Here’s a pic taken on a lovely June day ( Sunday )… At Inch Beach County Kerry, where they filmed Ryan’s Daughter many moons ago…
Maybe you could do a new range of waterproof titfers for Ireland JD?
Thanks Buzzer,animal husbandry is complicated ,the scratch patch is clever…
i hope you top and tailed the gooseberry i can remember doing it for my mum hoping to get a few…with words like ",go on my lad youll get tummy ache " “see if i care”.they was for pies, not jam,where have all the pies gone,apple /blackberry suet…spotted ■■■■ with butter and brown sugar on top… bacon /onion suet roll. wrapped up in cloth,steamed on the gas stove.the nearest i get is dumplings…
I still like to eat bread and “jam”, our old family staple that was all we had for tea when i was a child but my mum could put the butter on ,then scrape it off again or she would melt it on a saucer then spread it on so you just got a taste…,…dripping, nice beef fat on toast.with salt on, or better cold thick fatty bottom yorkshire pudding with salt again…the Monday dinner was all the Sunday left overs with extra spuds all fried up
i do eat whatever i fancy i have not set routine .
i was all ways hungry, when i went to sea at 16 we had the best of food ,[well i thought it was] i had never seen as much,the older men used to call us gannets, anything left was gone. the best was if some of the watch keepers got up late-ish ,they were never! late for watch. they would not have time to eat…it had to go … 3 or more cooked meals a day what more did you want…the jam in the mess rooms for all was in big tins,not jars ,marmalade and apricot was the popular ,we never had lids ,cling film was never invented yet,so it was just put in the cupboards, once out in the far east the ■■■■-roaches… where they come from you never knew… there they were .in the jam,was their favourite,we would have cockroach races you could catch them…jam on legs…
I think you do well to keep the traditions going ,myself i have never made jam
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Baldrick just keep that weather over there ,the westerly wind down here never stops much,thank god it is not bitter cold,however you still need a good jumper and coat on and its nearly July… do they do “cart surfing” on that long beach when its calmer it is illegal here also in the parks.pdb.
I love to watch the surfers at Inch Baldrick , the way about 100 of them wait along the length of the beach waiting for the big waves to arrive.
Cattle watch tonight just to check all ok, my marsh men still munching away and the others fine so here are a few shots I took, well Wrighty they looking good don’t you think I am pleased with them and there progress, nothing better than to walk round the cattle in the evening, Buzzer.
They’re looking well Buzzer and look to be in good going with plenty of grass, it looks a nice setting with the yachts in the background as you say nothing more satisfying than walking around cattle on an evening. Just got in from feeding the sheep and looking for two Jack Russell’s that made a bid for freedom last night, they usually go to the fell for up to a week at a time so it’s going to be quiet round here for now.
Busy few days ahead big bailing tomorrow mown and scaled out just needs rowing up in the morning and then start, I will post some pictures when time allows…
Cheers Wrighty.
Wrighty that picture is breathtaking makes you glad to be alive and drawing breath to see it, there is some beautiful countryside to behold as I found last week when I picked up me mower in Sherborne, Dorset and went on a light vehicle route to Dorchester on the way home a road I had not been on before but was stunning, overcast here today but the girls are coming and we are off out driving the horses, best take wet weather gear as you never know, Buzzer.
Wrighty , PDB Kerbut…
JD is right that’s a great view…
Not sure where you are Deck Boy? We sure get our fair share of Westerlies here!
So you’re in Sedilla Kerbut? As in THE Sedilla I guess? Not sure our paths crossed over the years either of you…
As for the kart racing, yes they do that on Inch. One of the great things about over here in the West of Ireland is that elf and safety and " jobsworths " are unheard of . It’s all very laid back and " go on have the craic… " Ideal for an old hippie like me 
Plenty of surfing going on on Sunday Kerbut , wind , board and para… Ideal conditions for it all I suppose…
As you know Inch you’ll also know that all the Dingle Peninsula and the Wild Atlantic Way is very spectacular.
I often park on the beaches and spend the night in the trusty VDUB and pretty much always have the place to myself. The only place I can recall anything similar was in the remote parts of the Northern Territory , but that’s a long way for a weekend 
and there aren’t any salt water crocs in the Atlantic as far as I know 
Hmmm… They look a bit Down Under eh?
JD , have sent you a PM…
Cheers ,
Balders.
No Baldrick , its Sedella near Malaga ,well we would be if my wife wasnt pulled over by our son,s Retriever in April breaking her leg below her hip and having to have a steel rod inserted , 2days before we were meant to be going back ,now in Dorset until September
kerbut:
No Baldrick , its Sedella near Malaga ,well we would be if my wife wasnt pulled over by our son,s Retriever in April breaking her leg below her hip and having to have a steel rod inserted , 2days before we were meant to be going back ,now in Dorset until September
Dorset is beautiful where ever you go, that is how the song says it but they are right a very nice pictureskew county, Buzzer.
WELL this is as good as country file,as for the 3 legged calf ",ye"s what a cracker all the butchers will be waiting…they do look well though and what do i know.
I AM am pleased that the righteous brigade have not spoilt you out door life in SOUTHERN IRELAND I AM AT 50. 81I [N] 0.5387[W]. true.the dog looks like a hound of some sorts that likes driving up side down lol…
Wrighty your place takes the biscuit.i can smell the hay from here ,when you bale it up ,i doubt you have ever had to sledge bales [straw or hay] behind a chap going like the clappers towing a baler [massey] and behind it a wooden sledge with me behind it ,catching the bales and trying to stack them in some order without going arse over head …no health and safety then,i ca not remember
how we used to pull the sledge out from under the stack of bales i know it was a quick release…any one remember 1959…
Buzzer:
kerbut:
No Baldrick , its Sedella near Malaga ,well we would be if my wife wasnt pulled over by our son,s Retriever in April breaking her leg below her hip and having to have a steel rod inserted , 2days before we were meant to be going back ,now in Dorset until SeptemberDorset is beautiful where ever you go, that is how the song says it but they are right a very nice pictureskew county, Buzzer.
You should know Buzzer , you were in my town last week delivering strawberry’s on your way back from Sherbourne !!
peggydeckboy:
WELL this is as good as country file,as for the 3 legged calf ",ye"s what a cracker all the butchers will be waiting…they do look well though and what do i know.I AM am pleased that the righteous brigade have not spoilt you out door life in SOUTHERN IRELAND I AM AT 50. 81I [N] 0.5387[W]. true.the dog looks like a hound of some sorts that likes driving up side down lol…
Wrighty your place takes the biscuit.i can smell the hay from here ,when you bale it up ,i doubt you have ever had to sledge bales [straw or hay] behind a chap going like the clappers towing a baler [massey] and behind it a wooden sledge with me behind it ,catching the bales and trying to stack them in some order without going arse over head …no health and safety then,i ca not remember
how we used to pull the sledge out from under the stack of bales i know it was a quick release…any one remember 1959…
PDB as you would expect I have done a bit of that bale stacking on a wooden sledge, when I was a teenager many moons ago I used to cycle 35 miles to a friends of my old mans farm in Lugershall, about 1962ish he had a bagger Massey combine which had a chute where it collected about 4 sacks then they were released into a tidy heap ready for collection all hand-draulic back then as many things were, after this out came the Massey 701 baler with its horse head thumper downer powered by usually either an Armstrong Sydley 2 cylinder diesel or a four cylinder petrol/TVO Fergie engine mounted on the front of the baler pulled along with a David Brown 880 tractor with wooden sledge towed behind, you stacked the bales on the sledge two one way and then reverse, they were held on the sledge by two metal pins poking through the tip board usually 4 high so making stacks of 8 bales and when full you flipped a little catch and the floor tipped up and the pins let the bales slide and as they were slightly over hanging they caught the stubble and slid off and if you had done the job right they stayed upright, there was another type of sledge where the bales were stacked on there corners, 4 at the bottom then three, then two and 1 on top making a stack of ten in a pyramid formation. This left the bales with less contact on the ground if it got wet and tipped in the same fashion. From what I remember you ended up as black as a coalman and you had to have a stand up sluice down before being let into the house for a bath, some men wore a hanker chief round there nose and mouth as breathing all that dust in was not good H&S were not around back then.
You have evoked Mary Hopkin memories on here tonight PDB but although hard work they were good old days, Buzzer.
kerbut:
Buzzer:
kerbut:
No Baldrick , its Sedella near Malaga ,well we would be if my wife wasnt pulled over by our son,s Retriever in April breaking her leg below her hip and having to have a steel rod inserted , 2days before we were meant to be going back ,now in Dorset until SeptemberDorset is beautiful where ever you go, that is how the song says it but they are right a very nice pictureskew county, Buzzer.
You should know Buzzer , you were in my town last week delivering strawberry’s on your way back from Sherbourne !!
If I had known that would have called in for a cup of tea mate, may do Dorchester show later in the year with the horses, Buzzer.
peggydeckboy:
WELL this is as good as country file,as for the 3 legged calf ",ye"s what a cracker all the butchers will be waiting…they do look well though and what do i know.I AM am pleased that the righteous brigade have not spoilt you out door life in SOUTHERN IRELAND I AM AT 50. 81I [N] 0.5387[W]. true.the dog looks like a hound of some sorts that likes driving up side down lol…
Wrighty your place takes the biscuit.i can smell the hay from here ,when you bale it up ,i doubt you have ever had to sledge bales [straw or hay] behind a chap going like the clappers towing a baler [massey] and behind it a wooden sledge with me behind it ,catching the bales and trying to stack them in some order without going arse over head …no health and safety then,i ca not remember
how we used to pull the sledge out from under the stack of bales i know it was a quick release…any one remember 1959…
As a kid I remember we used an old wood sled with a channel down the middle, when you had a stack of bales on you stuck a bar in the ground and it would push em off onto the floor aye the old times eh…
We started baling yesterday at 12 o’clock and by 8pm we had baled 222 bales wrapped and stacked, finished off today with another 51 bales and that’s our land at redmire sorted next job covering it in muck oh the joys of farming it never ends…
ha Buzzer,not many of us can claim to fame sledging bales, i sort of remember the spikes pushing them off,yes you are correct …when i think back of what we used to do to learn and earn…in actual fact giong off the subject, working on the farm and used to hard work got me into the MERCHANT NAVY ,as i could just about write my name and address.there were no education tests, well not at Blue -Funnel, was called, tongue in cheek, The Welsh Navy…yes good old days,
They had mcormack international tractors,red ,massive seat, twin brake pedal,lots of cleaning by me …and learning to handle them not drive them…at 15 years old plus a old cartridge start FOWLER.
They used to have a PORTABLE chemical loo in the corner of a barn"jeyes fluid"for us workers… no screen just sit there…and use your own new-s paper…the boss had some wonderful Tomatoes and other produce…?esp gooseberry.for jam .pdb.
Wrighty never asked before but how many of you are involved in your farming enterprise, is it a family farm or is it just you and Alice. You do have some tidy old kit but if it’s sound age does not really matter still gets the job done eh.
We had torrential rain and thunderstorms last night like you would not believe, after voting on the EU I went to get straw and haylage for the horses, one road blocked by two fallen trees another was flooded so deviated then came across a car who had come to grief so assisted with that so two hours on a normal day became four. Checked on the progress of my tractor having its new second hand loader fitted, almost there now just some new pipes to fit and testing, then they are fitting new blades on the mower I bought and I will be able to bring her home.
Of to Exeter on my continued search for cows and calves but don’t hold me breath now as got used to being disappointed, Buzzer.
Evening Buzzer
It’s definitely a family affair we had a team of five yesterday family and friends, Alice’s children help out as and when and we work on our days off.
Muck spreading tomorrow and then back to work on Saturday for a rest… but wouldn’t change anything living and working up ere is a pleasure, something not many people get to experience.
Cheers Wrighty.
Celebrated in style today after the early morning news that we had exited the EU, we will do far better on our own I feel and just waiting to see who follows suit.
Went to the Exeter cow shop and bought three more pedigree cows and calves, there were only seven in the sale plus some in calver’s and some young heifers and half a dozen bulls.
Deposited them in the field with the others and no charging round, very quiet affair, washed out the truck had tea and just walked down to check them and all seem contented, Buzzer.
Hi Buzzer Ilike the words “i went to the cow shop” i first went in one when just 16 [Singapore]and came out with a bonus that lasted a good week…
Once the beasts have had a ride in a truck,i bet they just think, are -well another holiday for a time.
Wrighty how you keep two jobs going is a credit to you,having the right partner must be a god send ,especially when you both have the same vision.my missus and me would not last a day. been married 50 years .the only thing she used to agree with me was when she used to come on trips away with me for 3/4 weeks she did as i said…but look after a farm no way…Well brilliant news today, get the borders up i have orderd the barbed wire for this area .
Buzzer get your old blue books out,and a pink one if you had one…i will get all the FRENCH robbers,customs men based at CALAIS to bring back all the then 20 francs they stole from us brits every day for 20 odd years…pdb