The first cut

Its been a lousy wet Spring . According to the Orkney Lambing facebook page  the cattle have all just gone out.  We have used the in house grass-cutters to trim the bank , but they need to be fenced in to safely be let loose.

So the lawnmower has had to be used. It wouldn't start, so after a brief pause  it reluctantly got going. And set to work

There was a before

 and then  a during

and finally an after 

There are a couple of other bits that need cutting as well but i'll wait a few more days ( or weeks) until it all dries out a bit more

Cold, wet and miserable

 


And the Met office forecast shows the wind and then rain (11mm so far today .. 1/2 more-or-less) and the temperature  -feels like 3 degrees . So we've still got the fire going . At the end of May. Hmmmmmm. And to think the longest day is in  just under a month .





So the pond is  overflowing and the field next to it is waterlogged












 And the water is cascading down the path






And the stream is full.














And in the main field ,the water has created another stream and flooded bits of it
 






  

And the sheep are spending their time in the shelters, trying to get away from it all.

Fed up with it ?  How can you tell ? 

But we are alone. the Radio Orkney facebook page haas had a whinge about it all as well . As has the Orkney Lambing facebook page today