Stormin

It's doing grand, Alan. Credit to your rebuild. Trailer work is it's main use. Starts up no problem and runs sweet.

The field opposite my humble abode, owned by one of those digester companies, has not been used for a couple of years. A farmer is renting it to graze sheep in. But first it needs fencing, ploughing and re-seeding. Also down one side trees and bushes needed cutting back. That was done a couple of days ago with a machine. I've got permission to salvage any wood, But I have to be quick about it. So into the field this morning about 10. Got three loads before lunch and one after and it nearly killed me. Didn't help with everything being piled up. Bit of a fight getting to the good stuff. What's that saying? Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid day sun. 72F. I should know better at my age. Four loads like the one below. The box on the back of the Sears is just the right size for chainsaw etc. The wood did fight back a bit. Still more to collect.

I've not got the exact figure yet, but it looks like we will have raised around £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation.

Happy Birthday Chris. Hope you have a good day.

Today Heathersgill Vitage Club held a charity tractor run, in memory of the founder and club chairman, who died a year ago. We were expecting thirty or so tractors. We actually had seventy. The weather stay fine and the sun came out just in time for the run. Run over country lanes, some very narrow, it covered 30 miles. I was marshalling at a junction near the end and managed to get a few photo's. The start at Longtown Auction Mart. Cumbria UK. It wasn't confined to just vintage tractors as you can see.

The field opposite has not been used for a couple of years. There is a drainage ditch running through it and two years ago the banks were cleared of tree's and bushes. Those were just pushed to one side and left. I got a few loads of firewood out of it last year. Last night a contractor I know, was cutting back the undergrowth round the edges, ready for fencers to come. The farmer who is going to rent it is going to reseed it and graze sheep in it. This uncovered some more timber I could not get at. This morning before it got too hot, I went in with chainsaw, Sears and trailer. Half an hour and I had a full load. Maybe some more later as the fencers clear more undergrowth.

All the best and have a good day.

I've seen the first one but can't remember the second. I'd like it though.

Brilliant job, Ian. And good to hear from you.

I plan too make my own at a later stage in steel with brazed links- You don't half like to make things difficult for yoursel', Richard.

Hope the new owner takes good care of it. That garage looks a bit bare now.

Very nice. I'd like a crawler, but no room to keep one.

Thanks for the photo's, Paul.

I second that.

Wheel Horse blades work like that as well.

Don't think that engine has ever had a decoke. What is the cylinder bore like?

All the Best, Titch.

Did the seller give you any luck money?

Along with the arrival of spring, we also get the arrival of swallows. It's nice to see them as they fly about, soaring and diving as they catch insects on their wings. Something else they are doing, is looking for somewhere to build their nests. Which is fine by me, but NOT in my workshop. The last few days if the doors were open, they've been flying in and out. Now I don't want swallow nests, or any bird nests in the workshop. One is the mess they make and the other is when the doors are shut, they can't get in or out. SWMBO had some net curtain material that was surplus to her requirements. She's kindly donated it for a good cause. An anti swallow deterrent across the door way. Today the little pests wait till I turn my back and practice low flying.

That's the bees knees, Jonathan.

A much closer photo would help.

Good find, Jonathan. Be handy to grade the drive. If you need a hand fitting it just give a call.

M section looked empty so I thought I'd just put something in, Dave. I haven't got one BTW.

Merry Tiller.

Don't forget photo's. Interesting to see what's on that side of the Pond.