An area of outstanding beauty?

I was interviewed by Look North last week on whether the Yorkshire Wolds should be designated as an 'area of outstanding natural beauty'.

 I told them about the wealth of wildlife that can be found on the Wolds.

But it is an interesting concept isn't it? In my opinion there is no doubt that the Wolds are outstandingly beautiful.

But if they are made into an area of outstanding natural beauty it will have implications on the people who live here.
For instance the planning laws will be much tighter. I have already had a battle trying to expand my business and I wonder if things would be even harder to effect change if this area became an area of outstanding natural beauty.
What do you think?

Countryfile Visit

I took a film crew from BBC Countryfile out wildlife watching with me last week.

It was quite a hectic day, but Julia Bradbury was very easy to talk to and made it fun.

They wanted to film at my wildlife log as well as find some barn owls and some hares on the Wolds.

But wildlife isn't so biddable. I managed to find some hares, but the barn owl flew off as soon as they spotted the crew!