The Idle Lowlands are a `landscape policy zone' which includes the Hodsock Priory estate on the Nottinghamshire/ South Yorkshire border. On a tour with Sir Andrew Buchanan we watched the last two cricket bat willows being felled from the riverside to make room for the next crop of willows which is already well established
The historic house is very characterful with a Tudor gatehouse and Georgian, Victorian and 21st century wings - all now used for weddings. The farm is predominantly arable on sandy soils with small patches of woodland which Sir Andrew has restocked with native species as part of the estates's Higher Level Stewardship scheme. The arable manager was a Brackenhurst student from the 1970s...I need to check if he is a member of BOSA...he certainly doesn't get much chance to be idle at this time of year as was out ploughing until dark after setting up the irrigation on the latest crop of parsnips....
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