James T

A few more shots from Covington area in South Lanarkshire. The balers were in adjacent fields and the Teagle Super-Ted was in a field about a kilometre away. Enjoy!

Here's a few shots from near Covington, South Lanarkshire, taken yesterday. ...I must say, nice to see a change from the greens!

Nice MFs Bill - JD and Claas seem to have the market cornered down here.

Interesting story and I think it's valid to post such here. I also think that there are some buyers who are up to tricks as well. Ages ago I sent a UH item via Royal Mail which although not in a box was well packaged with newspaper, brown paper and bubblewrap (which another seller referred to as 'bomb-proof'!) and lo-and-behold it arrived with something (minor) broken. He then contacted me to get a partial refund. Then contacted me again later when he found something else broken... I reduced the item to half the price with a partial refund. There could well be people at this to reduce the price of an item, knowing that accepting a return is a bit of a pain for the seller - I specified no returns in my ad. Something just didn't 'sit well' with this guy.

Cheers Joe

Outstanding additions to the UH catalogue. Any hint of a release date?

Alas, one of the little tasks I had pencilled in was to get some shots of the viners in Berwick/Eyemouth areas and I've failed miserably.

Great shots, not many County tractors seen up here these days.

Any chance of you putting up the brochures on the board at some point, Nick? Would love a look!

No, it's actually a few metres above sea-level. The area is known as The Carse [low-lying ground] Of Stirling. Thousands of years ago, there was an earthquake off Norway which sent a tsunami across the North Sea and flooded this area. Very fertile land.

Ready to start work: Just like buses, three come along at once. Here's a Golden Pheasant parked up in the corner of the field: And finally, a view towards Ben Ledi near Callander:

You may wonder where I've been hiding, but this is the first Lely Golden Pheasant I've seen working in 25 years! I still have many fond memories of seeing one in a small field near my house which was the closest I could get to farm machinery in the town I stayed in. I still have fond memories of seeing it at work. Now for a Hayzip: The PTO shaft must have fallen off this one

The third set from yesterday was a real treat for me. I spotted this early on in the day: Things looked interesting. Then I walked over to get these shots:

and finally...

From a field nearby to the action for the set taken entitled 'Mowing In Stirlingshire', here's some tedding and baling action, featuring another Valmet. This was the last field the guys were baling, and luckily they got it all done yesterday as the general area has had over an inch of rain today! Braes of Doune windfarm and the village of Thornhill can be seen in some shots. The area is directly beside Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve. As well as a Red Kite, I also saw a wing-tagged Buzzard, part of a study scheme looking at dispersal of young birds in Central Scotland.

Cheers! That's the Gargunnock Hills. Nice parallel crags in that part of the range.

Cheers robbo - just consulted Collins Pocket Guide to 'Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain And Northern Europe' (an infrequently consulted tome in my natural history library I have to say ) and there it is. Is it just used for feed/bedding?

...and here's a closeup photograph of the crop:

Here's some mowing shots from today. There's several fields of this grass crop in the area - looks to be of high quality - can anyone identify it (there's a closeup at the end)?

Just in from a mammoth day photographing mostly haymaking and I've got 316 photographs to sort out! I only stopped once to get some combining shots, near Thornhill. Here's a selection:

Nice pics, Bill. Love that old NH!

I might actually try and make this this year (weather permitting).

Yeah, a few model stands, mostly Britains and Siku with a few UH.

...and finally... A nice little show with a fair few things to see, although it was apparently a good bit quieter than usual this year (although there's still tomorrow to come!).