At the age of 19 he ventured into the countryside in Hundon, Suffolk to learn about agriculture, and farmed in various locations over the next sixty years, including the rebuilding of a near-derelict smallholding at Redisham, near Beccles.
At the age of 19 he went off to the countryside in Hundon, Suffolk to learn about farming. He then farmed in various locations for the next sixty years, including the rebuilding of a near-derelict smallholding at Redisham, near Beccles.