I ate like a WWII Land Girl for a week to see if it helped me muster the Blitz spirit

As a sheltered Gen Z, I knew it’d be a struggle (Picture: Charlotte Bateman)Middlesex, February 1944, 5am: It was dark and pouring with rain, as Connie, an 18-year-old Land Girl, climbed onto her heavy bike and pedalled the two miles to her local farm. She was exhausted.After a year of being in the Women’s Land Army (WLA), her back constantly ached, and she’d had to work in all weathers, often with bombs exploding in the near distance. But she was proud of what she did.While t