Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Itismehonest

That amount of oil averages about 6 weeks here. If both CH & Rayburn were on 24/7 it would, of course, be less.

Well, the wind is really starting to pick up now & the rain is pretty steady. The pressure drop had me out of bed early so I'm sitting in the gloom, typing this & half wondering how long the power will be around. Ah, the joys of wevver :rotfl:

Davesnave

Itismehonest wrote: »

I'm sitting in the gloom, typing this & half wondering how long the power will be around.

Ours went out for around 90 minutes. That gave me enough time to check the sheep (had to drive 3 out of my blackthorn pile) and mend the two toilets.

Now people can lower the cover again, which is important if they don't want their shoes washed. The olde-fashioned high level cistern that's actually modern, has been plumbed into a totally unsuitable pan.:(

Itismehonest

I did wonder about you, Dave. Tried viewing your favourite river cam & it's "broadband link was down". It's back online (looking like it's starting to fill.)
Glad you're back on.

Market St, Hatherleigh shut due to chimneys in road. Pic suggests it rather closed itself.

Millions spent on flood prevention at Cowley Bridge & ......... you've guessed, Tarka line flooded & trains cancelled.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

WAR IS BEING DECLARED!!!!!!!


Some twonk of a neighbour ( or someone local) at the ranch has now reported us for something else to the natural resource wales...


I am now not going to have any time or day with any of the foookers up there.... looks as though they are going to report us for absolutely anything.... and this time what they have reported us for is totally out of our control due to the excessive rain....


Haven't people got better things to do???? I think its a case of NIMBY... when it comes to the pigs....


Piggies will now have their run made smaller with an electric fence.....they will not be happy!!!

Itismehonest

Oh, heck, CTC. I'm sorry you're getting grief. Is it run off?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Itismehonest wrote: »

Oh, heck, CTC. I'm sorry you're getting grief. Is it run off?

yep... but its mud......


I have spoken to the NFU ... for advice, and we are going to have an independent advisor up to go through absolutely everything...


The thing is the person who has complained has not complained about the neighbours fly tipping ...

Itismehonest

Some people have an automatic hatred of the idea of being near pigs. They just equate them with bad smells.
That's far from the truth IME particularly with small numbers. It's not as if you have a full-scale intensive farm there.

Maybe things will be better when you're on site? At least then they'd have no excuse for not speaking with you first.

Is the mud going on to the footpath then?

Would I be right in guessing that the fly-tipper is a relatively long-time resident & the complainant, too?

lostinrates

Fence down.......


Just had the ruddy thing put back up two weeks ago,

Itismehonest

Bummer, LIR. What type of fence is it?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

no the mud is not going on the footpath, and I was thinking the same thing ITSME...


We have just come back from the closest ( not the cheapest) agri supplies, and it cost us £341 for the electric fence and all the gubbings, including a leisure battery...


In the spring, when the pigs in that run are gone, we are going to do something we talked about in the beginning, and pipe the stream through our land, and the put gravel and soil over it... this will solve ANY issue regarding the stream...AND actually give us more land... AND the pigs will then be right up against our boundary fence...( now there is our boundary fence, then the stream, and then our pig run) so the said neighbour will have the pigs closer to them.... so... in effect it would have back fired on him/them... lol.....


From our point of view its the money aspect BUT.... If it means us using the land for what WE wanted... then so be it...


They cant live on the edge of a green belt and then complain about farm animals




We also bought a fence tester... as non of us are brave enough to put our hands on it to see if it will be working...lol