FF, thanks. Strange question?
Not really! Perhaps I should have explained....
I've been quietly floating around looking at fields locally, and studying OS maps, with the same longterm intent. But I live in the overcrowded south, a denizen of suburbia, and I don't know any farmers, so I was simply hoping for some hints how to make an approach to one. I guess I shall have to knock on the farmhouse door, and just wing it!
Slip