a fairground life
The last couple of days have been spent testing some of the rides. Not much happening at the minute. "r" has received a second recall on his L200 for faulty U bolts on the rear axle. I don't know if I mentioned it earlier but in June we had to get two new leaf springs fitted under warranty as both were broken! This means that the U bolts will have been off 3 times this year alone on the L200. Went over to the carpark we use for the Glasgow River Festival and put up some closure signs to try and thin out the amount of traffic we have to contend with on pulling in day. Hopefully this will help. The dates have changed again this year and it is now another week later falling on the last weekend of July. We have been lucky for the last 3 years as it has been dry for the event. What's the odds on four out of four??? Apart from that all I have been doing is paper work, print,copy,print,copy so that I am all ready for moving again.
posted by showman @ 20:11
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ah the dreaded paperwork i have been sitting doing cattle movement paperwork and getting all the bills sent to the local farms for silage work we done, as i write we have just started to get the combine going for its first kick of the ball for 2009 so im going to get the tractor and trailer out and get some barley in hopefully lol ah showman four out of four it will be its ment to be pretty good weather this week heres hoping get some barley sold as prices are good this week! hows all the regs doing blakey how was lancaster cheers borderer.
All quiet this end, slow trade at the weekend can only put it down to the start of the hols. Another highland games this sat and fingers crossed for the weather as it has been so poor of late. Have seen plenty of advertising about for the river festival showman so hope its good for you.
The better half will be indoors minding the pitch this sat when i am out and about, hope its not a bad omen, maybe she knows more about the coming weather than she is letting on. Good luck with the harvest borderer, hope all the usual suspects are well and taking a nugget or two.
evening just in from combining got on good for first of 2009 harvest may decent weather continue, tommorow i am going shopping for a lorry for our latest venture well i say latest its been going for few years we keep some cattle and sheep back and get our friend to slaughter and butcher them and we sell it on but we are opening a new farm shop and need a refigerated lorry and a van to keep the cliental happy this is a great way of diversification and keep some money coming through on regular basis so up early to carlisle etc to see what i can find. showman hows the mall hope buisness good wheres ur next venue after the mall, thanks borderer.
Hi Blakey
How come you didn't do Eyemouth end of festive week fireworks this year.
good day all went to carlisle and had no joy for a refigerated lorry but a friend of a friend found me an ex p&h(palmer and harvey) decommisioned lorry 2001 reg daf fa lf45 180bhp -7.5ton for a bargain so is arriving sunday morning all i need now is for the weather to improve and get this harvest some how started again, showman hows buisness at the mall whens blakey due back from down south hope all well cheers borderer.
Went to eyemouth on behalf of fatso last year as he coud'nt make the date. He tried to contact the commitee that run the event,but got no reply so it was a no go this year. Thats showbiz.
Had a hectic weekend that mostly involve trying to keep the ground around my equipment suitable for the punters to walk on. It rained that much on friday that i thought about commissioning r to build a bridge so the people could get to me. I also spent much of the time washing mud of everything. It managed to stay dry for the event on saturday with a couple of showers on the sunday. Business back on previous years but could have been a lot worse. I then spent full day washing everything again on return home. I even had to wash the floor in the back of the blakeymobile.
I'm a bit nearer to home with an event in edinburgh on sunday. Then it's off to leicester for the special olympics on monday,and back on friday for truckfest next weekend,followed by a hire on the monday. Spent yesterday getting everything ready for the two weekends as i wont be here all next week. I'm hoping to get a couple of driving shifts in now before sunday.
glad to hear buis was so so down south blakey, god its all go for you next few weeks few driving shifts to keep the cash flowing for your lavish lifestyle ha ha. todays been another sxxt day first thing this morning had to rescue sheep for field as near flooding then miss borderer got the quad stuck in the river so had to rescue her out by attaching chains to the forklift and wading into put them round the bike and pull it out just managed it with the forklift down a steep banking then to top it all off she decides to do some retail therapy after her hectic day im not complaining as i could tend to paperwork in office and got our first load of grain sold at an austronomical price near enough £35 per tonne better than last year and miss borderer does not need to no. showman whats been on for you lately. jesters hows things cheer hope all well borderer.
One thing that I have always wondered is....does your community have the same dramas such as drugs, divorse, gays, politics & crime, like us flatties? Or is all noise lights and hot dogs till the end?]
Blakey
That's a pity, I was back down in Eyemouth this year and I was really looking forward to meeting you. For what it's worth evidently the committee to which you refer should have responded to Fatso. Big big crowds at this year’s event and they had only arranged for a bouncy castle to attend. Car park is probably big enough to support a Miami, Twister and a couple of Juvenile rides.
Hey ho never mind. The week before there was a firm who I didn’t recognise in with a couple juvenile rides. One ride in particular really impressed. It was a 3 .5 ton tow kit copy of the old Whites ski jump and dependant on the event the height of the jump could be adjusted.
Very clever engineering meant it packed away in under half an hour.
Rds S.S
just to let all the regulars no this morning while i was feeding the cattle my grandfather passed away in his sleep, i thought something was odd when he never arrived at 6am as hes never missed a feed in his life he had a sudden heart attack and passed away hopefully peacefully in his sleep, they say bad things come in 3s well mines has now he was like my best friend to.
I'm very sorry to hear that. Please let miss borderer and the rest of your family know our thoughts are with you and them.
hi borderers other half here regarding "r"'s post thank you for your condolences borderer would like to thank you himself but he is just getting everything sorted out after our sad loss hes in a world of his own just now. many thanks miss borderer.
My deepest sympathy borderer.
So sorry to hear of your loss.
Hi borderer sorry to hear of your sad loss. I lost my last grandparent when i was 16. He lived with us in his latter years,and is still a big miss. Time was a great healer,and the memories will never leave you. Will be thinking of you and yours,and will look forward to your return to the blog. It's been interesting to hear of your recent farming exploits,and i'm sure we will hear more soon.
ss
Sorry i missed you at eyemouth. It may interest you to know my family attended the annual fair at eyemouth for many years on the original ground on the golf course side of the river. I used to go myself up to the age of 7 before we settled in edinburgh. Some of my family[the branch fatso married into] continued to attend up until the old ground was built on. I then attended for two or three years with fatso when he moved to the other side of the river. I can still remember being there as i child. I also have some great memories of playing golf on visits to fatso in the nineties.
Sorry forgot to put my name on last post.
"r" showman,jesters, blakey thank you for your kind messages it has been very hard for myself since his death i have the funeral etc arranged miss borderer has been my rock through all this he was like my parent not just my grandad as my parents live in greece now i have learned every piece of farming from him.have a busy day today saturday will report back asap. borderer thanks again.
Hi Blakey good to hear from you. I vaguely recall the July fair on the original ground. At the time my parents had a caravan down there and if my memory serves me right for a number of years JW attended with his Ferris Wheel. As far as I know the Slater family recently tried to run fairs on what the locals call the Killie Draughts, unfortunately it’s a bit out of town meaning it wasn’t that well supported. I think the last fair was held in 2006.
Your right about the golf. Its probably one of the most under rated golf courses in the country with spectacular coastal views. Year on year the sixth hole is voted the most extraordinary hole in Britain
Rds SS
hi all, on behalf of myself and borderer thanks for the comments, borderer is getting everything sorted for the funeral etc, yday was a great day down here and the combine was sitting idle so i told borderer to get the tractor and trailer and i would combine he laughed but he let me do the whole field it kind of make him slightly happier but it was his grandads tractor he was driving so was memories in it too. today the rain is torrential so we are off to visit my family and get more arrangments. thanks miss borderer
Borderer,suggestion,why don't you start your own web site and dedicate it to your grandfathers memory, pictures etc means then you're have somewhere to remember him by rather than discussing him in this more general forum.
anon thanks for the suggestion will take it on board sorry if we have been clogging up the forum showman hope all well with regulars.
hello all, funeral was tuesday and have spent last week tying up loose ends and sorting out wills etc, during that time we have got at least 1200 acres of our own 3600 acres harvested and all grain sold for great prices due to fact we are a handful or farms started combining in the borders so get the good pound first, showman hows things are you still at the mall or on the road now, blakey hows your boy doing, jesters hows the pitch many thanks all borderer.
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