Andrea Meanwell
@ruslandvalley
Upland farmer in the Howgills. Belting Good Biodiversity Beef. Writer. Views my own. https://linktr.ee/AndreaMeanwell
Boxing Day cow moves up above the M6 whilst people travel along below visiting friends and relations.
A farming ‘sound walk’ thinking about how to engage with the farmed landscape today. So interesting.
Rusland Show celebrates 140 years of history at 2025 - do come along. nwemail.co.uk/news/25336073.…
My boots. They were bought at the K village that closed in 2014 so they are at least 10 years old. Just starting to crack.
It might be a real pain to have to walk up here at 10pm to see if anyone is calving….or it might just be the most beautiful place on earth.
A great day learning about genetics with @herdyshepherd1 @RobHavard1 and @nationaltrust tenants.
People have been living in this house and farming here since at least the 16th Century. The government may not understand our farming families and rural societies but they will NOT drive us out. “they’re a different, stoic breed on those hill farms” James Herriot.
I still look for the mail train every night, but then I remember it doesn’t go past any more 💔
Evening walk with Olga and the Royal Mail train on its way to London.
You can now read the Summer 2025 edition of our #Dales Newspaper online! 👇 yorkshiredales.org.uk/park-authority… The paper is produced for all 24,000 residents of the #YorkshireDales #NationalPark and will soon be arriving through your letterboxes if you live here 📮
More rain. How surprising for the start of the school holidays
Good morning. Dawn had a calf at dawn, and it’s a heifer (girl). After 5 bull calves last week that’s a bit of a relief.
