diff --git a/recipes/countryfile.recipe b/recipes/countryfile.recipe
index 7a41b5b905..0502129791 100644
--- a/recipes/countryfile.recipe
+++ b/recipes/countryfile.recipe
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+from calibre import browser
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1325006965(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = u'Countryfile.com'
-    cover_url = 'http://www.buysubscriptions.com/static_content/the-immediate/en/images/covers/CFIL_maxi.jpg'
+    #cover_url = 'http://www.countryfile.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/160px_wide/cover/2_1.jpg'
     __author__ = 'Dave Asbury'
     description           = 'The official website of Countryfile Magazine'
-    # last updated 29/1/12
+    # last updated 15/4/12
     language = 'en_GB'
     oldest_article = 30
     max_articles_per_feed = 25
@@ -13,7 +14,23 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1325006965(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     auto_cleanup = True
     #articles_are_obfuscated = True
+    def get_cover_url(self):
+            soup = self.index_to_soup('http://www.countryfile.com/')
+            cov = soup.find(attrs={'class' : 'imagecache imagecache-160px_wide imagecache-linked imagecache-160px_wide_linked'})
+            #print '******** ',cov,' ***'
+            cov2 = str(cov)
+            cov2=cov2[124:-90]
+            #print '******** ',cov2,' ***'
 
+            # try to get cover - if can't get known cover
+            br = browser()
+            br.set_handle_redirect(False)
+            try:
+                br.open_novisit(cov2)
+                cover_url = cov2
+            except:
+                  cover_url = 'http://www.countryfile.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/160px_wide/cover/2_1.jpg'
+            return cover_url
     remove_tags    = [
                              # dict(attrs={'class' : ['player']}),