The Cockchafer..
The cockchafer or the ‘doodlebug’, a nickname later given to the V-1 flying bomb of WWII for their similarities in sound made during flight. […]
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Shake, no rattle and roll
The Leadbetters at play. Enjoying it or what?
The sheep hazard
Simple jobs like driving up the track to go shopping involves hearding sheep. This occasion was about a lamb that had got […]
Rain!
“The driest winter and spring I have ever known”, was how the farmer described it. The River is at the lowest we’ve […]
Mr MacGegor’s not ‘appy!
Fenced the veg plot, and put out the Brussels yesterday. And this morning…..! Little cottontail is going to have “some lead in […]
One Swallow doesn’t…
make a nest round here? Quelle dilemma – they started speccing the Donks stable yesterday, flying in and out and perching on […]
Cookie is now the house rabbit.
This is Cookie – pronounced Koo-key because she is one button short of a full pooh tray – or is she? Sandie […]
Chomp, chomp, chomp time.
Early morning with the Donks. We give them an early morning Annette (a net – geddit?). Not giving up on the day […]
A gardener joins the team.
At long last we have some help in the garden. After an exhausting round of interviews, our specialist recruitment team have recommended […]
MOAB or…
THE MOTHER OF ALL BALES! Small bale straw not available, so had to have this one enormous large bale. So big it […]
It’s good to share.
I suppose after the time we’ve been together, 35 years man and boy, we do things together naturally. We share everything, the […]