Will's World

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Will's World: One man’s inspiring journey from woe to grow

Good lord, it’s September already. My numerous daughters, much to their collective indignation, are back in school, I’ve started splitting logs whenever I get a spare hour or two, and…

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Will's World: Steve missed my farm, but he hit my last nerve

I’ve just spent a few days away with my best mates from the old Harper Adams days. We decided to end the summer with a 15-mile walk along a section…

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Will's World: How shank beat schnitzel in the war

Did everyone get the government emergency alert on their phones last week? At the time I was coaching a rugby training session with my under-14s girls, who need very little…

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Will's World: Losing a fight with a blackberry bush

What passes for a romantic date these days, the present Mrs Evans and I have just returned from a very pleasant evening spent blackberry picking along the wood that borders…

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Will's World: Tractors, tears and a whole lot of trouble

Never work with children or animals, the American comedian WC Fields once said. As someone who currently works with both on a daily basis, I heartily agree with the man.…

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Will's World: From pitch hero to grass zero all too quickly

First of all, a sincere apology. Some weeks back, I wrote about the tremendous late spring we’d had, and the fact that we had more grass than you can shake…

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Will's World: UK farming should be more Accrington Stanley

There’s nothing like having to sit through tedious adverts on commercial TV stations to make you appreciate the BBC. Does anyone buy the products they’re peddling? If anything, the majority…

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Will's World: A killer location for a farming proposal

Hopeless old romantic that I am, I very much enjoy reading about fellow farmers' elaborate wedding proposal efforts. Love must be in the air, because there’s been a plethora of…

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Will's World: Harvest, and other ways to embarrass daughters

I’ve always wished I could be truly elite at something. Imagine how it feels to stride to the crease at Lord's and nonchalantly flick a 90mph fast ball over the…

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Will's World: Bales, barbecues and batting collapses

I’m back. I’d like to say I’ve been on holiday to the Mediterranean and spent the last few weeks sunning myself by a pool while taking full advantage of an…

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Will's World: Modest but mighty – the Little Grey Fergie at 80

If I asked you to name the most iconic representation of 20th-century agriculture, what would you say? Land girls, perhaps? The Smithfield Show? The Holstein Friesian cow? Farmers Weekly’s legendary…

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Will's World: Why I choose farm show Romo over Fomo

In my younger days, before I was utterly worn down by the herculean task of parenting numerous adolescent daughters while attempting to make a living from tenant farming, I’d regularly…

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