That time to be dreaming over 'for sale' farms.....

[Turra farmer]

I was looking at this:

http://www.uklandandfarms.co.uk/rural-property-for-sale/scotland/lowlands/77314_edr170001/

Seems good value per acre if you could get some schemes going and BPS stays in some form. Pretty exposed I imagine.

One question though. Why no trees? Do they not grow for some reason? Surely they would provide much shelter from wind and driving rain?

It's a long way from nowhere

 

[T Bourne]

Interesting about the warping. Must have been a massive undertaking back in the day

Please excuse my ignorance, what is 'warping' and 'ring fenced'? I haven't totally wrapped my head around your UK'isms. I only just today after two years on the forum figured out why you call prime movers or semi-trailers, arctics!Thanks.

 

[Pasty]

It's a long way from nowhere

Kind of why it appeals to me......

 

[rc mx110]

Any takers...

http://evansbros.co.uk/property/llanio-road-tregaron/
@rc mx110 @Penmoel @rhifsaith @Riverblue

Nope

 

[renewablejohn]

1.5m aus dollars ?

Is there any other sort of dollars in Australia.

 

[New Puritan]

Please excuse my ignorance, what is 'warping' and 'ring fenced'? I haven't totally wrapped my head around your UK'isms. I only just today after two years on the forum figured out why you call prime movers or semi-trailers, arctics!Thanks.

"Artics", as in short for "articulated", not "arctics" - that's up to the north.

I'd never heard of "warping" either, it's a funny name for it. The blurb on that land for sale gives some detail of what it is. Ring fenced just means the land is all in one lump, and you don't have to go down public roads to get to any of it.

 

[scholland]

Does that include the straw ? Or purely haulage ?

Just haulage

 

[Turra farmer]

So best to be square bales or really hd rounds to get the most on a lorry ,

 

[scholland]

So best to be square bales or really hd rounds to get the most on a lorry ,

Yes, we had a load of squares 3 years ago,i think it was 17 ton. Can't go to high though because of the ferry door height.

 

[T Bourne]

"Artics", as in short for "articulated", not "arctics" - that's up to the north.

I'd never heard of "warping" either, it's a funny name for it. The blurb on that land for sale gives some detail of what it is. Ring fenced just means the land is all in one lump, and you don't have to go down public roads to get to any of it.

Yeah I figure out the arctic bit, I'll have to Google warping. Cheers.

 

[Forever Fendt]

@GTB - I'm quite tempted by that. Do you reckon the bottom fields would be cultivatable, or is it all just rocks?

3 problems i can see,No electric,No access and MFN

 

[A Trebor]

Yeah I figure out the arctic bit, I'll have to Google warping. Cheers.

Warping round here was done by flooding the land with tidal water out of the river,when the water receded it leaves sediment which over time builds up your soil with nice silty soil called warp.

 

[GTB]

@GTB - I'm quite tempted by that. Do you reckon the bottom fields would be cultivatable, or is it all just rocks?

I would have said the bottom fields could be cultivated. They will have been done in the past I'm sure.

 

[New Puritan]

@Forever Fendt - I get the first two, but what's MFN? I quite like the off-gridness of it, it would be a nice antidote to living in Sussex (to start with)...

 

[GTB]

3 problems i can see,No electric,No access and MFN

MFN ?

 

[T Bourne]

Warping round here was done by flooding the land with tidal water out of the river,when the water receded it leaves sediment which over time builds up your soil with nice silty soil called warp.

Wow, that seems like a huge effort. The river must have been awfully dirty to make any difference. Thanks. The history and practices in the UK are so different to here, I find it fascinating! Cheers.

 

[Forever Fendt]

MFN ?

an abréviation of isolation as used around here

 

[le bon paysan]

Farm porn
http://www.proprietes-rurales.com/propriete-a-vendre/

 

[Forever Fendt]

It's a long way from nowhere

MFN

 

[multi power]

They take bloody hours to paint*, and cost the thick end of £1k to replace when rotten.

* Wouldn't be so bad if it was 'just' painting.
First it's the sanding, but oh dear, some putty has fallen out....replace.
Then, oh dear the bottom sill has rotted....out with wood hardener and filler.....
And after 100 years of paint the buggers won't open.....

As @spin cycle says....work of the devil.

Why not go modern and get them galvanized?