The National Trust is encouraging Abergwesyn commoners to swap sheep for cattle, protecting environmentally crucial peatEven in midsummer, the hills above the market town of Rhayader in mid-Wales should be so soggy that a walk results in unpleasantly damp hiking socks. “It ought to feel really squelchy here,” said the National Trust’s Alan Kearsley-Evans. “Ten or 20 years ago you’d have been ankle deep. Now your feet stay dry.”Kearsley-Evans is general manager for a sprawling patch that includes the well known peaks of the Brecon Beacons and beaches of the Gower peninsula, but it is his work trying to help… Source – Full Article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/25/it-ought-to-feel-squelchy-plan-to-save-drying-out-welsh-peat-uplands