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says Marc Pampe, contemplating the scene below us in the softening light. “We can speed things up or slow things down, but nature is ultimately in charge.” We are seated on smooth boulders warmed by the sun, our ice-cold G&Ts fragranced with fresh mint picked from Nooishof ‘s garden. The plains are washed in pink and gold, tufts of grass pixellating into a vast pelt edged with a thin brushstroke