Join popular countryman Jack Hargreaves, as he embarks on a series of delightful expeditions through the English countryside. Enjoy his unrivalled knowledge of the simple life - from angling to horsing and nature to gardening - and reminisce about how things used to be when the countryside was still the sole preserve of country folk.
10. Lambing / Mayfly On the Dorset hills, the shepherd has set up a maternity ward for two thousand ewes. In the chalk stream, the elegant lace-winged fly is hatching by the million to live its life of only forty-eight hours. The trout are feasting.
11. Mole Catcher / High School Horse The skilful old man has been summoned because the moles have invaded the pasture. Silent and alone, he manipulates his traps. The once noble art of Haute Ecole produces the modern dressage horse.
12. Rake Maker / Stage Coach In the yard he shares with his chickens, the old craftsman makes wooden hay-rakes with the tools his father taught him to use when Queen Victoria was dying.
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