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I used Lego to design a farm for people who are blind – like me

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Like many children who grow up on farms, Mike Duxbury has a life-long passion for rearing animals and growing crops.

But after losing his sight due to glaucoma at six-years-old, he was told that a career in agriculture was an impossibility.

That was like a "red rag to a bull" he said, and he went on to get a degree in animal nutrition and to set up a farm in Bedfordshire.

Now the 57-year-old is developing a farm in Aberdeenshire specifically tailored to help youngsters with disabilities get into agriculture.

Designed using Lego bricks, the main farm building will have a classroom, a workshop, as well space for handling animals.