Deere-est Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Had a lay in today for the first time in I don't know how long. After a fifteen hour day on the road and trudging around Somerset on foot trying to find a tractor for an hour in the rain. . . which was not even there .. .. By the time I got home I was shot. So a couple of Old Rascals sent me off to the land of nod without any messing. Traci went off to work at 6.30am and I didn't stir until 10.30am. Walked the dog, had a bonfire in the garden and then we went shopping for house stuff. Came back with a dresser for the dining room, a wine cupboard/rack, three bathroom cabinets, an old fashioned wall shelf unit and a glass/metal coffee table for the conservatory. Bite to eat at the Frome Flyer on the way back, bit of tele and a little read through the pages on here to see what's been going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Had a lay in today for the first time in I don't know how long. After a fifteen hour day on the road and trudging around Somerset on foot trying to find a tractor for an hour in the rain. . . which was not even there .. .. By the time I got home I was shot. So a couple of Old Rascals sent me off to the land of nod without any messing. Traci went off to work at 6.30am and I didn't stir until 10.30am. Walked the dog, had a bonfire in the garden and then we went shopping for house stuff. Came back with a dresser for the dining room, a wine cupboard/rack, three bathroom cabinets, an old fashioned wall shelf unit and a glass/metal coffee table for the conservatory. Bite to eat at the Frome Flyer on the way back, bit of tele and a little read through the pages on here to see what's been going on. Have you got 3 bathrooms then? Posh, eh?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Well, last night we played a very nice little gig for an enthusiastic crowd down in Mary Tavy , then today I had to put up some sheep fence at my wife's school. NOT to keep the sheep out, but to keep the kids from going out amongst the sheep! A lovely job in the roaring wind and rain that has plagued us most of today... Considering I've been off sick with some sort of virus this week, i'm just glad I got it back together in time for the weekend. Back to the grind tomorrow, I suppose... Anybody going to Toy Trac at Wincanton in October? I've never been to this, is it a good one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Anybody going to Toy Trac at Wincanton in October? I've never been to this, is it a good one? If you like the hobby, you will like the show!! A big room full of toys and other sado's who like toy tractors. Ive been twice, had fun both times, not sure about this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 All my sheep are in the deep freezer John, bu**ers can't get out of there! We've not had any wind here yet, did start raining a little around lunch time but nothing like what's been forecast, I'm not very far from Mary Tavy as the crow flies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 suffering after yesterdays efforts, got in at 4 ish this morn I think?? to be honest I cant really remember [ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Have you got 3 bathrooms then? Posh, eh?! Ha!! Two, one main and one en-suite. The house we came from had one bloody tiny one. We don't know ourselves in the new place!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 If you like the hobby, you will like the show!! A big room full of toys and other sado's who like toy tractors. Ive been twice, had fun both times, not sure about this year Is this the one that is being held near J24 on the M5 now? I must admit that I got my info from an old magazine... Looks like December 1st.? Now called J24Trac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 All my sheep are in the deep freezer John, bu**ers can't get out of there! We've not had any wind here yet, did start raining a little around lunch time but nothing like what's been forecast, I'm not very far from Mary Tavy as the crow flies. About 40 miles by today's standards, then? I was watching some crows trying to fly upwind and had to laugh at them. They just wouldn't give up, even though they didn't stand a bat in hell's chance of actually doing it! We were at the Coronation Hall, Mary Tavy. Almost opposite the old garage there. A lovely crowd! Sheep are safe around these parts, as we are all vegetarian, (I can hear the sharp intake of breath from here, chaps!). Mrs Bigbear is getting to be a dab hand at removing sheep from the school, though, and even gets to grips with the ones that get their head stuck in the fence! Trouble is, she'd bring them all home to live here if she could! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 We don't really bother with the sheep on the Moor John, they're so thin that they're not worth the cost of a cartridge! As for the crows, we've trained them to fly like that, it's what we call 'getting nowhere fast' and it makes them think they have travelled several miles and when they calculate how far they would have flown, when they turn back to go to roost they go the distance they think they've flown and then it takes them a week to come back again! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 fed the cows (550)(keenan 400/nh 6030 plus),bedded down,3 loads of muck to the field,dinner then milked at 2.30..boring really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 We don't really bother with the sheep on the Moor John, they're so thin that they're not worth the cost of a cartridge! As for the crows, we've trained them to fly like that, it's what we call 'getting nowhere fast' and it makes them think they have travelled several miles and when they calculate how far they would have flown, when they turn back to go to roost they go the distance they think they've flown and then it takes them a week to come back again! Took me a while to work that one out! ha ha!. We have hordes of jackdaws here, mostly living in our chimneys! I don't mind 'em, but our neighbour up the hill complains that they wake him up too early... Perhaps I should knock on his door when I go off to save him being bothered by the birds? Hohoho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 We don't have a problem with Jackdaws, not now my neighbour down below in the old Barton farm house sorted out the chimneys to stop them nesting in them and blocking up the holes in the walls of the granite barns, I've popped off a few in the garden as well and all have disappeared now, that could be due to a pair of Ravens moving in, they are big birds, my neighbour hates them, this year they have taken all his hen, duck and goose eggs that have been laid out and any chicks that have hatched they've had them as well, neighbours haven't got the sense to construct a covered pen/run until the chicks are big enough to look after themselves! They certainly wouldn't be snacking on my eggs and chicks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 On holiday in Minorca,got the wife's I pad,so can still keep an eye on the forum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 What's the other eye on Paul? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 My all inclusive beers !!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Packing day today removals men will be coming to do the bulk of it. House cleared tomorrow, I drive to Wantage, evict my youngest granddaughter from her bedroom for the night and on Friday I move into my new house. Stressed? Sure am but once installed I can take my time settling in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I can visualise it now Sue, a large box body lorry trundling down the road with 'Chippendale Removals' on the sides! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I can visualise it now Sue, a large box body lorry trundling down the road with 'Chippendale Removals' on the sides! Actually it is going to be two. The first one is already swallowing my possessions and will take most of the furniture. The remainder will be collected tomorrow. Amazing how dog hair collects behind cupboards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 On Hols now we drove down to Hastings yesterday had a great walk along the beach and Alexandra park then visited relations in Hastings On the way back to Kent I saw loads of potato harvesters at Brookland working in the fields. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) Same as the last few days really,relaxing by the pool in cala n porter in Minorca,temp at the moment,78 degrees,clear blue sky's,going to the capital tommorrow,which is mahon,still coming on here from time to time,got to go,drinks just being deliverd Edited September 20, 2013 by paulali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Same as the last few days really,relaxing by the pool in cala n porter in Minorca,temp at the moment,78 degrees,clear blue sky's,going to the capital tommorrow,which is mahon,still coming on here from time to time,got to go,drinks just being deliverdimage.jpg Are you sure you aren't in Australia? You seem to be upside down.......... ;D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) Using the wife's I pad,but click on the thumbnail robbo,and its the right way up!!!!!!!! Edited September 20, 2013 by paulali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Oh no it's not,!! :laugh: Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Oh we'll,sorry guys,it's the right way on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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