have their own personal forcefield.…

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Will's World: Six invaluable things I'd tell my younger self

I recently attended this year’s graduation ceremony at Harper Adams, because I’m a very fancy governor there, don’t you know. I spent most of the afternoon feeling slightly disgruntled because…

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Will's World: The sledgehammer, the shrapnel and the survey

Continuing my long-standing series of unexpected comedy accidents, I’ve had another one, and I’m feeling very sorry for myself as I sit here typing with one hand. To cut a…

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Will's World: Past pasty experience comes back to haunt me

Someone mentioned Cornish pasties in a conversation recently, and I was instantly transported back to a particularly distressing incident in the middle of an extremely busy Euston Station. You may…

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Will's World: How to succeed at the gentle art of pottering

A lazy stereotype goes that being a middle-aged man is all ear hair, haemorrhoids and grumbling about young people. While admittedly that is somewhat true, there are a few things…

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Will's World: In defence of Joe Stanley – and farm childhoods

You know that feeling when you see something happen, and immediately wince in sympathy? Someone banging their shin hard on a trailer hitch, perhaps. A harassed-looking parent dealing with a…

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Will's World: Yet another TB case certainly isn't Diddly Squat

I was sorry to see the news recently that Jeremy Clarkson has had his first case of TB. It doesn’t make it any less upsetting seeing other people having to…

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Will's World: All hail the marvellous, mystical ag engineer

Fuelled by energy drinks, steak bakes and testosterone, the fabled agricultural engineer appears on the horizon. His van, an extension of his personality, is as pristinely white as a young…

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Will's World: Royal Welsh betrays how quickly the years turn

“I think we should split up”, said the present Mrs Evans assertively. I’d always worried it would happen one day, but I hadn’t expected it to come in quite such…

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