19th June 2017

What beautiful weather, but we need rain!

I am exhorted every week to be upbeat rather than pessimistic, but with the weather we have been having, while it might be fine for those […]
16th June 2017

A good week, particularly for field 2!

The week has been rather dominated by national events! Nonetheless like all ordinary mortals’ daily life went on and indeed it was rather a good week. […]
12th June 2017

A good week, particularly for Field 2!

The week has been rather dominated by national events! Nonetheless like all ordinary mortals’ daily life went on and indeed it was rather a good week. […]
6th June 2017

The gardens are a real joy!

It is, all things being equal, rather nice to find ourselves in an Atlantic weather pattern once again! This meant that on Thursday the cricket in […]
31st October 2016

Despite the Cricket, the overall feeling is one of quiet satisfaction

Despite a pathetic performance by the English Cricket Test team this morning the overall feeling is one of quiet satisfaction. Our Demeter inspection on Wednesday was […]
25th October 2016

Some minor successes in a tough week on the farm

Not a great week on the farm. One of the team in hospital since Monday, our own home bred ram dead, increasing fears that we have […]
17th October 2016

A sad start to the week with 5 lambs lost

Sadly, the week did not start well – one lamb died on Sunday and then four more were found dead on Monday morning. All this rather […]
10th October 2016

Whoever said living in the country was dull must have been rather a sad soul!

Yesterday, wisely or not we decided to buy a new bull rather than struggle with AI. Called Bacchus he is almost 4 years old, meets the […]
4th October 2016

Yo-yo weather and a visit from the vet

After a very wet and chilly Saturday, today is bright and sunny if not very warm.  In fact, the weather this week has been behaving rather […]