# @the.merl on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVLWsjgCHik
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57515417-themerl-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/565b2e03ad.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-02-25T10:24:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Museum of English Rural Life (@the.merl) — https://gondola.cc/the.merl

## Caption

yes, old bits of paper can and do tell a very important story about protecting our countryside – specifically, that of the cpre's one hundred years of diverse and relentless efforts to protect rural England for the common good

our new exhibition, Voices of the Countryside, is now open. come see it! 

#countryside #ReadingUK

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- **Likes:** 92
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## Tags

countryside, readinguk

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