Views from the farm

Goldie146
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edited March 2016 in General Chat #1

Four photos to brighten your day (maybe). Taken by my son as he works.

Front view

Back view

Scenic view

New life on Mothers' Day

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  • TheAdmiral
    TheAdmiral Forum Participant Posts: 506
    edited March 2016 #2

    Lovely Photos Happy

    They kept me in a job for 40 years, they are my best mates, I even chose to have a Bovine Aortic Replacement Valve rather than a Pig's

    Admiral

  • Metheven
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    edited March 2016 #3

    Nice pics 'Goldie', I may be alone in this but have always fancied helping out on a farm especially harvesting, lambing etc, and now in retirement even more so. My limited services would be free but its not an opportunity to do so Sad

    It's not as if I can go knocking on a farmers door asking if he wants a hand.

  • Goldie146
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    edited March 2016 #4

    Nice pics 'Goldie', I may be alone in this but have always fancied helping out on a farm especially harvesting, lambing etc, and now in retirement even more so. My limited services would be free but its not an opportunity to do so
    Sad

    It's not as if I can go knocking on a farmers door asking if he wants a hand.

    While we sometimes struggle to get away etc, leaving just my son plus part time worker (or vice versa), untrained casual help    isn't really an option. Modern dairy farming isn't just about milking (and we wouldn't let anyone else milk our cows!). Feed
    rations and cow management are all part of it.

    But sometimes we need an extra hand to take the cows down the road to a different field in summer.!

  • brue
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    edited March 2016 #5

    Thanks Goldie, will look forward to the "going out for the summer" pics too. Smile

  • volvoman9
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    edited March 2016 #6

    Great pictures Happy i spent a lot of my youth working on a farm and they were some of the best days of my life.

    peter.

  • ADD46
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    edited March 2016 #7

    Goldie they're lovely photographs. Thank you for posting them. It's nice to get an insight into other people's working worlds. Smile

  • robsail
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    edited March 2016 #8

    Thanks for posting the photos, new life on the farm, nice!

  • JillwithaJay
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    edited March 2016 #9

    I enjoyed looking at your piccies Goldie, particularly the new born calf.

    300 siggy photo 6b161378-22ab-47bd-97dd-22af5e8f67ba_zpsbtkpqljt.jpg

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited March 2016 #10

    Great pictures, Goldie. BTW how are managing with getting to your far fields. Have you got a bridge up over the river yet?

  • EmilysDad
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    edited March 2016 #11

    Great pictures Happy i spent a lot of my youth working on a farm and they were some of the best days of my life.

    peter.

    Like wise ..... the first thing I drove was a tractor at about 13 yrs old .... reversing a trailer is easier though withh one Cool

  • Goldie146
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    edited March 2016 #12

    Great pictures, Goldie. BTW how are managing with getting to your far fields. Have you got a bridge up over the river yet?

    One bridge is rebuilt whih means we can get to the middle bit of land - but our farthest bridge is still out. We're waiting on the contractor and the water level to go as low as possible, so no muck spread down that way.

    The main issue is the St Sundays Bridge on the "main road" B6254. We are the Kendal side so can get into town, but not to one of our fields. But anyone living 300 yards away on the other side have a very long detour. The bridge has been closed since 16th December and hopes were raised when divers started work on it last month, bu the opening date keeps getting pushed back.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited March 2016 #13

    Great pictures, Goldie. BTW how are managing with getting to your far fields. Have you got a bridge up over the river yet?

    One bridge is rebuilt whih means we can get to the middle bit of land - but our farthest bridge is still out. We're waiting on the contractor and
    the water level to go as low as possible, so no muck spread down that way.

    The main issue is the St Sundays Bridge on the "main road" B6254. We are the Kendal side so can get into town, but not to one of our fields. But anyone living 300 yards away on the other side have a very long detour. The bridge has been closed since 16th
    December and hopes were raised when divers started work on it last month, bu the opening date keeps getting pushed back.

    Nor much chance of that for a while then Goldie. More rain forecast for the next week, and the ground is still sodden and little chance of the water table lowering soon.

  • Goldie146
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    edited March 2016 #14

    Not on fire - but late sun last night

  • triky auto
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    edited March 2016 #15

    Surprised , Well spotted !!  " Capture the moment" Smile

  • Goldie146
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    edited March 2016 #16

    Surprised , Well spotted !!  " Capture the moment" Smile

    Spotted by husband - captured by son on his phone

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited March 2016 #17

    Goldie, in better detail(on the phone) I bet that looks even more spectacular. Tapping it don't work on this Forum I'm afraid. Wonderful effect mindCool

  • cyberyacht
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    edited March 2016 #18

    It's not that bloke Moses again, is it?

  • EmilysDad
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    edited March 2016 #19

    Surprised , Well spotted !!  " Capture the moment" Smile

    Spotted by husband - captured by son on his phone

    I'm more impressed with the fact you've managed to post a picture of the miracle on CT

  • Goldie146
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    edited March 2016 #20

    Surprised , Well spotted !!  " Capture the moment" Smile

    Spotted by husband - captured by son on his phone

    I'm more impressed with the fact you've managed to post a picture of the miracle on CT

    No problem on the Desktop (copied and pasted from my unpublished Weebly site) - less than 30 seconds, as Weebly resizes automatically.

    But using an Ipad - no way!

  • TheAdmiral
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    edited March 2016 #21

    Not on fire - but late sun last night

    Is that what the Sun looks like, we don't get to see it in deepest West Wales that often

    Admiral,..

  • EmilysDad
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    edited March 2016 #22

     ...No problem on the Desktop (copied and pasted from my unpublished Weebly site) - less than 30 seconds, as Weebly resizes automatically.

    But using an Ipad - no way!

    I gave up a long time ago. I can post pictures on every other forum I'm on ...... tried & failed here so gave up. Sealed

  • Merve
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    edited March 2016 #23

    Not on fire - but late sun last night

    Is that what the Sun looks like, we don't get to see it in deepest West Wales that often

    Admiral,..

    That is one amazing photo!

    Write your comments here...

  • Goldie146
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    edited March 2016 #24

    Last night

    This morning

     

     

  • volvoman9
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    edited March 2016 #25

    Great sky Happy

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  • Goldie146
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    edited April 2016 #26

    The sun is shining and it's the 7th day with no rain - so here's a picture of our happy cows at work (actually taken a couple of days ago).

  • ABM
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    edited April 2016 #27

    Yet  another  moooo-ving  photo  from  Goldie   Innocent  !

     

    Ok  Ok  ,  I've  got  mi  coat  'n  I'm  off  Laughing

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2016 #28

    We've 'herd' that one before ABM

  • ABM
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    edited April 2016 #29

    Grown !!

  • Goldie146
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    edited April 2016 #30

    Just to show that not all our photogarphs are about cows, a selection from this week.

  • eyebrowsb
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    edited April 2016 #31

    Great photos Goldie Smile  Just as we thought Spring had sprung ..... came out of Asda at lunchtime to be greeted by a heavy shower of wet snow Frown