Rebuilding a wall close to home I discovered this fern or cycad. It has survived 80 million years in the stone, being quarried and a couple of hundred in the wall - and my dismantling.
Mike Windle of North Yorkshire Geology trust has examined it and told me it is one of the best he's seen.
Now its on display in my garden.
Imports of cattle, pigs and sheep from Germany banned
-
THE Government has introduced a ban on pigs, cattle and sheep imports from
Germany after a case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in the country
19 hours ago