In memoriam
Sad day, as we had Speckeldy euthenased. We have nearly always had a speckled hen, they are characters, and are beautifully marked. We tried to extend her life, but they do tend to suffer heart issues, and she didn’t rally […]
Early morning
Beautiful early morning with the mist in the valley. Sandie doing the rounds of the livestock, in this instance just topping up the birdies watering hole.
The signs are there
A little local planting around a street sign in the village. Pretty, clever and so what is going on around here at the moment with spring about to spring. What we can’t bring you is the delicate, hesitant, bewildered cry […]
First outing!
The inaugural trip for the trailer to get some barley straw. Not many places in Wales sell it or indeed grow it. We found a dealer in the Cambrian hills and went off to get some – 6 of the […]
Post Doris – Pre Felicity
We have now had a couple of weeks of rain courtesy of Doris and Ewen. Even last night, we had a feeling that Felicity (or whatever the next one is called – it will be female, and start with an […]
Saint David’s Day
Bora Da – Good morning Sugar! Bore Da – I want a man Bora Da – Good afternoon Bora dah – GOOD MORNING Take your pick basically – but have a good Gwyl Dewi. St. David’s Day in United Kingdom. […]
Here in Doris land
Storm Doris is hurtling its way through from the Cardigan Bay coast and over the tops. It rained all yesterday reaching a max of 2.5mm in one hour. Rained all night as well, and winds are now gusting. The river is […]
To boldly go..
… pre-flight checks completed and its time to press the go button. OK Sean, I know its not as big as yours, but this is the top end of my machine experience; and OK a bit of a shaky start. […]
Clean Plates
We went to Mr Morgans in Builth for some rib eye steaks and came back with these…. They had to be some of the tenderest, tastiest beef we have ever eaten – evidenced by the state of the plates at […]