Brian arrived two weeks ago to "do the fence", but I knew it was too good to be true. He managed to do about a quarter of the job, them had to rush off on urgent business... grave digging. Well I'm not sure how many graves or haw big they were, but it took him 12 days before he turned up again. The fencing is looking good but is still not complete.He has had to cut down a lot of overhanging tree branches to knock the fence posts in, so we have plenty of wood in the fields that will need chopping up and bringing in to be stored for winter. I doubt David will be letting me have a go with the chain saw, but that's OK with me. Interestingly, the sheep have been eating the greenery off the chopped down branches, which is great, as it reduces the bulk that will need to be moved a lot.
Today, Tuesday, Brian arrived again with all his toys ie chain saw, digger, dumper truck, fence post banger thingy, all smiles, as if he was here just yesterday, instead of 12 days ago. When he had finished doing the bit of fencing he was working on, we realised the sheep had been fenced into a field with no access to their water. David soon got them all marching across the vegetable patch filed, following him and his food bucket. Daisy was quite surprised to see twenty five sheep trooping through the field, and decided she must be seeing things, so took herself back to the house for a rest.
The sheep are now back on the same side of the fields with access to their water, and the gates are tied up very firmly. They might have thought that the veggie patch looked tasty, but that's as near as they are going to get. We will have to see if tomorrow brings another wonder in the form of Brian and his magnificent machines.
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