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TB test – all clear!

Lovely way to start the weekend when your cows get to live another 12 months but the farm before us wasn’t so lucky. If you’d like to know how I feel when it comes to TB testing, please see this … Continue reading

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Is that the time?

Good old Facebook, not only have I just found an old school friend who’s house we used to shelter in when we should have been doing cross country running, but it’s keeping me up to date with a pal who … Continue reading

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Have you seen this ball thief?!

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Gracie at 6 weeks

 

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I think we’re alone now

Having had visitors over for Easter, all of a sudden everything seems very quiet, so much so, the purple Pheasant has shown up again by the bird feeder. Incredible colour, I’ve never seen one before, where as a cock bird has a golden … Continue reading

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Sticks and Balls

I don’t let our dogs play with sticks as they can be dangerous and cause all sorts of problems, so not sure how we’ve ended up with our 10 year old Collie having surgery this morning for an impaled stick under her tongue … Continue reading

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Bit behind!

Been a bit lapse with the old blog, but life keeps taking over. Today for instance, was up at 3.30am to write the columns I should have done on Friday but it was so lovely outside, there was gardening to do! Welcome … Continue reading

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February Column now out

Column for Shropshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire & Wye Valley Life now available. Herefordshire is the one featured http://j.mp/fnm9Hr

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There’s only one thing I share with a polar bear and that’s being left handed

When I began my working life on farms, living in caravans and being that cold I’d go to bed in my clothes ready for the next morning, I vowed that I’d never put myself in that position again. Move forward … Continue reading

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We had 2 snowflakes

Of all the days to have a water leak! Felt so sorry for the fellas who came to repair it for us, and its been a while since I’ve seen a man in a balaclava! Enjoying a night in tonight, might even … Continue reading

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