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THERE WAS ONE thing Kevin always said on our trips. Usually it was when we were walking through some still, wide-open countryside like this in the Brecon Beacons. He would seem momentarily lost in a daydream, and then say, “It’s funny isn’t it? When you’re in a city you forget places like this even exist. Do you know what I mean?” Yes, I would say, I do know. It is strange to think that with all today’s technology and fast travel, rural and urban dwellers can live in such different worlds. Strange too that farmers and non-farmers know so little about each other’s worlds, when they are so co-dependent. There has been a bit of mutual suspicion in recent years, but working with Kevin had made realise that among urban dwellers there is also a lot of friendly curiosity  about farmers. As we drove home from the Brecon Beacons, I found myself wishing they could get to meet each other more. I honestly think they’d get on rather well•