Pollen Count is not Linked to Rapeseed

The swathe of brilliant yellow across the countryside has for more years than I care to recount been one of the heralders of Spring. For some people, however, rapeseed has also marked the start of the Hay Fever Season, accompanied by the suggestion that the pollen of the rapeseed iteslf is a sigificant irritant to sufferers.

According to this morning's Farming Today, rapeseed is not the "yellow peril" of its reputation and in fact very few people have an allergic reaction to it. The pollen is heavier than air and therefore is hardly airborne compared to grasses and tree pollen. So we can enjoy our fields of oil seed rape now without any legitimate concers.

Today's pub walk: The Ship Inn, in Saxmundham, Suffolk.

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