Monty
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- Location
- Nantwich, Cheshire
I walked outside this afternoon to fetch the cows up and my face started to melt in the sun. Milking has just been ridiculous. Each cow is like a furnace.
Hows everybody coping in this hot weather?
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Are you Michael Jackson? Thought his death was a scam.
Colin
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- Location
- Perthshire
After last year I am determined to never complain about the weather again, I suggest you do the same, what do you want? Them up to their udders in gutters! 
- Location
- Cirencester
Unpleasant, esp Sunday, been up at 4 most mornings for spraying, best time of day, nice and cool to boot
I'm not complaining one little bit, but I do have a lot sympathy for everyone milking cows in this weather it's truly horrible , the milkers hate it and so do the cows , have the flies arrived yet ?
Here all the cattle are lying in the cubicles all day ( soft b##tards )
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I am complaining, I complain when its Hot, Cold, Windy, Raining, Snowing, sleeting, and Frosty, I am a Farmer after all... there is about 4 days a year when its OK.
Zetor
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- Location
- Northumberland
A/C
- Location
- East yorks
Was hot at the Yorkshire show, better than last year though so cannot complain. Nice walking through crops without Welles on this year
choochter
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
I've done bee all today except walk through the cows because I have a sore finger.
Goweresque
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- Location
- North Wilts
Its not that hot! Mid to high 20s thats all. We've had such cold weather for so long that it just seems like a furnace. I remember going to Cheltenham cricket festival in 1990, it was sweltering, you dripped sweat just sat there. A few days later they registered 37 degrees in Cheltenham, a UK record at the time.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/aug1990
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/aug1990
Monty
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- Location
- Nantwich, Cheshire
Biting flies. Oh yes. The best part is when they flick their sh*t covered tails in your face.
It's a touch warm. Kids are feeling it-they all seem to have a touch of hayfever and are a tad under the weather Milking isn't the most pleasant of jobs at the mo and the calves are supping gallon after gallon of water which is all to handball to the hutches Other than that, the washing is dry in no time at all
Milking isn't the most pleasant of jobs at the mo and the calves are supping gallon after gallon of water which is all to handball to the hutches Other than that, the washing is dry in no time at all
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
its great this weather,no need for me to turn my hay every day, mowed friday evening, turned sat n sunday, row it up wed evening n going tobale thursday
Old Boar
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- Location
- West Wales
It climbed to 33 degrees in the butchery unit, with 3 large fans going. I would have stripped to my kecks but the risk with knives and sticky out bits is too high...
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Whatever tickles your fancy.
What about some bromide tabs to reduce (the risk to) your 'sticky out bits'?
Old Boar
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- Location
- West Wales
Lol - bromide would not work on my sticky out bits, they are higher up...
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
It's a touch warm. Kids are feeling it-they all seem to have a touch of hayfever and are a tad under the weather
Set the swimming pool up this week so NeilO Jnr is very happy. Didn't even bother unpacking it after the move last year.
Mrs NeilO reports fast drying times too, so all happy. Me, I'm a miserable bugger, moaning about it being too hot to do anything. I'm a farmer after all, it would never do to be happy.
Spent this afternoon digging out & repairing drains by hand, just so I could have something to moan about. Bah humbug.
- Location
- Limousin, France
It's so hot here that I joined the kids in the pool after I was done baling. . Even Mrs LBP went in for her impression of ' decoy for a whaling fleet'!
jade35
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- Location
- S E Cornwall
Lets hope for your sake she doesn't look at this thread
or greenpeace
or worse the japanese whalers