I hate weekends!

[7610 super q]

Self closing gates get propped open with sticks here. Sigh.
Anyhoo, one thing I've noticed about the new generation of ramblers is they never stop to admire wild flowers, nice views etc, etc. Always stomping about facing the ground ( or burried in a map ) at 6 MPH.
Almost as if it's a race to cover as much ground as possible. Don't get it myself.

 

[Plain steer]

Was filling the sprayer from the bowser early one morning behind some posh houses when a young rather fit young lady strolled out onto an upstairs balcony stark naked to have s stretch in the morning sunshine. Then she looked down and spotted me, like most women she turned and ran back in the house

Was it shaved or hairy?

 

[Bury the Trash]

A farmer who can't cope with a late Spring is in need of some sound advice on how to prepare for an event that has affected farmers since time immemorial. Many if us are running short of fodder, but most livestock farms will have one or more snack feeders - and a local Compounder who is more than willing to supply something with which to fill it. And there are still turnips and fodder beet to buy.

The problem of a late Spring is as nothing compared to other far more difficult problems - financial worries, family issues, depression, and serious disease outbreaks.

And I've said before, grassland which is in good heart from previous years of being well managed will always show growth in a late spring, when poverty-stricken swards of buttercups and daisies remain dormant.

I didn't say anything about not coping.
I said that grass here isn't growing , mainly because soil temp is still low.

 

[neilo]

Self closing gates get propped open with sticks here. Sigh.
Anyhoo, one thing I've noticed about the new generation of ramblers is they never stop to admire wild flowers, nice views etc, etc. Always stomping about facing the ground ( or burried in a map ) at 6 MPH.
Almost as if it's a race to cover as much ground as possible. Don't get it myself.

One of my sisters used to be a member of a rambling group and she left for just that reason. What's the point in going for a walk in the country and not seeing anything?

 

[Bury the Trash]

Poor farmer ? If you own a multi million pound asset you’re not poor

Yes but only if you sell it .
In reality upkeep is ongoing and costly.
especially with lots of small fields /natural infrastructure to keep

 

[JWL]

Was it shaved or hairy?

She was a blonde and It was over 30 yards away. Couldn't see any winking going on.

 

[Princess Pooper]

I quite like walking and when I first moved to this area, went out on a couple of walks with the local ramblers. Couldn't believe it, it was a bloody route march. I don't mind the exercise but you can do that on a treadmill. What the hell is the point of a walk if you don't stop to admire the view, to listen to a bird song and see if you can spot it, to try and interpret the historic landscape, to watch the lambs gambolling? On narrow paths all they are doing is looking at the floor trying to avoid the heels of the person in front or the muddiest bits, it's actually very disorientating. Never again. There are plenty of less military (and militant) groups but when I have more time I think I will just go on my own or with a friend or two, where we can stop, spend half an hour looking from map to landscape, embracing the history, the topography, the wildlife, the farming.

 

[kfpben]

Fell walking with my grandmother in the Lake District was actually what got me interested in farming as a child. I became a 5 year old sheep obsessive. Now I’m a 34 year old sheep obsessive.
I still love going to the Lakes now and seeing the Herdwicks!

 

[hally]

Fell walking with my grandmother in the Lake District was actually what got me interested in farming as a child. I became a 5 year old sheep obsessive. Now I’m a 34 year old sheep obsessive.
I still love going to the Lakes now and seeing the Herdwicks!

Me too best place in the world just down the road from me but steadily becoming too busy

 

[Extreme Optimist]

Me too best place in the world just down the road from me but steadily becoming too busy

So true. Better in the winter when it's quieter.

 

[hally]

So true. Better in the winter when it's quieter.

True, but the view from Blencathra is not the same with horizontal sleet

 

[Extreme Optimist]

True, but the view from Blencathra is not the same with horizontal sleet

There's a view?????

 

[7610 super q]

Brought this to mind....

 

[CopperBeech]

Yes but only if you sell it .
In reality upkeep is ongoing and costly.
especially with lots of small fields /natural infrastructure to keep

Must be heart breaking.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

They shouldn’t be there View attachment 958413
looking well mind View attachment 958414

where abouts are the photos then?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

One of my sisters used to be a member of a rambling group and she left for just that reason. What's the point in going for a walk in the country and not seeing anything?

maybe they are trying to keep up with this rule, and it is damn fast!

Naismith's rule - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Al R]

where abouts are the photos then?

As in where taken? SW of St.Justinian

 

[Ffermer Bach]

As in where taken? SW of St.Justinian

it looks lovely, will have to go there one day, usually if I want to go the the beach I go to Freshwater East, or have been to Manorbier or even Swan Lake

 

[Bury the Trash]

Must be heart breaking.

No its not why would it be ?
but it does cost money to keep up,well if you cant keep up ,then it would be heart-breaking i guess.no one likes to see a place go to rack and ruin.
unless its for them rewilders, they like it.

 

[Al R]

Sm

Must be heart breaking.

Small fields? My average is under 5acre. Ideal size for mob grazing on a normal year