Once upon a time . . .
Once upon a time (unlike the fairy tales this is a true story) in a previous life I ‘volunteered’ to spend a day working with a shepherd. Long story. Nevertheless I was up at the crack of dawn and spent twelve hours in atrocious weather conditions, climbing and descending hills, crossing rivers and sploshing – not sure if that is a word but it’s an apt description – through marshy terrain. I was exhausted afterwards and couldn’t walk for a week but it was one of the most wond