Lyddington,Rutland Poking around in the greenish sludge of a fresh pat reveals a wealth of beetle lifeSummer is damply fading into Autumn, in the hedgerows the crimson hawthorn berries and flecked bodies of garden cross orbweavers are waxing to their utmost rotundity, and while arable fields are in various stages of undress and reclothing.
Rutland is a small county so small it has only half a member of parliament – with a rural,even quaint (charmingly old fashioned) reputation; one to which the countryside around Lyddington conforms. Hills substantial enough to have names, including Prestley Hill, or Bee Hill and the Barrows,frame the wide vale of the river Welland. Related: Yorkshire rallies to its threatened beetle Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com