Fridge

On yesterday evenings walk stopped by at MrB to ask if I could borrow his car trailer to transport the two long side panels (4.5 meters long) from my tractor tipper trailer to the agricultural machinery workshop.

This morning took them over to get the eight hinge bolts taken out. I had been forced to angle grind them off lat year when I started the restoration project (which has been on hold for 11 months). No one believed the bolts could not be moved with a few well aimed hammer blows. Mr Auerbacher at the workshop, who packs a few good biceps did manage to knock out one but will now get out the blow torch.

Went quickly to Ottobeuren for the dog walk and as thanks to MrB for the loan of the trailer, thought I ought to do him a favour and show why he as a hunter has a problem with maize. As I have often mentioned, most hunters have an official "patch" for which they are responsible - from dealing with the aftermath ofvehicle collisions with wild animals to repairing or compensating farmers and foresters for damage done to crops and trees by deer and wild boar (but not beavers). He often has the problem of wild boar digging up freshly planted winter wheat filelds during the winter. This is usually done on fields which had maize the previous season, the large modern machines often not being able to get in the corners simply squash whole plants along with the cobs. Then if the stubble is not chopped/shredded before ploughing and seeding, the cobs are simply buried and make an ideal fridge for the boars to dig up when food gets short in winter.

Difficult to get a good shot of this but a close look will show several cobs lying on the surface, no doubt lots more buried.

Walk took place in sunshine, probably the last for a while. It's getting cooler day by day, snow nearby down to about 1000m (we are at 600-700m). Rain forecast tonight which frankly won't hurt as the ground is still pretty dry.

In the afternoon returned to the agricultural workshop to order two new brackets for the mower roller - I only got around to checking them today and they were in a poor state when the roller broke away, Being the professionals they are, they quickly recognised they could simply exchange the beaings and save the expense of new ones. Work done in 5 minutes and just at that moment, the work completed on welding the roller so could go home and start putting it all back together again in preparation for the final mow and leaf collection in a week or so once the weather improves again.

Rain came in the evening and Angie took pity on the horses, letting them in to their boxes for the first time since spring.