Cutting the oil seed rape

It is an exciting, but somewhat jittery, time for farmers as the harvest continues in the midst of some very "catchy" weather.  After all, harvest is the culmination of a whole year's work towards income which arrives only after the seed or grain is off the land.

We were very pleased that we managed to find a break in the showers for long enough to get the oil seed rape in from the fields.  Just the wheat crop to go now, but that harvests a bit later in the year, so farmers (and everyone else I should think!) will be hoping for some dry weeks through to mid-September.

Iford Land Agent Stephen Thompstone looks on, wistfully, in the evening light...

Congratulations to Ed McKeever

Finally managed to find time to make my pilgrimage to the Golden Postbox in Bradford-on-Avon in honour of Ed McKeever's brilliant gold medal in the Kayaking.  Well done Ed!!

(Unfortunately, we still don't have a central post office in Bradford, because it hasn't reopened yet after what feels like months and months.  Come on Royal Mail...)