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Boring yes and hard work. Stones was a term for things that were the size of bricks to blocks. The fields were ploughed for years with old shallow ploughs. Then with the modern ploughs they deeper nd brought everything. Mind I got lovely wall's for the garden when that's what I needed to fo.

No! There were limits!

You don't know work until you pick stones out of a 10 acre field!

Dynamic load! 8000 litres of shyte! A come to Jesus moment! Powerful mental image. 🤣🤣🤣

Or heading down a slope with a lime spreader that wants to go faster. You learn to have a good landing spot to stop the possibility of a jack knife. Or go down the steep hill with the load nearly gone. Character forming stuff!😅😅

You'd be drawing diesel to the 7000s though when they get going hard.

Likewise I've seen a few bad ones but this is without any let-up. I remember ploughing during February in the early 80s and a "technical drought " was the term.for spring barley. Before the 6 week window bollox. If you could plough away in December January you did and let the weather break...

In this instance. It's been incessant since August. No break. I'm around a while. And never seen this before.

I've seen it coming back up off the ground to soak you.

I don't think people realise the urgency of the situation for the potato industry.

Another rough night on the way folk's. Batten down the hatches.

Right ! Get the snowshoes out!