In your field: Mike Harris - 'Calving-induced sleep deprivation will continue'

I think I tempted fate by mentioning the ’Beast from the East’ in my last column.

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In your field: Mike Harris - 'Calving-induced sleep deprivation will continue'

I think I tempted fate by mentioning the 'Beast from the East' in my last column. While the second instalment that arrived in Dorset a few weeks ago was far less severe than the previous incarnation,...

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