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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 6190296" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>'anyday will be fine and please apologise to gerry for my not being at church this evening....i'm tired/dirty and fed up....much like jesus was i suppose'...i press send and the email is on it's way to 'mr gerry'....the date is for an evening farm walk i do every year for church funds....showing the stewardship work mainly....i got the latest claim form today...with a little disclaimer attached that it might not be accurate<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />......the stewardship,on reflection, is really buggering me up....because of various 'you may not before 14th feb clauses' meaning i get to this stage of year desperately trying to catch up.....my agronomist 'blinked' the other day when i told him how much we were owed..'how on earth are you managing?' he exclaimed......by knocking myself out trying to save every possible penny is not to far from the truth</p><p></p><p>the church service tonight was going to be a short affair but involved symbolic washing of each others hands and feet....i didn't have time to shower so i'm out<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ...the reason for that is 'BLOSSOM'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />....mum's pet herdwick<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....she arrived as a stray via a phone call from someone in the next village saying my sheep were on the road<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....arriving she and her lambs run off but not before i id them as not mine...a large flock of sheep two fields away give a clue...i call the farmer...'nothing to do with me but i'll call my grazier'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....next day phone rings 'i've just put your sheep back in the field,,,she was on the road'....GUESS WHO<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />.....ok phone arrams....talk about traceability....the trail goes cold 2 yrs earlier at newark market....police advise me to keep her...i put red tags in.....come shearing i get a message that the grazier is a ewe short...i shoot the messenger 'well he better effin come and see me and explain why he didn't recognize her while she was on the road'....i hear no more but on reflection i should've taken her back there and then<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />....her soleful face and love of a titbit made her a fave of mum and 'K' but that bitch will go through any kind of fence at will<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />.....she's wintered with the ewe lambs but i amalgamated two groups AM...'blossom' didn't follow .....she went up the yard...'let her wander a bit' pleads mum and drives off with a titbit for her....i'm to busy to argue<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>3 tegs have lambed and some forklift feeding keep me busy for a while.....whilst accessing the fodder beet a dorset sneaks past...i'll get her later...i'm on a deadline....mum's an x-ray noon at cromer...the problem is we're waiting on a feed delivery<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />....my tenant kindly offers to take mum....15 mins after they leave the feed arrives...then the feed lorry and dustcart meet each other<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....i'm just having a rollie+cuppa when i hear a vehicle coming very slowly down the drive<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />....it's our new guests driving that poll dorset home...they think it's hilarious<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" /></p><p></p><p>lunch<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />...then ploughing...closing stages but by 4pm i'm fed up</p><p></p><p>this morning i had a poorly ewe in a paddock....i go check...she's dead<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />...two more orphans<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />...i tie ewe to back of mule....grab lambs....manouvre home...by gate 'peacock' stops car...'you've a sheep in the lane'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />....drop lambs in stable...tow ewe into yard...off in search of stray....can't find<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />.....hail some walkers 'have you seen a sheep?'....'oh yes...that way' they point.....off i go....no trace<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />....trundling back to the yard i realise which sheep it is.....i meet the walkers coming back....'you've gone past her' they say...'was she a big grey shaggy thing?' i ask ....to which they nod and laugh<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....'BLOSSOM'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />......back at the top of the drive a neighbour, a dog walker and 'the owl' are trying to get her back down our drive....she goes straight past 'the owl'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />.....my arrival brings her to heel and she trots down the drive...until everybody else is out of sight...then straight thru the hedge<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....THATS IT!!!....in the hedge after i go...pick her up and put her over the nearest fence with the rams<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>bottle feed the new orphans....then get a bag for dead ewe...i'm just getting her in when i glance up and 'mr guest' is standing at the barns back door waving cheerily and pointing....an exlana x has jumped outta the pen behind me<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p><p></p><p>i'd like to say the day finally ended.....but i'm now back off to lambing shed.....why do we do it again<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 6190296, member: 12281"] 'anyday will be fine and please apologise to gerry for my not being at church this evening....i'm tired/dirty and fed up....much like jesus was i suppose'...i press send and the email is on it's way to 'mr gerry'....the date is for an evening farm walk i do every year for church funds....showing the stewardship work mainly....i got the latest claim form today...with a little disclaimer attached that it might not be accurate:banghead:......the stewardship,on reflection, is really buggering me up....because of various 'you may not before 14th feb clauses' meaning i get to this stage of year desperately trying to catch up.....my agronomist 'blinked' the other day when i told him how much we were owed..'how on earth are you managing?' he exclaimed......by knocking myself out trying to save every possible penny is not to far from the truth the church service tonight was going to be a short affair but involved symbolic washing of each others hands and feet....i didn't have time to shower so i'm out:D:D ...the reason for that is 'BLOSSOM':banghead::banghead:....mum's pet herdwick:rolleyes:....she arrived as a stray via a phone call from someone in the next village saying my sheep were on the road:rolleyes:....arriving she and her lambs run off but not before i id them as not mine...a large flock of sheep two fields away give a clue...i call the farmer...'nothing to do with me but i'll call my grazier':rolleyes:....next day phone rings 'i've just put your sheep back in the field,,,she was on the road'....GUESS WHO:banghead::banghead:.....ok phone arrams....talk about traceability....the trail goes cold 2 yrs earlier at newark market....police advise me to keep her...i put red tags in.....come shearing i get a message that the grazier is a ewe short...i shoot the messenger 'well he better effin come and see me and explain why he didn't recognize her while she was on the road'....i hear no more but on reflection i should've taken her back there and then:banghead:....her soleful face and love of a titbit made her a fave of mum and 'K' but that bitch will go through any kind of fence at will:banghead::banghead:.....she's wintered with the ewe lambs but i amalgamated two groups AM...'blossom' didn't follow .....she went up the yard...'let her wander a bit' pleads mum and drives off with a titbit for her....i'm to busy to argue:rolleyes: 3 tegs have lambed and some forklift feeding keep me busy for a while.....whilst accessing the fodder beet a dorset sneaks past...i'll get her later...i'm on a deadline....mum's an x-ray noon at cromer...the problem is we're waiting on a feed delivery:banghead:....my tenant kindly offers to take mum....15 mins after they leave the feed arrives...then the feed lorry and dustcart meet each other:rolleyes:....i'm just having a rollie+cuppa when i hear a vehicle coming very slowly down the drive:scratchhead:....it's our new guests driving that poll dorset home...they think it's hilarious:scratchhead: lunch:)...then ploughing...closing stages but by 4pm i'm fed up this morning i had a poorly ewe in a paddock....i go check...she's dead:(...two more orphans:banghead:...i tie ewe to back of mule....grab lambs....manouvre home...by gate 'peacock' stops car...'you've a sheep in the lane':banghead::banghead::banghead:....drop lambs in stable...tow ewe into yard...off in search of stray....can't find:scratchhead:.....hail some walkers 'have you seen a sheep?'....'oh yes...that way' they point.....off i go....no trace:scratchhead:....trundling back to the yard i realise which sheep it is.....i meet the walkers coming back....'you've gone past her' they say...'was she a big grey shaggy thing?' i ask ....to which they nod and laugh:rolleyes:....'BLOSSOM':banghead::banghead:......back at the top of the drive a neighbour, a dog walker and 'the owl' are trying to get her back down our drive....she goes straight past 'the owl':rolleyes:.....my arrival brings her to heel and she trots down the drive...until everybody else is out of sight...then straight thru the hedge:rolleyes:....THATS IT!!!....in the hedge after i go...pick her up and put her over the nearest fence with the rams:rolleyes: bottle feed the new orphans....then get a bag for dead ewe...i'm just getting her in when i glance up and 'mr guest' is standing at the barns back door waving cheerily and pointing....an exlana x has jumped outta the pen behind me:banghead::banghead: i'd like to say the day finally ended.....but i'm now back off to lambing shed.....why do we do it again:scratchhead: [/QUOTE]
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