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The Countryside in March The postman on the Netherwitton Route in Northumberland is glad the mornings are lighter now he has to travel 75 miles a day to deliver the Royal Mail. And so are the cockle-pickers in South Wales, because they need to get up very early to reap the harvest of shellfish from the beaches. Eric Simms visits Rutland
Water to see how it has been affected by the recent Arctic weather and a country saddler recovers from the hunting season. This year is National Bat Year, but what's the future for the largest bat colony in Britain?
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas takes a seasonal look at the countryside.
Producer HELEN GILL
(Re-broadcast on Wednesday 11.0am)
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Producer:
Helen Gill
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