The next part of the equation was more problematical - how to turn green meadows into snowscapes?

I approached Mr Sandford, who farms this land, and asked him if I could chop down the hedgerows and some trees (for better all round camera visibility ) and then apply several hundred thousand metric tonnes of china clay waste products over his fields to mimic the effect of snow. He advised me to bugger off.

After I reminded him of his prediliction for certain activities involving physical correction during his younger days as a swimming coach he had a welcome change of heart - so Mr Dufftown, Mr Powell & I spent the good part of a week applying this white slurry to the landscape. We borrowed Mr Sandford's muck-spreader for this. The task was so great we didn't have enough material to cover all the fields!