Recent content by Chris Cook

I really do have that Friday feeling today and no idea why! Still, not complaining as it’s better than that Monday morning feeling 😊 It has been all hands on deck at our neighbours this week. All, clearing scrub, rubble, bank and hedge mowing, ditching, pressing on with the hardstanding. As is...

Well my life, what a completely miserable day! Looking out the window at the moment it certainly looks like the rain we have been waiting for is here with a vengeance! Thankfully we finished the draining at Childswickham on Monday. Boss Man Chris and Dillybob became the dynamic duo to get the...

Well that’s the first week of October done and what a week it has been! Rain, sunshine, almost summer heat, wind, a bit more rain and this morning glorious sunshine outside my office but just had a few minutes of deluge to finish the afternoon off! We are still draining near Pershore, onto the...

Well!! What a damp end to the week but at least we managed to get some drainage done when it was dry. The lads are still draining over at Throckmorton, nice job this one. Thankfully, well until today, it has been dry so we have been able to crack on. The field we are currently draining has a...

Friday again, another week gone, the lads and the 15:15 have been in overdrive this week. Brother Paul has been finishing off the 225mm installation over at Kirby Mallory. Orders for me from Boss Man Chris were to prepare the invoice and the installation photos, followed an hour later by “hold...

So, the first Friday of September and its raining, a prelude of things to come. It gets a bit worrying when, on the radio yesterday I heard that they had already put together a list of names for upcoming storms starting with Antoni! Boss Man Chris spent his birthday weekend cultivating, good to...

Last Friday of August, the last Bank Holiday of the year and the weather is on a promise to be nice. We started the week draining out near a wee hamlet called Hampton Lucy just outside of Stratford upon Avon. Monday spent getting all plant to site and set up ready for a Tuesday start. Tuesday...

Finally a dash of rain, not nearly enough but as the say every little helps. Thankfully Boss Man Chris and Brother Paul got their harvest finished before the rains came. The week began with us finishing off the water pipe repair/replacement out Warwick way. We only had the tarmac to replace...

It’s been DAM HOT this week, but things still seem to be moving at a million miles an hour. This spell of weather has played tricks with my eyes twice this week on my drive into work. Looking up towards the hills I see what looks like smoke giving me that feeling of “Oh crap who’s is that?”...

What a week, King Kev and Cool Hand Luke still chasing water leaks, Boss Man Chris and Brother Paul chasing wheat and digging over big bang gas pipes! Cool Hand Luke and King Kev started the week chasing more water leaks. The first was on an irrigation system which the client decided the best...

Going warm again but now playing the rain game! Hope the weather is being kind to you all during harvest. Monday had King Kev carrying out camera surveys on blocked fowl drains. Morning TV has nothing on watching drain survey videos at Breakfast on the first day of the working week!! On the...

Friday again and blimey weren’t Monday and Tuesday warm? Tempers were flaring, roads were melting, people were melting, and our local shop nearly ran out of ice creams! But we all still plugged on. Mad dogs and Englishmen springs to mind! Monday saw Boss Man Chis and King Kev start another...

SCORCHIO!! What a week, been gloriously hot, we even had a wee drop of warm rain but I for one am loving this weather. Although I did feel for the tarmac contractors who were doing the road outside our office on Monday and Tuesday. That, I may tell you was warm! Monday saw all the lads out near...

Friday and what a glorious Friday it is Sunny, warm, and the promise of a fantastic weekend. Monday saw all hands-on deck at Cheltenham Racecourse with Cool Hand Luke and King Kev leading the charge to finish off the topping up of the drain runs, tidy up and bring the kit back. It is always...

I know its Thursday, but I have a day off tomorrow 😊 Last day of June!! Time certainly is flying when you are having fun, or fixing water pipes, or laying concrete or getting ready to pop to Cheltenham Racecourse for a wee bit of drainage. Boss Man Chris took Dilly-Bob out of the workshop...