It's Looking A Bit Black Over Bill's Mother's

It's Looking A Bit Black Over Bill's Mother's

Rats & Rangers: Sun 21st April 2024

Urban rats and rural rangers. The new book by Joe Shute and a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Peak District's ranger service.

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Apr 21, 2024
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Morning. A piece about our most maligned mammal today, following an interview with local nature writer Joe Shute, whose view of the urban rat is a lot more favourable than most. And after visiting Edale to follow in the footsteps of the Peak District’s first rangers 70 years ago, I have the recollections of one of the early national park rangers, the in…

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