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diary of a comedy sheep farm
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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 8205270" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>i have indeed....just back.....as usual ,for me, a bit of an adventure <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 had everything that could 'derail. my trip planned for....but the bit that could 'frustrate' neglected <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite77" alt=":bag:" title="Bag :bag:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":bag:" />........my destination ....croydon...not london but cambs<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" />......i 'flew down. via swaffam...dowham mkt....A10....littleport....ely....until cambridge<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:" />.... then it shoulda been grantchester...doddle from there right?....wrong <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite77" alt=":bag:" title="Bag :bag:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":bag:" />....the 'neglected' bit of my plans was the directions/route at cambridge.....i was relying.by this stage on a printed google map and my 'homing pigeon' like instincts....on top of this i forgot my glasses<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite77" alt=":bag:" title="Bag :bag:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":bag:" />.....YEAH<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:" />....that went well <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:" />......'WELCOME TO DUXFORD'<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face :sob:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png" data-shortname=":sob:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite77" alt=":bag:" title="Bag :bag:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":bag:" />...i'd overshot south.....gradually fighting my way back north...i stopped at a garage for a map....well<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:" />.........cashier looked at me like i was an 'alien'<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:" />......cursing 'modern society' i withdrew glancing over to display i thought 'yeah you don't sell maps but you stock fekkin patio brushes'.....i did get a rather tasty 'breakfast wrap' though<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>i travel on...engaging the locals for directions....finally a lady.....'down to main road...left...right at roundabout....next village....croydon signed to left'.......off i go except no sign<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />...desperation i ring vendor...he tells me i'm close....turn round and back in village see the sign....not my fault ....from the direction i had entered a fekkin virgina creeper had grown right over it<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:" />.....it seems most of the fekkin signs in rural cambs are half obscured by undergrowth<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>anyhoo....got there....loaded....fought my way back round cambridge.....forgiving it because i'd assumed ,on the way, it had two ring roads (loike narrwich<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":love:" title="Love :love:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love:" />)......but of course it just has an inner ring road....very scenic....bit bourgeois for my tastes....but meh<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p><p></p><p>still relived to see wissington beet factory in the distance on way home<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":love:" title="Love :love:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love:" />.....blimey though there's not much beet past downham <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />...more maize than beet.....the beet<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />....'meh to cr@p' ....not a patch on round here or what i saw t'other week driving down to suffolk.......some of the maize pretty bad to....i maybe a peasant/hobbyist but looking at those fields....well.. they're gonna loose money.....'recreational farming' if you like as woulda been better fallow.....right i'd better go and unload<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 8205270, member: 12281"] i have indeed....just back.....as usual ,for me, a bit of an adventure :rolleyes:....i had everything that could 'derail. my trip planned for....but the bit that could 'frustrate' neglected :bag:........my destination ....croydon...not london but cambs😁......i 'flew down. via swaffam...dowham mkt....A10....littleport....ely....until cambridge:banghead:.... then it shoulda been grantchester...doddle from there right?....wrong :bag:....the 'neglected' bit of my plans was the directions/route at cambridge.....i was relying.by this stage on a printed google map and my 'homing pigeon' like instincts....on top of this i forgot my glasses:bag:.....YEAH:rolleyes:....that went well :rolleyes:......'WELCOME TO DUXFORD'😭:bag:...i'd overshot south.....gradually fighting my way back north...i stopped at a garage for a map....well:rolleyes:.........cashier looked at me like i was an 'alien':rolleyes:......cursing 'modern society' i withdrew glancing over to display i thought 'yeah you don't sell maps but you stock fekkin patio brushes'.....i did get a rather tasty 'breakfast wrap' though:) i travel on...engaging the locals for directions....finally a lady.....'down to main road...left...right at roundabout....next village....croydon signed to left'.......off i go except no sign:scratchhead:...desperation i ring vendor...he tells me i'm close....turn round and back in village see the sign....not my fault ....from the direction i had entered a fekkin virgina creeper had grown right over it:rolleyes:.....it seems most of the fekkin signs in rural cambs are half obscured by undergrowth:rolleyes: anyhoo....got there....loaded....fought my way back round cambridge.....forgiving it because i'd assumed ,on the way, it had two ring roads (loike narrwich:love:)......but of course it just has an inner ring road....very scenic....bit bourgeois for my tastes....but meh😁 still relived to see wissington beet factory in the distance on way home:love:.....blimey though there's not much beet past downham :oops:...more maize than beet.....the beet:oops:....'meh to cr@p' ....not a patch on round here or what i saw t'other week driving down to suffolk.......some of the maize pretty bad to....i maybe a peasant/hobbyist but looking at those fields....well.. they're gonna loose money.....'recreational farming' if you like as woulda been better fallow.....right i'd better go and unload:) [/QUOTE]
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