Valley Axe Man

Weather stopping play Smithy but at least you made a start..... Couldn't help but noticed the old Leyland in the last photo of your baling post sat by the shed... 

Cracker of a hedging outfit with the Leyland/Econ mid mount John, every credit to you 😉

11 hours ago, smithy said:

The tractor after giving it a wash and taking sawbench off ,reloaded onto lowloader and granddaughter had a bit of practice driving with long trailer while i sat beside her as we delivered tractor last night to its new owner .He is going to just tidy up what needs doing but leave it as is and use on road runs ,once he fixed the brakes 

Good to see you giving Jasmine a bit of tuition Smithy, be handy with her on trailer work for harvest 👍

7 hours ago, jmd said:

Nice sunset over banbourgh castle 

Nice to see you getting a bit of good weather John 👍

1 hour ago, smithy said:

We did a road run from that place on his 50th birthday as he did not wont a party ,he had planned on one for his 60th but covid stopped that but plans was in place for a big one at 65 but sadly at 62 he was taken away 

62 is no age Smithy.... 

A good send off Smithy.. I'm sure he'd have been happy to see everyone turn out for his last journey 

Read somewhere that they had sold 140000 tickets over the 4 days Mike... Looks like you had a bit of decent weather though 👍

Unknown to us we were caught on camera leaving Goosnargh and Longridge show on Saturday by good friend Andy Monks 

Great work again John... Hats off to you for keep pulling surprises out if the bag 🙂

22 minutes ago, jmd said:

we did ok with weather in the end Paul wasn't as bad as the forecast and a good day out

Aye we did ok and didn't get to wet, though came a good downpour when we got back to shed and were getting unloaded. Was a good turnout though 

On 7/6/2023 at 9:56 AM, Stabliofarmer said:

Thanks for sharing your photos and videos Paul, Kelsall has always been a gap in our schedule (always seems to rain that weekend) but looking at these photos I think we should be adding it to the rounds. Far more to the show than I realised!

No bother James, to be fair it was first time we had been and didn't know what to expect but was a great supported show and plenty to see, we didn't look at it all but is certainly worth a return visit 👍

Good day yesterday and first time we've ever had all 3 tractors out at a show...the 465 isn't a big load for the 472 but she did good on the roads, just dropping a gear on the climbs, would say it's the first time she's had any weight behind her since she got parked up about 15 years ago before getting rescued by the fella I bought it off.. all in all it was a good day and she still looks well in the sunshine 

Plenty of the other shade of blue too 😉

Only a couple of Nuffield and Blue Leylands but plenty of harvest gold no less than 3 Marshall 100s 

Few more photos 

Been at Goosnargh and Longridge show today with Gemma and our 3 tractors, along with John Dewhurst and his son Matt and their 8340 and 802 respectively, good turn out of tractors and a few photos 

Had an hour up at the yard giving tractors a quick wipe over and then loaded the 465 up ready for tomorrow and Goosnargh and Longridge show... Hoping the forecast is wrong and the worst of the rain and thunder showers pass us but somehow think we'll get wet at some point tomorrow 

6 hours ago, smithy said:

It was a bit hot when stopped but while driving there was a cool breeze which was ideal 

You can't beat a cabless tractor when the weather's good Smithy... Looks like you had a good run though 👍

10 hours ago, jmd said:

Looks a good show Paul i know Dave went last year and said it was well worth going

Well worth a look John, was definitely more trucks than owt else but was good to see a couple of tractors that weren't represented at Newby... Jury still out on that Cummins powered 7610 but to be fair was a tidy job..... 

1 hour ago, MarshallGem said:

Couple of videos from yesterday from Kelsall. My phones better than Paul's at taking videos 🤣

Thanks for posting your videos up Gemma 😉

Cheers for looking... It's a great show maybes could only be better with a working area but other than that it were a reet do 👍