Another morning at the farmhouse, it's been weeks since I stayed more than a few days at my flat, but lambing is almost over.
Our 4x4 truck failed the first MOT, but the garage fixed the problems, then run through a second MOT with success. The truck failed due to disk brake problems, dirty light lenses and a front (near and far side) shock absorber advisory, I suspect has been sustained from the steep incline of the farmhouse driveway.
We were questioning if the truck would pass, and were unprepared to purchase another, so were relieved to only be paying £400 to have a roadworthy vehicle for another year. The truck is essential to keeping sheep, this is the first year we've put this twenty-year-old truck through an MOT.
Pheasants that have escaped the shoot at Hoscote roam the valley and occasionally visit the farmhouse for chaff, barley and oats, left overs from feeding the sheep. The front garden pond is active with several frogs frolicking, and now full of spawn. The farmyard is covered in half a foot of mud, the driveway would have been the same had Charlie not got a digger in.
Our 4x4 truck failed the first MOT, but the garage fixed the problems, then run through a second MOT with success. The truck failed due to disk brake problems, dirty light lenses and a front (near and far side) shock absorber advisory, I suspect has been sustained from the steep incline of the farmhouse driveway.
We were questioning if the truck would pass, and were unprepared to purchase another, so were relieved to only be paying £400 to have a roadworthy vehicle for another year. The truck is essential to keeping sheep, this is the first year we've put this twenty-year-old truck through an MOT.
Pheasants that have escaped the shoot at Hoscote roam the valley and occasionally visit the farmhouse for chaff, barley and oats, left overs from feeding the sheep. The front garden pond is active with several frogs frolicking, and now full of spawn. The farmyard is covered in half a foot of mud, the driveway would have been the same had Charlie not got a digger in.
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