Mark Bolam

They can’t though mate. It will take longer than their term in office so they don’t think long term. It’s a huge problem.

Kev, it started as a bit of gag. Then Clarkson actually got a bit serous at times and pointed out how current policy will kill farming and the countryside as we know it forever. It’s worth a watch. He’s a big, fat petrolhead media whore, but I don’t know a single farmer who doesn’t find merit in the message he is trying to put across.

As a lot have said, we can all tighten our belts on energy use. Trig, RC and Eggs (in another thread) have all mentioned the ‘put another jumper’ thing on, and they’re spot on. Without going too Monty Python, my childhood was in a single glazed farmhouse in Northumberland, ice on the inside of bedroom windows etc. No mains electricity, we had a shitty 3kV Lister diesel generator. That packed in for a whole year when I was 14. We survived. Burnt tons of wood, like. Fucked the planet right up. Best memories of my life, pretty much. My big worry is the commercials. Local pub landlord has a leccy bill of £4k/month. Chillers/freezers/kitchen. He can’t put another jumper on. If it goes to £8k he’s bolloxed, no more pub. It is very worrying in that respect. Everyone saying ‘the government should step in’? Have they really got any power? (No pun intended). If the government tried to tell me how much I was allowed to charge I would give them a pretty short answer.

No 3.5t’s up to the job Bob, I can lend you a golf trolley with more legal capacity? When are you thinking of heading up mate?

If. 😂

They can’t make me drive if I’m pissed.

It had some black walnut in it.

This isn’t Pornhub Alex.

Bottom feeding pond life scum.

Vermin. They are eating that grass alive.

I’m pretty sure my grandparents ate one once.

They must have had Rolo’s Mick, and Toblerones. They’ve been around for ages.

Just plan your journeys so you don’t have to turn right anywhere, problem solved.

Always.

Me too mate, in 20 years. It’s a poor thing that I can’t go for a new truck like my current one that would see me out.

I reckon you semi-joke Con, but I’m with you. Mine’s an 06 with 110k miles. Very, very few issues considering how hard it’s worked. What do we do when they die? Literally every alternative is worse than a 20 year old truck.

Sort of. I screwed up and missed out on camping tickets, so will probably be ‘rough sleeping’ in my Fiesta!

I’ll be up there at some point Beau, and will come and find you. Be good to meet up at last!

It will be a standard situation all the time you agree to do shit work for idiots.

What’s 8” between friends, eh?

Just because you had to climb on 14mm doesn’t mean I have to, fatty!

Because I hadn’t thought of it! Good shout Will, I will do next time.

Towball just quicker to chuck a butterfly on. Only a little limb, not a lot of pressure on the knot, so easy to untie. Capstan would be better if it really needed some grunt.

Taking two pops down today on the local sports field. Had to take the kids. Connie using the loader to good effect ripping out a limb that was wedged in some hawthorns. IMG_6938.MOV

It’s working for clueless tightarses who can’t be arsed to maintain their hedges properly is what it is.