Recent content by wrenbird

I seem to remember one about the Arctic convoys in WW2 that was excellent, and quite moving in places too.

Saw my first orange-tip of the year today, also saw several peacock butterflies, and more brimstone butterflies in the last few days than I have seen for many years. Bedsheets drying on the line today were polka-dotted with ladybirds and other wee beasties, and the lungwort was abuzzing with...

It’s been four years since we’ve had any sheep lambing, and although it was always stressful, especially in a year with weather like this I still miss it. All the small triumphs and little disasters that make up the “lambing rollercoaster” as you aptly word it Mr.Spin. I hope for more sun on...

I never really did any shearing for anyone else, only my own, but I did one year for a friend of a friend who had been let down by their usual shearer. When I got there I could see why, only fifteen sheep, kept as pets with their horses, but seven were Ryelands 😳😲, and the others were very...

I was once asked by a person with a clipboard and a survey what tablets did I usually use in the dishwasher. When I replied paracetamol or ibuprofen the look of confusion on her face was priceless.

Snow is only exciting if you are under twelve or a dog. For the rest of us it’s just another straw to weigh down on the camels back.

We used to have a handful of badgerfaces. They had their good points. They were never lame. They were never mucky or daggy. They were never blooming here most of the time…🙄

Congratulations to you on becoming a Grandad Mr.Spin, and to all at Spin Towers.

Is that photo of uk sheep? Sheep dip pollution must be worse than we ever imagined if dip-dripping sheep in New Zealand are contaminating uk drinking water. 🙄

My sincere apologies, not like me to muddle up muppets and knobs.

Found something in Sunday Times archive written by @delilah favourite muppet at beginning of December last year. Think there are some on here that may not qualify for his proposed new assurance scheme he mentions at finish of article.

Some days, not big enough…:censored:

I was..um..succinct.

Oh look, you can leave them some feedback,:unsure:, I may of done that…

Maybe the OP is like others that have patronised this forum with an agenda and a survey, they didn’t expect a bunch of cap-wearing cud-chewers to be quite so savvy and discerning.