Unlucky

The morning began with me strimming the paddock of dock leafs; the tractor topper is still not working. Charlie loaded the truck with junk to take to Hawick refuse tip. Returning to Woodburn we found the tractor tire flat.

As usual I followed Charlie in the truck until we had left Woodburn, I parked and waited for him to arrive half way to Craik.

We took both air pumps as we did not know how long the tyre would remain inflated; the tractor was running so well, feels as though we been sabotaged. This is the sort of thing the spiteful "strangers" do; cultivating failures to realign victims with "deserving" disparities.

What are you doing Léonie? I'm waiting for Charlie to arrive in his tractor.

Before Charlie could pass by I drove ahead to Craik.

I waited forty-five minutes and still no Charlie, so returned my way to find his tractor had overheated, a mile from the Craik. Disappointed to see this third bad event today.

Turning over the tractor transmission sounded awful, hoping the engine does not cease. The oil filter had been removed to see if oil was circulating around the engine.

We returned to Woodburn Farmhouse to fetch a chain to tow the tractor.

I wasn't happy with this from the start, and my anxiety was proven founded. Along the way the tractor slammed into the back of the truck, ruining the read door and smashing the window clean out.

This was our forth bad luck even of the day, so much to bad luck arriving in threes. We definitely require a new car now. Whilst at the Craik, we had a report our missing sheep had been found at Craikhope outdoor centre; alas some good news.

Sheep always come to the sound of a crinkly plastic feed bag. Charlie herded the sheep past our truck, walked around the sheep and climbed into the truck; which we used to guide them back to their grazing fields.

Charlie was uncomfortable with the truck herding them, and insisted we drive ahead and park the truck sidewards to guide the sheep through the field gate. After twenty-five minutes the sheep arrived and walked into the field without much coercion.

Charlie and our friend fixed the gap in the fence where the sheep had escaped, waiting I noticed the midges are not that bad as they were a month ago here.

Returning to the farmhouse we noticed a rainbow had appeared over our paddock; today had been awkward, but we refused to let bad luck get to us,