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Post by rgsp on Aug 2, 2011 16:28:32 GMT
Having only a smallholding, it's possible to go right round with a camera in less than an hour - as I just did this afternoon: Out from the back door and down to the oil tank Then round the end of the house to the bridge and across the bridge past the barn to the garages. Then from the end of the garages across the hay field to the top wood gate. Looking back to the garages and barn from the top wood gate. Then across the little wood to the top of the new field. Then down the new field to the mound... ...while running the gauntlet of the cull ewes and some of the meat lambs and on to the bottom corner by the power line and so into the bottom triangle, to be met by the Squidget (tiny cade lamb: birth weight 1.5kg ). Ash decides that the lambs haven't been washing their ears well enough Then into the wood again via the bottom gate Past the festooned cherries... ...and out via the middle gate to the back of the barn.
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Post by rgsp on Aug 2, 2011 16:44:14 GMT
2nd half. Into the boathouse field past the boathouse to the gate to the Fallen Tree field, to Monty and the breeding ram lambs, with the electric chickens in the background Then past the electric chicken fence into the orchard field Taking a look at the walnut "Broadview" while walking past, which has a huge crop this year (planted 1989) Through the two little gates for the pine belt, into Barn Field. View past the 2nd little gate and the best sweet chestnut out into Barn Field. and back to the garages and barn, past breeding ewes which are waiting for their new owner to collect them. glancing back to Orchard Field via the Dragon house, with the two sold shearling ewes and four ewe lambs in the foreground. And finally a glance to the right to the house where we started, with a "Rev W Wilkes" nearest, then a "Jonagold" and a little "Norfolk Biffen" at the back, before the moat. The End.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2011 17:24:25 GMT
What a beautiful trip RGSP, thankyou
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Post by ploughman24 on Aug 2, 2011 19:07:19 GMT
thankyou it was very relaxing
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Post by rgsp on Feb 5, 2012 12:30:21 GMT
Another half-hour's round in the snow. Well, that's how much we have: ...and it came down in still air, so the bars of the seat by the back door are still separate. The yarded sheep are happy enough, even if a little snow has blown in. All the gate catches are a bit stiff today... . ...maybe it's something to do with monkeys being puzzled by snow Though these blackthorns look pretty puzzling with the snow on them And of course as the snow comes down, so you find wolves lurking in the forest, looking for succulent grandmothers... ...though the wild duck don't seem bothered... ...and neither do the chickens. And you can get bored with playing at being a wolf... ...especially when the house looks nice and cozy despite the snow.
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Post by mcfarmer on Feb 5, 2012 14:19:33 GMT
Very nice, what is the mound ?
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Post by Chris on Feb 5, 2012 14:29:34 GMT
You have got a lovely place there and keep it beautiful.
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Post by rgsp on Feb 5, 2012 17:31:12 GMT
Very nice, what is the mound ? It's the spoil from clearing out a pond and other things, but does have a chamber inside, and the lambs love playing on it.
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Post by jackladd on Feb 5, 2012 19:16:39 GMT
Very nice, what is the mound ? It's the spoil from clearing out a pond and other things, but does have a chamber inside, and the lambs love playing on it. Lovely photos - thank you RGSP. Is the 'chamber' for the lambs too? Does your moat go 'all' the way around the house & buildings?
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Post by rgsp on Feb 5, 2012 21:08:36 GMT
It's the spoil from clearing out a pond and other things, but does have a chamber inside, and the lambs love playing on it. Lovely photos - thank you RGSP. Is the 'chamber' for the lambs too? Does your moat go 'all' the way around the house & buildings? The chamber inside has a long-term intention of using it for storing potatoes, apples etc. The moat does go right round, with no large vehicular access to the house, but we have an outer moat as well, and only one side of it is still there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2012 21:52:26 GMT
The chamber inside has a long-term intention of using it for storing potatoes, apples etc. Reminds me of the stone chambers on St Kilda where I believe they stored their bird harvest. Must make it a bit difficult if/when moving house Photos and place are great thankyou for sharing.
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Post by rgsp on Feb 7, 2012 8:45:43 GMT
Sunrise today, which must be just about simultaneous with Stockslave's one. The barn roof must have been catching the rising sun with snow on it for about 300 years, but I've not actually noticed it before. Duck prints on the snowy and frozen moat. The weight of snow makes the thin ice sink, and most of it gets melted by the water spreading over the top. The prints remain as raised "fossils" though.
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Post by rgsp on Feb 7, 2012 16:53:51 GMT
A few more piccies from this evening rather than this morning. The duck prints are still there on the moat, but perhaps a little bit more obvious with the evening sun on them. I went into the barn just before sunset, and though this picture is slightly blurred as a result of a long hand-held exposure, I think it's still worth posting. Then a not-very-spectacular sunset to go with the sunrise from this morning.
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Post by matthew on Feb 16, 2012 17:55:37 GMT
lovely pics rgsp. Love the chooks in the snow and the timbers in that barn are really something else.
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Post by mcfarmer on Feb 16, 2012 18:18:39 GMT
Inside the barn is very attractive. Only missing an owl looking down contemptuously.
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