Hay and silage baling begins in November this year.

My 6 disc mower is out of action so I borrow my contractors' 8 disc mower to carry on working and it rips through the hay in no time.

Raking the hay into windrows for baling and wrapping.

In late October 2017 Alan, a train traffic controller from Brittany in France arrives for a 4 week stay.

Pruning the pine trees Alan is mindful of the hay fever at this time of the year and sensibly wears a mask.

A little cooler this morning so a jacket is required before we begin work.

Alan agrees the work is much easier now we have a new hydraulic log splitter.

Changing an insulator on the electric fence under the careful scrutiny of the stock.