It's Spring, and I've moved to my summer routines - up early, to get a share of the day before everybody else starts using it. I love the light, and the smells, and everything waking up.
I listen to the news once, starting with "Farming Today" at 05:45 and on to the "Today" programme, over a mug of tea appreciating the morning. Increasingly, I'm listening for patterns as much as detail to see what the "mood weather" is doing.
This morning was interesting. As I tried to find one or two words that linked what I was hearing, I couldn't get rid of "Intensity" and "Pressure". Here's a snapshot of what I heard:
Farmers struggling to cope with the demand for use of green space, both for holidays and day to day access to land by those who have more opportunity to access it as they adapt to Brexit and regenerative farming.
Holidays under pressure with a 35% increase in prices due to "staycation" demand.
the Institute of customer service wanting to make being rude to customer ser…
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