Very sadly the whole countryside shut down, places that people couldn't imagine being affected were suddenly out of bounds.

The latest news is that the European Commision is to pay £224 million as a starter payment until the whole cost is known. This is to the UK alone - Holland will get £24.7 million and France and Ireland smaller amounts.
It is now estimated that before this financial year is out the cost of secondary clean up (making farms safe to be restocked) will be at least £3 billion!!!
Ummm....wonder what the papers will make of this....

The RSPCA has again, along with other animal welfare organisations, expressed concern about animals, especially sheep, caught in restricted zones as grazing depletes as we head toward Autumn.