Having to book is a pain in the wotsit. For example, I need to clear my shed out but it needs to be a dry day as everything will need to be put outside for a while. I then need to be able to get rid of the junk on the same day. With current weather patterns there is no point looking at the forecast a couple of days ahead as it is rarely correct.
We have to book but so far we’ve always been able to get a slot on the same day
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
The French farmers are furious. The government is going to put up the tax for their tractor diesel by around 10% and they are finding it hard to get grants for their equipment the way they used to. They don't get paid enough for their produce, the weather is being very difficult, the number of suicides is rising and 26% of farmers live below the poverty line.
A convoy of 40 tractors drove into Périgueux, the capital of the Dordogne, was my local town before I moved, today, most pulling trailers full of old tyres and manure. They've dumped a load in front of the Prefecture and the main roundabout into town on the north side where the big hypermarket is. I expect more will be dumped tomorrow.
The motorway north and south of Poitiers, near where my daughter lives, is blocked by tractors.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Possum goes swimming on Monday and Thursday evenings. Not last night. Luçon was blocked by tractors but she says they were genial and played music to entertain people sat in queues.
She and I are going out for lunch and then shopping tomorrow. Not my idea of Saturday fun but she's not free in the week. It seems the farmers are planning to block the roundabout leading to the shopping centre she wants to visit. I will not be sad to miss that - as long as I get my lunch.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Back from shopping at the Flaneries - survived the experience despite geting a bit hot and bothered. Why do shops not provide seats for mothers and other halves to wait in comfort while t'other browses and tries on clothes?
Managed to get there with no bovver as we took back roads but there were signs of piles of straw having been cleared onto the big roundabout at the front entrance. No spraying of slurry thank goodness tho I've heard that German farmers have been doing it too.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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The guys there are really helpful if you have anything heavy.
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East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
A convoy of 40 tractors drove into Périgueux, the capital of the Dordogne, was my local town before I moved, today, most pulling trailers full of old tyres and manure. They've dumped a load in front of the Prefecture and the main roundabout into town on the north side where the big hypermarket is. I expect more will be dumped tomorrow.
The motorway north and south of Poitiers, near where my daughter lives, is blocked by tractors.
She and I are going out for lunch and then shopping tomorrow. Not my idea of Saturday fun but she's not free in the week. It seems the farmers are planning to block the roundabout leading to the shopping centre she wants to visit. I will not be sad to miss that - as long as I get my lunch.
Managed to get there with no bovver as we took back roads but there were signs of piles of straw having been cleared onto the big roundabout at the front entrance. No spraying of slurry thank goodness tho I've heard that German farmers have been doing it too.