CMB

TK Max? I thought they were a clothing retailer only? At least the one in Cheltenham is the last time I looked.. \

Wow that brings it back, presentations still feature largely in my 'back to school/college/uni' anxiety dreams! I never worried about falling asleep when my heart was going at 150 bpm!

Yesterday and a bit of today; no sooner than we get the water back then all of the sockets go in the house; no heating, computers, dishwasher, washing machine etc and no alarms: i was so late getting up on Saturday that I didn't have time to drop the pick-up off before they closed! Plus, I missed the Britains Valmet in Claas colours going cheaply on Ebay.

Going to Wotton Bassett to pick up my courtesy pickup.

You're not allowed to drink in the Brewery Alex, oh no! Health and Safety you see.

Lateral instability

Very convincing and well applied mud!

passing my First Aid at Work course, and just being alive!

Britains- Red+white Farmhand round baler Blue/yellow vintage roll Blue 1982 heavy roll Highland steer 135 red cab and attached loader Valtra Valmet 805 Industrial minus cab

5th day without running water as the pipes are still frozen

After the routine morning feed/bedding, I've been a-split splitting logs.

Hitting a cold chisel with a hammer and cleaning the tractor.

Crimson Britains 9670 dumper MIB with green driver, signs and bricks.

Well done there. Is the Manitou easy to learn on?

Ahh to be a BT engineer in winter Despite careful driving on rather light snowfall I had a van-on-van collision with our new postman at lunchtime, combined speed of only 20mph on a blind bend but wi left me with a broken light, peeling panel, cracked bumper, and a slight bend on the bonnet. He didn't have any parcels for me either!

Running after sheep again (moving fields); pulling a sheep feeder to same field (very heavy and one of the wheels came off ..); moving horses and ponies; de-icing water troughs; landscaping & cleaning up around a barn, and making a big bonfire. I'm exhausted now!

A rubbish lorry? How will she interpret that?

Putting up some Christmas lights and watching listings on Ebay.

Pulling in to allow a car to pass (the only place for some distance) some daft bloke with his wife knock loudly on my window & remind me that this was their driveway enterance & to be careful, even though I was inching along (and they were determined to get in the way of the van). He even had the nerve to stop the other driver -who was nowhere near his drive- to give him an earful, as if he owned the road

Asside from the usual feeding bedding and mucking out, a bit of log splitting this afternoon: A splitting log is a very satisfying sound isn't it Tris?

Nice photo there Phil. Ground conditions look good

Picking up logs at Gardiners I saw- JCB 530.70 Ford 4610 4WD on a Posch Saw (much bigger than the one at the farm) Daewoo excavator

Buying a tonne of logs- I won't post the video link of the JCB loading, as I took it with the phone upside-down stupidly

This: Little miffed about the state of the header but I already have a mint tractor-mounted version to swap with it.

Electric blankets and hot water bottles tonight then Gav!