Fuel
When I state wet and windy, that is how most days are here. The fine rain drops, blow horizontal, South west to North East appearing from the Craik travelling through to Roberton.
Straw and Mac
Wet and windy day in Borthwick valley, Charlie has gone to the poly tunnel to feed the mother ewes haylage as one mother ewe is attempting to climb their pens!
Snowdrops
Today, we have two pens in the poly tunnel, each containing one ewe and one lamb.
Jackdaw
Late in the early hours, we began lambing.
Roberton
In the morning I presented our ewe lambs with a lick bucket, was warmed to see them enjoying it.
Galalaw
Soon I'll be moving out of Hawick, relocation only a few weeks away, maybe just days.
Honeyburn
Charlie is helping our neighbour with sawing his firewood today, the kind neighbour that leaves bags of logs by our doorstep. He uses a hand powered bow saw, but Charlie has an electric chainsaw that will make lighter work of the tiring job. In the afternoon, we drove to the
Calves
There were many calves at the farm today.
Woodburn
The farmhouse from across the glen.
Jackdaws
Today I was at the farmhouse.
Wilton Lodge Park
This afternoon I took a walk through Wilton Lodge Park.
360
Today, a 2016 Xperia Z5 phone arrived, that I'd previously purchased from eBay a few days ago for just £20.