Farmers and conservation groups are pleading for people to respect the Chilterns countryside after one farmer lost the equivalent of 9,000 loaves of bread due to trampled crops. Leading conservation organisations in the Chilterns have come together with farmers and landowners urging visitors to keep to paths and to keep their dogs under control when walking in the countryside. The Chilterns countryside is providing much-needed solace and pleasure for people at a very difficult time. However, it is also a farmed landscape with many paths crossing farmers fields. The latest lockdown has coincided with a period of particularly high rainfall making paths extremely wet and muddy.
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Evelyn G. (Hustus) Heard.
Evelyn Grace (Hustus) Heard, age 85, passed away peacefully on February 2, 2021. She was born on October 14, 1935 in Jackson, Maine. She graduated from Zion Bible Institute.
Evelyn (Evie) loved her bountiful family fiercely and made everyone around her feel like family. She believed in and celebrated others triumphs, and would mourn others losses. Invested love, kindness, instilled wisdom and patience. Always listened to others earnestly. Loved people, unconditionally and purely. Was gentle, sweet, giving, caring. Her smile, laugh, and joy was contagious.
Evelyn loved the Lord and attended Faith Temple Church of God. Spent much of her time reading Scripture, but more than reading it, she lived it. Showed love and grace to everyone she met. Was selfless and put others before herself. Would write cards and letters to those that were missing at church. Would call those who were hurting, struggling, or sick. Loved her coun
Path widening at Penn Street Farm A farmer has lost the equivalent of 9,000 loaves of bread due to walkers trampling on his crops - prompting conservation groups to urge residents to respect the countryside. With the country in lockdown, there have been many more walkers heading into the fields and woods for some fresh air. But combined with wet weather making the ground muddy, it has meant that public footpaths are being widened - damaging farmers crops. With people trying to social distance, or simply find some drier ground to walk on, some pats through fields have been extended to several metres across.
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The group lost a combined total of 192 stones in the last nine months (Image: WSH)
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