Jane Garvey speaks to women from Carmarthen to Cambridgeshire and Cumbria to Somerset to get a sense of the challenges and pleasures of leading a rural life.
We speak to three women about the impact flooding on the Somerset Levels has had on their lives.
Julia Wilson from the Rural Development Council, Cumbria and Melanie Murdoch of AGE UK in Cambridgeshire discuss the challenges of isolation in rural communities.
23 year old Caryl Hughes is the first young person to be awarded a one year scholarship to run the National Trust's Llyndy Isaf farm in Snowdonia - she gives us a tour of the sheep farm and tells us about her love of what's considered to be one of the most beautiful hill farms in Wales.
And Women in Rural Enterprise was set up ten years ago by Polly Gibb and now has 60 networks around the country. We talk to Polly about setting up a rural business along with Helen Culshaw of Ascendency Internet Marketing and Rebecca Rayner of Glebe Farm Foods. Show less