Once, Louise Chapman used to teach English and drama in a secondary school. This morning, instead of force-feeding John Steinbeck to reluctant teenagers, she was walking in the spring sunshine with her terrier, Buddy, at her heels.
She saw early primroses blooming in the lee of an oak tree, cirrus clouds in the wide Norfolk sky and she offered a silent thank you, to moles.
Louise is one of a handful of female mole catchers in Britain. This month, she also became the first woman to run the British Traditional Molecatchers’ Register (BTMR), a body dedicated to an ancient countryside skill that is enjoying a decade‑long resurgence.
The Telegraph: Louise used to be a drama teacher. Now she kills moles
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