Heat-wave ....in March !!

View from the bottom of the new paddock ...

Guide wires and posts in.....along the bottom fence.

Heckle and Jeckle.....there are three Chiefs ...on this job and no Indians !!

Starting this morning...to repair the other broken fence !

This is day four on the fencing ...we have once again had a glorious day, positively hot....no overall required...just the hat to shade me from the sun....or else I end up looking like a tomato. I'm hoping that this is not going to be like last year...and it ends up to be the summer..if we could get this fine weather in the summer...hay-making would be a pleasure !!!!!

Today we have been busy doing a spot of repairing...the cows wreck the fences and use the fence as a scratching post.....so they made a bit of a mess with part of the divide fence, this is quite a new fence, it is about 6yrs old, it has stood well and would have been still good if the cows hadn't been rubbing against it.

This took most of the morning, taking out the old broken posts and removing the old staples, we then had to tighten the wire and put new posts in.....its looking as good as new now.

After dinner we went back out to start the bottom part of the new fence, we once again did the guide wires and managed to get all of the posts knocked in before tea....the sun was blinding and I couldn't believe how hot it was.

Everyone has been making the most of the good weather as I could count 6 tractors working around the neighbouring fields.....I am bounded by arable land and all the contractors and local farmers have been out.....working flat out to get the fields sown with barley.

After we did the bottom fence we went to the top of the field where we had the last three fence posts to knock in. Tomorrow I'm hoping to either continue with the fencing, I also have an appointment to go and learn a thing or two...which will come in handy ready for my surprise in a couple of weeks....

So today.....has been another productive day.....we are making the most of the weather....I couldn't have arranged it, if I had tried....

All the post are now in place, I have a gate to hang, the Rylock to stretch out on the bottom part of the fence and another plain wire to run out......then we will be done.

I think that it might be the weekend now before the alpacas are able to go into their new field... as we decide to repair the other fence this morning.

So that's nearly a job crossed off the 'to do' list already....

My mam and dad have been here a week already........how time flies !