Category Archives: Farmblog

Well, the sun has set leaving a mix of light and dark blues clouding the skies and I’m coming to realisation that this time tomorrow I’ll be on the mainland for good. The caravan is clean, most of my stuff … Continue reading →

Up this morning and in the dash to the portaloo I noticed Rhona was standing on her own by the water trough with no calf in sight. Hmm. I do my daily task of filling the various buckets, basins and … Continue reading →

Last night Rhona, one of the three cows in the field, gave birth to a wee calf. Which seems to have disappeared. Admittedly I haven’t been working in their field today but the two times I’ve gone to have a … Continue reading →

And so to the coppice this morning to coppice some more coppice. We were last here on April 21st, exactly three months ago, and in that time it had become a bit more overgrown but still had a unique aura. … Continue reading →

Funny, again I haven’t wanted to write this journal for a few days. Is it because I’m leaving soon that my mind is on other things? Or is it that the routine of life here is not stimulating me to … Continue reading →

As the weeks have gone by my capacity for cycling has improved and with every ride I suprise myself. Tonight, after work, I rode into Newport to make use of the late opening library. On the way in I took … Continue reading →

The hot weather has definitely broken and it’s jumpers before sunset, but only just before. That said, the Island seems to have missed the thunderstorms reportedly covering the south of England and working their way north. My rusty knowledge of … Continue reading →