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Flindt on Friday: Monbiot soil tweet puts spring in my step >More in © Kathy Horniblow There are bad days, good days, and days that are the dog’s doo-dahs. Wednesday of last week fell firmly into the last category. It got off to a good start when the bathroom scales changed from “no coach parties” to “no minibuses” – which showed that the post-Christmas diet is working. Then I noticed earlier daylight through the pouring rain as I washed the porridge pot. Joy of joys. The postman brought a healthy update of the “long poo...

Flindt on Friday: Furtive forager flees empty-handed >More in © Kathy Horniblow Spare a thought, if you will, for Unlucky Alf. He’s probably not called Alf, but we gave him that nickname after the character in The Fast Show. We may not know his name, but we do know he’s reasonably local. We know he has a red 4×4 SUV, a hi-viz jacket, does work for a local church, and, crucially, that he’s fond of his log fire. He is also keen on foraging for a few free logs to fuel the fire, and keeps an electric chainsaw in his 4×4.