Forget the Saints, forget the Cobblers, if you are in Northamptonshire on Boxing day the most spectacular event is at Blisworth for the Wild and Woolly event. This year seemed to be muddier than ever - I think they had blocked up the stream too much.
The Althop Estate has been busy sowing fields of wild flowers, here at Great Brington. Unfortunately it does not compensate the murder of the hedgerows to the south and east of Earl Spencer's Manor house.