Oct 1, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min · 12 segments
We ask an extraordinary amount of Britain's countryside. Produce our food. Restore nature. Store carbon. Hold floodwater. Build houses. Generate energy. Create jobs. Give people access. And, somehow…
Gavin LaneGuestEliza EcclestoneGuest
Rich StockdaleHostIn fact, I was, I was listening to a podcast you did the other day and talking about that balance between work and home.
But I, I sort of wanted to push back at that stage because I feel like the work you're doing, and I think the work Gavin and I are doing, in theory is hopefully setting up things better for our kids long term.
So, you know, you are really putting your kids first, even if you're working very hard.
CLA has a president who does kind of four days a week, and then a deputy who does three days a week, and then a vice who does two days a week.
Um, and then at home, I have a diversified estate business, uh, which means I kind of m- slightly make it up as I go along.
But you find yourself effectively running a new business that you don't know anything about every couple of years, whether that's launching a wedding business or a filming venue business or festival business or, you know.
And, and there's commercial properties and residential properties, and then I have a contract farm partner who luckily does all the, all the farming side.
Um, and we're also, uh, hoping to get into a higher level, what's it called, landscape recovery [laughs] project.
Um, and then, uh, as well as that, um, I'm chair of the board at Chevening Estate, which is the Foreign Secretary's, uh, sort of grace and favor estate, um, which takes an annoying amount of time at the moment.
In fact, I was, I was listening to a podcast you did the other day and talking about that balance between work and home.
But I, I sort of wanted to push back at that stage because I feel like the work you're doing, and I think the work Gavin and I are doing, in theory is hopefully setting up things better for our kids long term.
So, you know, you are really putting your kids first, even if you're working very hard.
CLA has a president who does kind of four days a week, and then a deputy who does three days a week, and then a vice who does two days a week.
Um, and then at home, I have a diversified estate business, uh, which means I kind of m- slightly make it up as I go along.
But you find yourself effectively running a new business that you don't know anything about every couple of years, whether that's launching a wedding business or a filming venue business or festival business or, you know.
And, and there's commercial properties and residential properties, and then I have a contract farm partner who luckily does all the, all the farming side.
Um, and we're also, uh, hoping to get into a higher level, what's it called, landscape recovery [laughs] project.
Um, and then, uh, as well as that, um, I'm chair of the board at Chevening Estate, which is the Foreign Secretary's, uh, sort of grace and favor estate, um, which takes an annoying amount of time at the moment.
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