When I was a child going out with a bag or jam jar was part of life as we looked to find wayside fruit. That would include looking for blackberries and occasionally strawberries. That summer pastime seems to have completely disappeared. When my kids was small we would go along to a farm and pick summer fruits. A sign at the farm gate would invite you in to - pick your own. Today I was walking in the Kent countryside and decided to pick blackberries and placed them gently in my straw hat. Tonight I'll have them with yogurt, what a delightful treat and it cost me nothing. Why have people given up the habit of picking roadside fruit?
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