Haymaking
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Haymaking by Eric Jones as part of the Geograph project.
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Haymaking
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 23 Jul 2008
Fifty years ago a meadow of this size would have required many hands to gather in the hay. Today, one man and a battery of machines can do it all. Farming as a result has become a much more solitary activity.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.295837
Longitude
-4.634026