James T

That mower looks miles away from the tractor

Blimey! Plenty of biofuel from a few of these then?!

Great pics - how high does Elephant Grass grow to?

...from today near Skinflats and the Kincardine Bridge in Falkirk district, Scotland. Just 'record shots' so not up to the usual standard

It ain't mine to sell!

It's definitely been vandalised; there is grouse shooting in the area but I think folk have just thrown parts at the radiator. Sounds like a good explanation re: winding cables...

As it was a pretty good day, I took my usual early May wander up the Lowther Hills on the South Lanarkshire/Dumfries & Galloway border this morning. I've been doing this walk for several years primarily for the wildlife, but until today I hadn't ventured over to an old crawler stuck out on the hillside. It was in some state, heavily corroded and decades old by the looks of things. It sits on Lowther Hill, just down from the NATS Radar Station. I'm unsure whether it had an agricultural use or whether it was used in the construction of the various telecoms buildings on the hills. Does anyone have any idea of make/model? Too heavily corroded to find anything of use to identify it. The first photo shows the village of Wanlockhead in the distance (highest village in Scotland): Looking east to telecoms masts on Green Lowther in the distance: Looking west:

Is there not a Bamford Wuffler which is similar to that turner? I though Lely Pheasants were big birds?

That's great Rory - looking forward to it!

Yeah, G&M had a wonderful range as always. Briefly looked at the new forager - looked pretty good. I just bought the recent UH MF and the Renault Ergos hedgecutter.

That would be tellin'

No Kidding? (groannnnn)

What happened to 'The Kidd Story' which was supposed to be in the May issue?

I attended the eevent today for a couple of hours. A nice selection of stuff and bought a couple of UH models from G&M. Nice to have a chat with them too. Also good to meet up with Bill again and help him carry all those purchases to his car A good day!

Saw a Bomford Bandit sitting in a yard near Selkirk in the Borders last week - haven't seen one for years. Where I used to live, the council (Renfrewshire) used to use them for cutting some municipal grassland in the '80's along with skid mounted rotary cutters. Last I saw they seem to have went towards Major machines.

Thanks for the information, guys. A nice machine would look nice if cleaned up a bit.

...or hay turner? Can anyone advise? The Bamford name was on the machine. This photograph was taken en route between Haweswater Reservoir and Penrith last Thursday.

Shame you can't make it along, Martin. Aside from Bill and myself, anyone else going?

Ta much for posting - think I've seen a brochure for the rear dump before - looks like a Shawnee Poole welded to a tractor!

Thanks for that Bill. I'll probably make it up for about 9.30 ish. Looking forward to it.

Many thanks for those great pics. Lurve the JF models - very nice.

That's great Bill - could you confirm the start time at some point this week, although 9.30 - 10.00 would be the time I would be heading up for. I'll give you a call when I get there (presuming your number is the same as it was at Lanark!)?

OK guys, who's going? I'm planning to go there for the start on Saturday. I'm assuiming that there'll be adequate parking at the venue. Is there an admission charge?

One word: overkill

Thanks for those excelent photographs - a tempting one to purchase!