Recent content by bluepower

No, we walked away and they have the place back in their control. I wouldn't be able to bring myself to go back. In its' third season of wilderness, producing next to nothing and a budget of one million ponds for tree planting and associated fencing. You couldn't write the blunders they have...

If you read the Private Eye article it will answer your questions. You have a different mindset to me, I always try and make the most of what opportunity I have at the time. Our diversification kept us going through tough farming times on that place. If we hadn't have diversified we wouldn't...

When it is your only farm and you can see the potential to diversify would you sit there and do nothing? Particularly when you have a son that has been verbally promised the tenancy? It is very easy for an outsider to throw stones with hindsight!

I was heavily involved in writing this article along with Bio Waste Spreader, hopefully the national press will get hold of it.

Miracle of miracles! I actually received my passports back tjis morning, only sent in on the 2nd April. Nothing more to say.

Very good question, in future I will not worry at all. Just trying to do the right thing. As a matter of interest one was bought as an Angus with a named sire, turns out to be a Limousin! Auctioneer wasn't bothered when I quizzed him. You will have to get the passport changed he said. The other...

I returned two passports for alteration to BCMS on April 2nd and am still awaiting their return. They were both returned for incorrrect breed and both verified by the original breeder, just sold wrongly at market and not announced by the auctioneer. I have spoken with BCMS several times but...

Anyone would think you had an open day coming up this weekend!

Nice looking calves, I think I might know where they came from. Hope you get on well with them.

Mine could not find any signal just after lunch, switched it on and off acouple of times and went to a different corner of the field and it started working!

This all sounds so familiar. Without sounding like a glass half empty merchant there is very little you can do except screw every penny you can out of them before you leave. Do you have tenants improvements and fixtures as they will pay you well for them if you have the right agent negotiating...

This must be brought to the medias attention , what a disgrace. If it came out of their wages they might think differently??!!

This must be a massive load of your mind. Well done for seeing it through. Don't let them grind you down.

I have great sympathy with you as we went through the same situation with them three tttears ago. If you want to talk to someone please pm me.

It looks like they need a lead injection.