We've just had a farmers market where I live. Just had a bit of lemon drizzle cake.
Pretty good day all in all
I Love farmers markets.
My good friend and ally Dave the JCB man is having a farm sale in October. (I wrote about how he helped me when first came here somewhere on blonde, but I can't find it).
Anyway, I was so touched by his attitude towards me and my family that I told him that if ever he needed anything, he should come and ask me. Well 15 years later, he called in his marker.
He's 78 now and in very poor health. He can still operate his machienery but he can barely walk. Most manual work is beyond him. So, after working from the same yard for over 50 years, he's selling up.
He needed me to empty his sheds, clear his land and organise everything into 'Lots' ready for the auction. He has son-in-laws that could have helped, but, he told me, "They're all academic types. Great lads, but too clever for this kind if work".
'This kind of work' consisted of unbolting implements from tractors and bogey axles from trailers, sorting tools, cutting up scrap iron with acetylene cutters etc.
I've done about 5 half days with him now, and there are probably as many left before were finished. The work is going slowly. Mostly because every time I pick something up, Dave wants to tell me a story about it, and 50 years worth is an awful lot of stories.
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