diary of a comedy sheep farm

[Izzybella_xxx]

Fear not, someone is feeling better, executing demands from his bed chambers

also a lovely photo of the farm last night

 

[spin cycle]

Fear not, someone is feeling better, executing demands from his bed chambersView attachment 1046777

also a lovely photo of the farm last night
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feck me....the grainstores falling over

i took couple this morning....felt miserable as sin first thing......cheered up a bit now

ab9 has ok cereal/linseed/sunflowers.....weeds......bit worried about brassica

 

[robbie]

feck me....the grainstores falling over

i took couple this morning....felt miserable as sin first thing......cheered up a bit now

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ab9 has ok cereal/linseed/sunflowers.....weeds......bit worried about brassica
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That second pic would look a rear lot better if it was growing a proper crop!!!!!

 

[spin cycle]

That second pic word look a rear lot better if it was growing a proper crop!!!!!

walked the dog into the ab11 field this afternoon......alive with butterflies...insects.....flowering blw at ground level......didn't go to far cos didn't want to disturb birdies nesting......was pleased with it ......darn't post a picture of that

don't feel as well again tonight

 

[robbie]

walked the dog into the ab11 field this afternoon......alive with butterflies...insects.....flowering blw at ground level......didn't go to far cos didn't want to disturb birdies nesting......was pleased with it ......darn't post a picture of that

don't feel as well again tonight

Flowering BLW!!!!?
Field of beet or barley would still be better!!!!

 

[spin cycle]

Flowering BLW!!!!?
Field of beet or barley would still be better!!!!

i'm 'drifting to the darkside'

 

[robbie]

i'm 'drifting to the darkside' View attachment 1046881

Nah, already drifted!!!!!!!

 

[onthehoof]

Are you all busy with hay or has everyone gone down with naam flu??

 

[yellowbelly]

Are you all busy with hay or has everyone gone down with naam flu??

Yes...

...and yes

Although I've taken to refering to my strain of covid as the Narfuk Variant.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Are you all busy with hay or has everyone gone down with naam flu??

 

[robbie]

Well as it's been soooooo long since we've heard from spinney I've been getting my best black suit laundered and pressed!!!!

 

[yellowbelly]

Well as it's been soooooo long since we've heard from spinney I've been getting my best black suit laundered and pressed!!!!

There's a bit of a flap on in Downing Street appatently

Wouldn't be surprised if the 1922 Committee were constantly on the phone to him for advice.

 

[robbie]

There's a bit of a flap on in Downing Street appatently

Wouldn't be surprised if the 1922 Committee were constantly on the phone to him for advice.

Nah, he's probably already there as a new domanic Cummings @spin cycle is the new Dr spin..........spin by name spin by nature!!!!!!

 

[primmiemoo]

Nah, he's probably already there as a new domanic Cummings @spin cycle is the new Dr spin..........spin by name spin by nature!!!!!!

Do a darnsight better job, wouldn't he. All that practice with Hurdlers and pigeon club teams 'n' stuff.... , plus hunderds of common sense and understanding.

(If you'm lurking, Spin, the laughter at post 7,571 is because of gallows humour. Wouldn't wish anyone anything literal.)

 

[spin cycle]

whatever fekkin day it is/was/gonna be

Well as it's been soooooo long since we've heard from spinney I've been getting my best black suit laundered and pressed!!!!

bit like that...twas a case of 'hide the rope this morning'......two events pre covid...1/ first snot of year reported 2/ bolt holding assistor ram on smeg sheared

phone goes 8pm last night....granville..snot on road right at end of our grazing marsh...i get there just in time to herd ewe + single outta cornfield.....back onto road and hence to field via small patch a rough ground.....previously K had done some fence repairs but this 'lass' was 'feral'.....the marsh's 10yr old fences wern't gonna keep her in....so it was that 6:05am this morning....granville again....same sheep....grumbling i get dressed...phone goes again....admiral 'i'm poorly'......by the time i get to granville she's disappeared into the rough ground....admiral isn't to bad....just wanted attention......i'm totally pee'd off......decide to wait until 10am when 'reinforcements' are promised and pop into naam after chores for some bits/pieces

10am K..mrs spin and HH arrive...the ewe has been reported again.......we all (cept K who was fettlin yard) head off down the field....i had ,in meantime , a desperate plan,.... we get there and HH and i potter with some fence when mrs spin gives outta a cry spotting the 'couple' out.....various maneuvers and just as we prepare to 'execute' two fekkin cyclists come along and spook her up the road ...'nice day' one of the fekkers calls merrily....fortunately K had just arrived and headed her off/outta another cornfield......reset our 'trap'......ewe+lamb herded towards open field gate....i lurk.....as they go thru and i 'deploy counter measures' ......to wit.....diluted tomato ketchup via worming gun all over the miscreants.......after that....with them 'marked' ....HH and i drive them the mile or so home.....captured and marked for mart saturday.....do wonder what the 'withdrawl' is on dilute ketchup though

bitta luck this afternoon.....to my dismay the sheared bolt on smegs assistor ram was tapped into the frame....not really sure how to go about getting the broken thread out i start drilling it.....drill jambs .....i reverse and thread turns out.....'we-wi' almost finished

cheered up a bit but still rather

 

[Radio]

whatever fekkin day it is/was/gonna be



bit like that...twas a case of 'hide the rope this morning'......two events pre covid...1/ first snot of year reported 2/ bolt holding assistor ram on smeg sheared

phone goes 8pm last night....granville..snot on road right at end of our grazing marsh...i get there just in time to herd ewe + single outta cornfield.....back onto road and hence to field via small patch a rough ground.....previously K had done some fence repairs but this 'lass' was 'feral'.....the marsh's 10yr old fences wern't gonna keep her in....so it was that 6:05am this morning....granville again....same sheep....grumbling i get dressed...phone goes again....admiral 'i'm poorly'......by the time i get to granville she's disappeared into the rough ground....admiral isn't to bad....just wanted attention......i'm totally pee'd off......decide to wait until 10am when 'reinforcements' are promised and pop into naam after chores for some bits/pieces

10am K..mrs spin and HH arrive...the ewe has been reported again.......we all (cept K who was fettlin yard) head off down the field....i had ,in meantime , a desperate plan,.... we get there and HH and i potter with some fence when mrs spin gives outta a cry spotting the 'couple' out.....various maneuvers and just as we prepare to 'execute' two fekkin cyclists come along and spook her up the road ...'nice day' one of the fekkers calls merrily....fortunately K had just arrived and headed her off/outta another cornfield......reset our 'trap'......ewe+lamb herded towards open field gate....i lurk.....as they go thru and i 'deploy counter measures' ......to wit.....diluted tomato ketchup via worming gun all over the miscreants.......after that....with them 'marked' ....HH and i drive them the mile or so home.....captured and marked for mart saturday.....do wonder what the 'withdrawl' is on dilute ketchup though

bitta luck this afternoon.....to my dismay the sheared bolt on smegs assistor ram was tapped into the frame....not really sure how to go about getting the broken thread out i start drilling it.....drill jambs .....i reverse and thread turns out.....'we-wi' almost finished

cheered up a bit but still rather
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Thought I’d heard and seen everything to do with sheep these last 60 years,but that was pre Spin days, ketchup marking brilliant. The comment from cyclists, sums up the rural divide, they probably thought you where having a casual walk in the countryside. Made me laugh, Keep going Spin, you’re a star. As regards comments on the political scene, wouldn’t be challenging enough , compared to your sheep. Boris ketchuped to go.

 

[wrenbird]

Take time to recover from feeling poorly. Any virus can leave you feeling low, even when you have less physical symptoms of the dreaded lurgy.
Two bits of luck today (sorry, top drawer planning, and execution there of), errant snot captured, and fast bolt unfastened, on balance, that has to be a good day.

 

[Flat 10]

whatever fekkin day it is/was/gonna be



bit like that...twas a case of 'hide the rope this morning'......two events pre covid...1/ first snot of year reported 2/ bolt holding assistor ram on smeg sheared

phone goes 8pm last night....granville..snot on road right at end of our grazing marsh...i get there just in time to herd ewe + single outta cornfield.....back onto road and hence to field via small patch a rough ground.....previously K had done some fence repairs but this 'lass' was 'feral'.....the marsh's 10yr old fences wern't gonna keep her in....so it was that 6:05am this morning....granville again....same sheep....grumbling i get dressed...phone goes again....admiral 'i'm poorly'......by the time i get to granville she's disappeared into the rough ground....admiral isn't to bad....just wanted attention......i'm totally pee'd off......decide to wait until 10am when 'reinforcements' are promised and pop into naam after chores for some bits/pieces

10am K..mrs spin and HH arrive...the ewe has been reported again.......we all (cept K who was fettlin yard) head off down the field....i had ,in meantime , a desperate plan,.... we get there and HH and i potter with some fence when mrs spin gives outta a cry spotting the 'couple' out.....various maneuvers and just as we prepare to 'execute' two fekkin cyclists come along and spook her up the road ...'nice day' one of the fekkers calls merrily....fortunately K had just arrived and headed her off/outta another cornfield......reset our 'trap'......ewe+lamb herded towards open field gate....i lurk.....as they go thru and i 'deploy counter measures' ......to wit.....diluted tomato ketchup via worming gun all over the miscreants.......after that....with them 'marked' ....HH and i drive them the mile or so home.....captured and marked for mart saturday.....do wonder what the 'withdrawl' is on dilute ketchup though

bitta luck this afternoon.....to my dismay the sheared bolt on smegs assistor ram was tapped into the frame....not really sure how to go about getting the broken thread out i start drilling it.....drill jambs .....i reverse and thread turns out.....'we-wi' almost finished

cheered up a bit but still rather
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My smeg (I named it something in this diary many years ago but i forget what) constantly undoes that bolt on the assistor.

 

[primmiemoo]

Ah, the great Mechanic - Sheep Keeper divide. An assistor ram can require bolts, then? The fings y'learn in TFF!

 

[cousinjack]

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That’s some trailer…..

can’t beat a dolly