Nicholas Onslow FRES

Countryman. Has an inordinate fondness for beetles, hounds, sheepdogs and his dearest friends.

[The Farmer's Dog @FamersDog]

An update and a message from Jeremy.

“Thank you so much for all the kind messages I've had but now, an announcement.”

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@FlavellG Early intervention produces excellent results. Well done @JeremyClarkson for including this thread. Have survived prostate cancer whereas father and brother did not because they did not recognise the risk or symptoms. Speak out about prostate cancer!

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@somersetlevel @icini65 Absolutely agree that it is not “common practice for nearly all farmers.” Most, properly, know that they cannot be certain of getting it right and choose the other option.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@somersetlevel @icini65 This exchange is what decent people do - politely disagree because they recognise that circumstances and opinions may be different and, on that basis, choose not to insult each other. Thank you @somersetlevel for a, sadly rare, "X" exchange.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@somersetlevel @icini65 That's me!
Sorry, was always taught notmto write in the first person.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@somersetlevel @icini65 Instead of the trauma of a strange place and strange people the last thing that she would have known would have been a familiar place and person not someone crooning about the rainbow bridge and all the sheep she was going to meet. It would have been the least Nick could do.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@somersetlevel @icini65 Should Nick have be allowed to have a pistol or had a firearms certificate he would have felt obliged to put his dog Ruby out of the brain-destroyed misery of severe epilepsy rather than take her to the vet which was extreme trauma for a dog who feared all but 2 humans.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@tomhfh @NewsMutt Hmmm! Guess that you live in an urban area. Mobile signal in this part of rural Kent is "iffy" at best and for the last two weeks non-existent. Landline compromised by goodness knows what, but Nick knows that it is mostly unusable. Sent from 4 miles away from home.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@somersetlevel But did you use Pimm's No. 6?

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@elwynhendre @midge_michi Nick sets quizzes for two local pubs. It is impossible to set questions that GenZ might know without older teams scoring 10/10 in every round.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@midge_michi Just checking the cutlery drawer: pickle spoon, marrow spoon, escargot tongs, grapefruit knife, oyster knife ....

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@pengraiggoch @muddymuddymum @AnnLeadbeater3 She was weak, frequently lying down, poor milk production.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@PhilNash2 We hope to be there (shearers permitting). Wendy should receive a memory stick today with 120+ photographs that we took of Jill and her dogs at trials - think that she wanted some for an order of service or slide show.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@PhilNash2 Some pure triallists never quite understand those who look the sheep before going to a trial and miss it if there are problems to solve. For Jill it was always stock first, fun second.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@PhilNash2 She certainly was and will be sorely missed. She didn't trial as much as she might have wanted because the family farm always came first. If she had then she would almost certainly have qualified for the English National.

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@FlavellG @TheRifleman11 There is still one section that didn't make it at Greatstone: https://t.co/8cHi9M8YGl

[Nicholas Onslow FRES @nickonslow]

@juliet_turner6 This is the plant that should persuade people that scientific binomials are well worth learning - Menyanthes trifoliata