Farmer's frustration over influx of 'irresponsible' countryside visitors

A surge in ‘irresponsible’ countryside visitors has left a tenant farmer frustrated at dealing with incidents of poisoned sheep, wild campers and human excrement on his Peak District farm.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Farmer's frustration over influx of 'irresponsible' countryside visitors

A surge in ‘irresponsible' countryside visitors has left a tenant farmer frustrated at dealing with incidents of poisoned sheep, wild campers and human excrement on his Peak District farm. Robin Metcalfe,...

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