For much of the first half of the year, the rain didn’t want to stop. When it did, it gave way to some ridiculously hot weather. Schools shut, our lack of decent air-conditioning was exposed and we baked. More importantly, the barley and wheat matured much earlier than normal. And, regrettably, that means a terribly early harvest.
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As far as social media goes, this season has hit a new low for armchair experts and their cynicism, particularly when it comes to the abundance of circles in July. There are those who just can’t get it out of their thick, opinionated and completely misguided skulls that circle makers are somehow receiving some recompense from Monique Klinkenbergh as their outings coincided with the lead up to her conference weekend.
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Same shit, different day. Same shit, different day. Same shit, different day. Same shit, different day.
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Two more pieces of July 2026 gossip: Dan Davies’ attack on farmers and the extraordinary silence from his chum Hamish Jacobs.
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There have been a lot of tears shed over the recent crop circle at Weir Farm, underneath Hackpen Hill. It was ‘fantastic … thoroughly beautiful’ until it was revealed it had been commissioned for a television show featuring celebrity Bradley Walsh, due to be broadcast by Sky History at the end of the year. Then, the circle became a ‘dismal mess’.
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Today’s crop circle viewers are a funny lot. They complain when there are no crop circles and often complain when there are, without any understanding of why things aren’t like they used to be in the fields. Take the circle that recently appeared, partly in poppies, on the side of Etchilhampton Hill. To quote one observer in Facebook’s most subnormal group, ‘is there a competition this year to make the most ugly formation possible?’
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Mark ‘Billy’ Breen is a thief and has been caught out stealing the work of other photographers and attempting to pass it off as his own, in public. What a loser.
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A melodramatic farmer, an argument as to why someone needs to get out more, and a rather angry camel. It must be Croppie Gossip time.
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Congratulations to Mark ‘Billy’ Breen for finally heeding our advice. He’s now posting his early bird photos on Facebook under the name ‘artrumours_from_abovegound’. It’s a cool name and we like the quirkiness of the spelling. We’re pleased for Mark that he knows the (withheld) location of this new circle:
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Over the weekend we were told by a third party of a new crop circle that had appeared at an undisclosed location. We deflected the question as to why anyone would withhold such details, but learnt the formation’s arrival was announced through one very specific Facebook group.
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‘Mike Farrow’ recently posted an article on his website relating to expectations for the 2026 season. He raises something we heard a lot at the end of last season: the idea that circle making teams are reporting each other to the police.
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It seems our recent article on Andrew Pyrka, ‘Mike Farrow’ and the Canvas Of Gold website has touched a very raw nerve. We knew it would and we weren’t disappointed.
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