"Have a break, have a…"

If you remember the advert, the obvious words to go in at the end of the heading to this letter are ‘Kit-Kat’. I wonder, in passing, how many of us actually ever did have Kit-Kats in our breaks? But whatever we have - maybe just a cuppa, or a little afternoon nap – we probably all recognise the need for a break during the day. Much as we’d sometimes like to, we just can’t keep going non-stop, can we? We can try – and sometimes we have to if we’re really busy. Maybe we’re baby sitting for our grandchildren, or travelling to meetings, or trying to juggle shopping with work and child-care. But if we try going non-stop for too many consecutive days, we get exhausted. Our bodies, and, I suggest, our minds, simply run out of steam. We may get headaches, feel sick or become irritable. Everything inside screams ‘Stop!’

The Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) is larger, longer-eared, and longer-legged than a rabbit. It has a body size of 50-70 cm and a tail length of 7-11 cm.

The weight for a full-grown adult ranges from 2.5 to 6.5 kg. It can run at speeds of up to 70 km/h (45 mph)

Normally shy animals, hares change their behaviour in Spring, when they can be seen in broad daylight chasing one another around the fields in the Pelhams; this appears to be competition between males to attain dominance (and hence more access to breeding females).