One Woman Farming in the Hills
Andrea Meanwell with her upland herd. Photo: Bill Robertson. For me as a hill farmer, being in the hills is not an ‘escape’ or ‘a chance to breathe’, it is my everyday life. I’m lucky to have travelled to some far off places in my life, but nothing is as fascinating to me as my own farm. Noticing small changes every day as the seasons roll on is an endless source of interest. I have become reluctant to travel away from the farm because everything that interests me is right here. The farm is unusual in being in two National Parks, the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Through the middle runs the M6 motorway and the main West Coast Railway line. Thousands of people travel through my farm every…