L33 DA17ON Posted April 11, 2021 Posted April 11, 2021 Haven't been on here for a long time with everything that went on with my son and his leukaemia. I had to join Facebook for a big fundraising we did for him to get him to Singapore as it just seemed easier to post on there. Anyway. No more greenside farm now welcome to Hazel head farm Smaller farm with 40 beef cows and 250 ewes to lamb. Farms in between carlisle and the lake district Keswick. Farmer Simon has been splashing the cash on a teagal straw chopper and a lovely new hurlimann xb100max with sigma 4 loader The day Tunstall tractors delivered the hurlimann on a lowloader Having got a new l4wd loader tractor meant we had to give up the 2 old massy fergusons. Straw chopper put on right away
Udimore Posted April 11, 2021 Posted April 11, 2021 Stunning fair play Knowing first had how your battling with your kids health rips you apart i guess its a nice distraction to build a stunning layout Brilliant work
L33 DA17ON Posted April 11, 2021 Author Posted April 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Udimore said: Stunning fair play Knowing first had how your battling with your kids health rips you apart i guess its a nice distraction to build a stunning layout Brilliant work Sadly I lost my 3year old son on the 31st of January. But your right its helped me though and still does I enjoy doing it and hoped one day Stanley would of as well. I guess I can only hope he's by my side when I'm up there.
844john Posted April 11, 2021 Posted April 11, 2021 Hello Lee, nice to see you back on here. I'm terribly sorry to hear about your son, my deepest condolences to you and your family. I think that unless you are a parent yourself you can't even begin to imagine the enormity of such loss, as you say I'm sure he's by your side as you work away. I love the new layout, especially the cattle yard. I've often thought that there's not enough small livestock farms represented in model form, looking forward to your next update.
L33 DA17ON Posted April 11, 2021 Author Posted April 11, 2021 3 hours ago, 844john said: Hello Lee, nice to see you back on here. I'm terribly sorry to hear about your son, my deepest condolences to you and your family. I think that unless you are a parent yourself you can't even begin to imagine the enormity of such loss, as you say I'm sure he's by your side as you work away. I love the new layout, especially the cattle yard. I've often thought that there's not enough small livestock farms represented in model form, looking forward to your next update. Hello mate. Got some plans for adding to Hazle head farm. I still need to build the second pat of the bench so I can add buildings hopefully get planning for a modern beef cattle shed....
mb86 Posted April 11, 2021 Posted April 11, 2021 Im deeply sorry to hear that Lee, you and your family must have gone through hell over the last few months. Like John said, unless you are a parent yourself, it’s impossible to comprehend what you have been through. A great start to your new layout, I enjoyed seeing Greenside develop and I’m looking forward to this one.
F8N Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 Sorry to hear that Lee..honestly what ordinary people have to deal with on a daily basis can be quite overwhelming. Forgive me for asking, only your post didn't say you had lost your son..i sincerely hope not. Is he still with you?
justy 46 Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 Very sorry Lee to hear off the passing off your son . Cant imagine how hard it must have been for you and your familiy bud.
smithy Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Very sorry to hear of your tragic loss , i half know what you are dealing with as my brother lost one of his sons several years ago now . Like your new farm keep up the good work
L33 DA17ON Posted April 16, 2021 Author Posted April 16, 2021 On 4/12/2021 at 1:46 PM, F8N said: Sorry to hear that Lee..honestly what ordinary people have to deal with on a daily basis can be quite overwhelming. Forgive me for asking, only your post didn't say you had lost your son..i sincerely hope not. Is he still with you? No sadly he lost his battle with leukaemia on 31st of January he was 16month when diagnosed with it and he was 3 year old when he passed. He had to go to Singapore for special treatment that cost £500.000 whitch did work but the 3rd bone marrow transplant made his lungs so bad he was struggling to breathe so had to be put into a coma to rest his lungs but sadly they were to damaged and couldn't stop the bleeding in his lungs.
L33 DA17ON Posted April 16, 2021 Author Posted April 16, 2021 On 4/11/2021 at 9:52 PM, mb86 said: Im deeply sorry to hear that Lee, you and your family must have gone through hell over the last few months. Like John said, unless you are a parent yourself, it’s impossible to comprehend what you have been through. A great start to your new layout, I enjoyed seeing Greenside develop and I’m looking forward to this one. Yeah I liked doing it and it was just like my brothers farm but it was taking up to much room on a 8x4 board and that was just the old part of the farm. Now I've got this ill just stick with it and make small dioramas
L33 DA17ON Posted April 16, 2021 Author Posted April 16, 2021 So it's been a busy start to lambing that cold spell was hard on the lambs hoping to get the second half of the twin lambers in the polytunnel
smithy Posted April 16, 2021 Posted April 16, 2021 Well done ,nice to see you are keeping it on the small size like farms used to be ,not knocking the big farms but every one wants to go LARGE bit like McDonalds
L33 DA17ON Posted April 16, 2021 Author Posted April 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, smithy said: Well done ,nice to see you are keeping it on the small size like farms used to be ,not knocking the big farms but every one wants to go LARGE bit like McDonalds Sometimes big is only way to go to get farming to pay. Well in the real world. There's plans to build a hard standing cow shed sometime.
smithy Posted April 16, 2021 Posted April 16, 2021 yes you are right in the real world ,there used to be several small farms like myself around here only a few of us left know rest just gone to the big farms
L33 DA17ON Posted April 16, 2021 Author Posted April 16, 2021 1 hour ago, smithy said: yes you are right in the real world ,there used to be several small farms like myself around here only a few of us left know rest just gone to the big farms It's a shame realy. As farming now is more production a few farms around here milk 800 cows that's not farming in my eyes
F8N Posted April 20, 2021 Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/16/2021 at 9:43 PM, L33 DA17ON said: No sadly he lost his battle with leukaemia on 31st of January he was 16month when diagnosed with it and he was 3 year old when he passed. He had to go to Singapore for special treatment that cost £500.000 whitch did work but the 3rd bone marrow transplant made his lungs so bad he was struggling to breathe so had to be put into a coma to rest his lungs but sadly they were to damaged and couldn't stop the bleeding in his lungs. So sorry to hear that . I cant begin to imagine how awful that would be . My sincere sympathy to you and your family.
Valley Axe Man Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 Sorry to hear the loss of Stanley, it will have been a hard battle for the little fella, i'm sure he'll be with in this new diorama Lee, as others have said its looking good but deepest condolances to you and your family
The Tractor Twitcher Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 So sorry to hear of your son's passing. Sincerest condolences. What a wonderful layout you're putting together and sharing with us. Fantastic work.
L33 DA17ON Posted May 1, 2021 Author Posted May 1, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 4:14 PM, F8N said: So sorry to hear that . I cant begin to imagine how awful that would be . My sincere sympathy to you and your family. On 4/22/2021 at 6:12 AM, Valley Axe Man said: Sorry to hear the loss of Stanley, it will have been a hard battle for the little fella, i'm sure he'll be with in this new diorama Lee, as others have said its looking good but deepest condolances to you and your family On 4/22/2021 at 9:41 AM, The Tractor Twitcher said: So sorry to hear of your son's passing. Sincerest condolences. What a wonderful layout you're putting together and sharing with us. Fantastic work. Thanks guys means a lot, It's a hard time for all of us. Just keeping my self busy back at work now so keeping my mind occupied.
L33 DA17ON Posted May 1, 2021 Author Posted May 1, 2021 So it's been all go hear on Hazelhead farm. Finally managed to get the planning for the new shed passed, so the lads turned up with the diggers on late Tuesday night to get a early start stripping off. Had one of the best digger drivers he could work them machines with his eyes closed. Had to remove a far bit of top soil to hit the good ground but hasn't gone to wast as it'll do for the meadows in the dips to level off. Diesel bowser got dropped off in yard so we took it over to the site for them on the gator. As were still in full swing with lambing Matthew had to lead the capping from the quarry 7 loads then finish off with type 1 subbace ready for the concrete to pour into the holes for steel work. can't falt them lads they where top notch and good at what they do. Sleep work turned up after around a month from ordering it. Then the lads come back to erect it. Steel works just about finished now but not the sheeting. Hoping I can get them to pour the concrete floor
Stabliofarmer Posted May 1, 2021 Posted May 1, 2021 Great scenes with a brilliant storyline Lee, absolutely love the back drop leading up to the ceiling
L33 DA17ON Posted May 2, 2021 Author Posted May 2, 2021 Work lads were in Saturday laying the concrete. They'll be back Tuesday morning to start on barriers and sheets for roof.
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