Rural Clutter, pig racing and what's cooking in Ambridge?

Have we got too much clutter in rural areas such as unnecessary road signs and speed cameras? Why one village is preserving their telephone kiosk without the phone. The new craze of pig racing and what's cooking in the Archers?

Country Focus - Sunday 16th August at 07.30am presented by Mel Doel.

The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) is launches a
campaign to reduce the clutter in rural areas - they're urging communities
to investigate their local area and report to the local Highways Authority in a bid to get unecssary signs removed.

One place that is almost celebrating it's rural clutter is Cilgerran.
Their language and heritage committee is trying to save and preserve a
local fingerpost sign and their old fashioned telephone kiosk on the
outskirts of the village. In a new round of encouraging communities to adopt a kiosk - BT are offering up to £5,000 pounds for the communities that come up with the best ideas of how to take over their little red box.

Our community reporter, Huw Jenkins volunteers to help out with the Snowdonia Society tackling the invasive Himalayan Balsam.

We look at what's described as the "ebay of poultry". Bid4poultry.co.uk is an online auction site where members can buy & sell any poultry related item, including livestock.

It's a popular sport in rural America, but now it's hitting our shores and going down a storm - Pig racing. Meets take place daily at 4pm at Cantref Farm until the end of the summer.

And we're learning a few new recipes from the kitchens of Ambridge. "Jennifer Aldridges's Archers' Cookbook : From BBC Radio 4's The Archers" by Angela Piper is published by David and Charles publishers.