I genuinely love where we live in rural Gloucestershire, but it's been very restrictive finding somewhere to walk lately due to lambing... we seem to have a lot of sheep in our village!! So we found a good alternative but this involves walking across three big crop fields. We walked that way today but Riley has been going mad all day today gnawing his feet and generally being a bit unhappy. Thank goodness I always wash his feet when we've been for a walk but this afternoon I noticed a really strong smell of chemicals on him, especially strong on his feet so he had a rapid dump in the bath much to his disgust. They've obviously sprayed the crops, and it makes me so cross that it is a very well used walk by not only local dog owners but ramblers too, but there are no warnings to anyone! I wouldn't have gone near it if I had known, and I have the courtesy to keep my dog on his lead when walking across them so he doesn't damage anything. It is a shame there isn't a compulsory system of stile and footpath warnings to tell you if there is livestock or chemically treated crops in the field you are about to cross
If I was Prime Minister there would be
