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Post by 4wd on May 31, 2009 8:51:52 GMT
You'd wonder how they managed in times past when it was almost a sin to work on Sunday unless it was some real emergency.
Here it's not 'just another day' but if anything needs to doing it can be like most other days.
I usually try to make the afternoon at least a bit more relaxed even then.
It's the day to stop and talk to neighbours and half expect friends and relatives to call in for an hour or so....
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Post by oxenboy on May 31, 2009 9:18:38 GMT
agree with you ,we dont look for extra work on a Sunday. Grandparents would not work other than feed stock, a bit daft as ruined hay was no good to feed.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2009 14:31:06 GMT
It certainly used to be frowned on here, and I wouldn't do anything 'noisy' like strimming or mowing the grass, but nobody seems to mind these days if the washing goes on the line for instance, and I've hand-made hay in the sunshine on a Sun in the past. For one thing it would be bound to rain the rest of the week. Today I'm chicken-shit-dusty from cleaning the byre out properly instead of just topping up with clean litter, and OH did light a fire to burn the cleanings before the other hens found it. There's hardly a breeze today so smoke stayed local  |
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Post by 4wd on May 31, 2009 16:39:27 GMT
The first time I went to Skye the only thing open on Sunday was one petrol station.
Would've been about 1983.
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Post by matthew on Jun 1, 2009 6:32:04 GMT
Try to do as little as poss. but depends on weather, or as yesterday, escapees.
Weather set fair for the week it seems, so mowing (lawns and 20 ac for big bales) today.
Driving off to collect Sunday papers, two black faces were on top of a roadside field bank. Bless. I love it when our cattle explore. So, back to alert OH, who collected stakes, bar, wire and staples and mended a (flat) back fence. Needs must sometimes.
Gave veg. garden some much needed attention in the afternoon. That gets neglected the rest of the week. No sheep at the moment - not ours or tack - good. But often find that they choose a sunday to go walkabout. No idea why.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2009 10:48:40 GMT
But often find that they choose a sunday to go walkabout. No idea why. Are they trying to have a bit of sport with tourists? |
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Post by matthew on Jun 1, 2009 17:36:20 GMT
But often find that they choose a sunday to go walkabout. No idea why. Are they trying to have a bit of sport with tourists? No idea, Joyce. just being sheep I expect. Mind, the last lot that went AWOL (and it was a Sunday) sold the following week at £86 / head. And at that price the incentive to retrieve them (all) is quite high  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2009 18:51:02 GMT
That's a very good price and definitely worth some extra effort |
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Post by fendtdriver on Jun 8, 2009 17:42:37 GMT
We started our silage campaign on a Sunday this year. It's not just another day as we have a releif milker for bopth milkings so we all get a lie on. However, if stuff needs doing get it done is the way we look at it
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