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RE: Our Airbnb on a sheep farm in England

in #siblingtrip5 years ago

Ah the fluffy white plague; England's lawn mowers; the humble sheep. Did you wonder why there are so many of them across England? It's because of a 400 year old law whereby the government pays (using the tax payers money of course) land owners to keep their land in an arable condition. The wool industry is not even that profitable anymore, yet there are millions of sheep across the country whose only purpose is to keep the land arable. It's a silly state of affairs! England has the least amount of woodland per square mile in the whole of Europe for this very reason. The less vegetation, the more surface run off you get, and therefore higher likelihood of flooding downstream. Not to mention all the other environmental benefits of more trees! It's an ancient law that needs an update hehe. The sheep are nice to look at and photograph though, I have many pics of them myself! Thanks for sharing it was nice to see you had a good time.

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Yes, I did have a good time in England. I did wonder about so many sheep especially when the home owner told us that the price of wool is next to nothing. I did see your post and you have pictures of some very unique looking sheep.

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