things that make you smile

[Lowland1]

This is what happens when you overdo the wildebeest.

 

[Lowland1]

Cheetah and cubs. And what made ne smile was an American family having a picnic breakfadt and noticing three hyena stalking them.

 

[Alan88]

The school run begins. Eldest daughter is away to her first day of p1 and she's been excited all week for it

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Got a bit of help with the spreading today!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

My lad makes me smile. 16 and keen as mustard. I had 100t to go on a 48 acre field today. Wind was forecast strong after mid morning so he’s up with me at 5.30 and we get two spreaders rolling to beat Mother Nature. He loads and bombs across the field with alternate spreaders while I spread. We got the 100t done in 1 hour 35 minutes.

T’was a bit sticky round the heap. Heavy rain in the night meant all the water off the lane went straight in the gate and round the heap. The field is going into wheat so no harm done.

He spread the last 30t.

 

[Celt83]

My lad makes me smile. 16 and keen as mustard. I had 100t to go on a 48 acre field today. Wind was forecast strong after mid morning so he’s up with me at 5.30 and we get two spreaders rolling to beat Mother Nature. He loads and bombs across the field with alternate spreaders while I spread. We got the 100t done in 1 hour 35 minutes.


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T’was a bit sticky round the heap. Heavy rain in the night meant all the water off the lane went straight in the gate and round the heap. The field is going into wheat so no harm done.
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He spread the last 30t.

Impressive kit Pete!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Thank you.

As the years go by it gets more and more “all or nothing” with this job.

20 years ago it was maybe 40% spring and 60% autumn. Now it seems autumn is at least 80% so you’ve got to have stupid kit to go flat out for a few weeks.

 

[Celt83]

Thank you.

As the years go by it gets more and more “all or nothing” with this job.

20 years ago it was maybe 40% spring and 60% autumn. Now it seems autumn is at least 80% so you’ve got to have stupid kit to go flat out for a few weeks.

You certainly wouldn't take long doing my spread that's for sure!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

It’s not often we spread 100t in an hour and a half!

There are plenty of days it can take all day to do 100t !!

 

[Will 1594]

It’s not often we spread 100t in an hour and a half!

There are plenty of days it can take all day to do 100t !!

Why do you swop , you could load your own loads and spread ?

 

[Bald Rick]

Watching the missus mow the lawn whilst I post on here

Eey, she’s a grand lass

 

[colhonk]

Ha, Mine is doing the same while I post this

 

[milkloss]

Watching the missus mow the lawn whilst I post on here

Eey, she’s a grand lass

yoga pants?

 

[betweenthelines]

Ha, Mine is doing the same while I post this

Why's your OH cutting Baldy's lawn?

 

[colhonk]

It had grown again since this morning

 

[Bald Rick]

Granddaughter.... can’t take the pace of being “minded” by granddad

 

[averageguy54]

My lad makes me smile. 16 and keen as mustard. I had 100t to go on a 48 acre field today. Wind was forecast strong after mid morning so he’s up with me at 5.30 and we get two spreaders rolling to beat Mother Nature. He loads and bombs across the field with alternate spreaders while I spread. We got the 100t done in 1 hour 35 minutes.


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T’was a bit sticky round the heap. Heavy rain in the night meant all the water off the lane went straight in the gate and round the heap. The field is going into wheat so no harm done.
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He spread the last 30t.

Impressive lad as well as impressive kit! My hat's off to the lad.

 

[Wombat]

My sister rang while I was on the way home and one question was to ask how we had got on combining said it wasn’t great when it chewed up a big drive belt.

As were were on handsfree my 10 yr old in the front seat chirps up with “and he swore a lot” made me chuckle. Welcome to harvest son

 

[dudders]

We've had friends staying for the first time since lockdown, their little girl was in the kitchen with mine when I came in to announce that I'd a bulling heifer up in the yard and had to call the AI man.

Our guests' little girl shot round and stared at me open-mouthed, before asking in a sort-of-scared sort-of-fascinated way 'There's a heffalump in your yard?'

I'm minded those Charlie Brown cartoons in which adults all sound like 'Wah wah wah wha', except for interesting words, are probably based on fact. Does this little beauty really look like a heiferlump?

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Piglet would think so. Clearly a heffable horralump.

 

[Danllan]

Cheetah and cubs. And what made ne smile was an American family having a picnic breakfadt and noticing three hyena stalking them.View attachment 903814

Where's that?


Spotters' note: when very young, cheetah cubs bear more than a passing resemblance to the honey badger (nyegere), an evolutionary tool to put off would-be predators.