Today NOT at work

[thorpe]

I came away a bit disappointed. Entries seem to be getting less and less very year in the classic ploughing and hedgelaying.

Modern class is expanding though and a always love watching the horses.

very good show of trade stand's, don't we make a living for a lot of people! i think i counted 7 vet's i thought that was going some!

 

[Tomo23]

very good show of trade stand's, don't we make a living for a lot of people! i think i counted 7 vet's i thought that was going some!

Yes it is becoming more of a show than a ploughing match getting. But your right, a good turnout on that score. Our vets were there for the second time with hog roast on so that was dinner sorted.

 

[Levelsman]

Our vets were there for the second time with hog roast on so that was dinner sorted.
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Hope it had gone through any withdrawal period!

 

[Robt]

Enjoying this late autumn heat! Quick blast and a pint (Addams 0.5!) bliss

 

[grainboy]

A few from a week in North Sardinia,

Sardinian sheep and cattle farming

And you had to like seafood,

Can recommend it as a relaxing holiday,

 

[Fendt65]

A few from a week in North Sardinia, View attachment 1141035View attachment 1141036View attachment 1141037View attachment 1141038View attachment 1141040View attachment 1141041View attachment 1141042View attachment 1141043View attachment 1141044View attachment 1141045View attachment 1141046View attachment 1141047Sardinian sheep and cattle farmingView attachment 1141048View attachment 1141049And you had to like seafood,View attachment 1141050View attachment 1141055Can recommend it as a relaxing holiday,

Think your mrs needs to shave her legs

 

[Jerry]

Could almost be the Med in August….

But it’s actually Brixham in October!!

 

[oldoaktree]

Lyndon B Johnson’s plane when he was the president near Austin . Mini road trip

 

[oldoaktree]

Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg Texas Saturday. Sunday outside bar food music spot in Luckenbach Texas too there was a very good Country and Western trio on . Beers burgers and music on Sunday afternoon in the Sunshine

 

[oldoaktree]

Old “working” farm in the Lyndon B Johnson National Park came across a 3 furrow horse plough

 

[oldoaktree]

Traveled from Fredericksburg to Carlsbad today.
Lots of Ranch land this morning about 4/5 hours of similar scenery.

 

[oldoaktree]

From Fort Stockton north it’s been oil fields and I think fracking wells never seen so many trucks pickups plant moving up and down the road. It was a never ending stream of tankers gravel type trucks and many other bits of plant servicing the industry. The big fan were attached to massive engine pumps for fracking I assume . Drove for 2-3 hours through it and the oil/ fracking fields when on for as far as you could see either side of the road. Also loads of trailer parks and temp accommodation presumably for the workers

 

[oldoaktree]

Canny service truck

 

[organicguy]

Living fence needing laying, but not great for the saw.

Zebu stud, serious money

 

[oldoaktree]

Carlsbad Caverns pictures don’t do it justice . Supposedly the largest cave site in the USA. Took about 1-1/2 to walk down to the bottom and another hour to walk around the bottom. Lift back up 750ft 20-30 seconds. Well worth a visit

 

[oldoaktree]

Filled the car up the other day . Probably about half the price of the Uk

 

[oldoaktree]

Tractor for you View attachment 1141805

 

[neilo]

This little fella had an op yesterday, lopping a dodgy leg (and his wee testicles) off. We adopted him from the vets a month or so back, after some lowlife had dumped him and his siblings in a bag in a roadside ditch. This lad had managed to clamber out, only to be hit by a car, mullering his front leg completely.
We’ve fed him up to get him up to 2kg, which was the minimum weight for his op under general anaesthetic.
He seems to have taken it in his stride so far, unsurprisingly, knowing his character.

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His name is ‘Socks’, as apparently it is no longer acceptable to call out ‘Spas’. Who knew?

Update on this fella…
He’s clearly struggling to cope with the stress of life on three legs.

 

[oldoaktree]

Farming pictures from New Mexico . Good friend of mine has a Contacting/ Farming business there .
Bit of land work and drill wheat for whole crop next spring. corn chopping and few other bit I didn’t get enough pictures. Some sorghum and cotton fields also . Fair few plots of pecan trees about, apparently once up and running they make around 10k an acre
A quick spin around a dairy farm at the end they milk @8000 cows on 2 sites across the road from each other.

 

[glasshouse]

Short break in Tenerife