Country diary: This is how bad the heatwave has got for us arable farmers – I’m going on holiday | Colin Chappell

Brigg, Lincolnshire: I should be busy, but the boom-bust climate has upset all my usual routinesBy the time you read this, I will be away in the Scottish Borders – a British arable farmer on holiday in August? This is unheard of. I’ve never done it myself in 30 years of farming....