As a Land Agent specialising in rural planning, the countryside is my workplace. Now, with my one-horsepower companion, Scarlet, my Dales Pony, whose ancestors also worked the land, we are crossing the countryside, meeting people to find out what the countryside means to them in modern times.

I am promoting CountrymenUK, a charity that supports people who have worked in the countryside but now find themselves isolated through deteriorating physical or mental health. https://countrymenuk.org/ 

On Tuesday, 15th October, we embark on a two-week, 200-mile, multi-day journey from my childhood home in Surrey to Dorset. We will pass through the Surrey farm, where I helped as an agricultural student, and then on through Sussex, Hampshire, and Wiltshire before ending at Dorset's CountrymenUK Club.

If you would like to meet Scarlet and me on our journey, do get in touch.

To support the CountrymenUK Club: https://localgiving.org/fundraising/ACountryJourney

Follow our journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a_country_journey