I meet Arthur Crutchley not far from his house, just at the turning from the road into the driveway. There, along a strip of mown grass is an old log seat, perfectly placed for looking over the lay of the land, and reflecting on the changes and challenges facing the farm, and being part of the Brit Valley Project.

Once there was a river, flowing freely from green hills through wooded valleys and across open fields and farms. It bubbled with freshwater in its many fluid forms, from rippling pools to singing rapids. Although the river still held onto many of its curves and contours along its sinuous length, in recent times the water ran straighter and deeper than it once had.

The Brit Valley Project proudly launched at this year's Melplash Show to a wonderful audience of visitors.