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Well I've just signed on the dotted line to buy a 63 acre small farm myself, looking forward to the government handouts and putting my feet up ? On a serious note I've NO IDEA what I'm doing and I'm shiting myself at the thought of actually earning a living from land with no experience of farming.......and I'm told there's no single farm payments from next year.

Ger was an absolute gentlemen. We were digging buddies up until he got sick and sadly he had to hand over the working dog as he wouldn't be able to manage him. That broke his heart. We used to have some craic out with the dogs and also when involved with IWTF business. Ger had a great sense of humour and also insight and wisdom of the dog game and every day life. He would study things down to the fine detail and always had a different angle on things. Always making you rethink what you thought you knew. A proud Corkman and of the White Dogs we worked, he invested huge effort into protecting Te

Thought I would go a bit old school

Personally,...? I've only bred genuine first crosses using Pastoral Sires,...I like most of the Herding types , so producing a frequently larger edition is really no big deal. I can only talk of the sheepdog and Cattle Dog composites that I've bred, but one thing I want to see from such a hybrid is plenty of robustness, tractability and physical traits of good strong feet and short sturdy wrists. If my end product starts to resemble a pure running dog, I feel that I have failed. The streamlining effect and the addition of extra speed can come later, in the next cross... As for that n

Rolled leg of pork on the spit roast …….

Mother and son out for a relaxing weekend stroll... On there summer holidays and enjoying the down time... So much going on in this mad world at the moment.. family members and good genuine friends all passing over to the other side recently... These and natural pest control keep me sane...

Ironically the guy you’ve constantly been calling a skiver and dole scrounger is probably best placed to answer any concerns you might have …….

Heres hoping i may get this thread back on track, at a loose end and lo and behold, i came across an article penned by old phil in theold shooting news feb 1987, price 65p, the article by phil was entitled THE DEERHOUND INFLUENCE, and what a great write up it was on the true working deerhound x, and thetribute and debt thatphil owed to his old straiin of greyhound/deerhoundx sheepdog hybrids,and especially his old bitch lucy, as old phil said she seved him well and deserved her retirement,if phil reads this he may kindly post the pic of himself and the brace of these hybrids that accompanied

? Well, I've never owned a Smithfield Collie,..but back in the day,..I found a rangy heavy -coated Herder, working on the South Downs. I was visiting a traditional Sheep Fair at Findon in Sussex, and I saw this strange critter in the back of a pick up. The good old boys that owned him said he was just a roustabout, rough and ready farm dog, and that similar types used to be common,.but were no longer kept. They called him a Blue Shag... I used the dog across my Mercedes bitch and produced a quite amazing litter... Exciting days.? Connie 9 months.....

One fish that has been on my bucket list to catch is the Tiger Trout, ever since i found out there supposed to be some in a small river near me, three two hour sessions and no tiger trout, from this small river i managed to catch 4 roach.......on lures......even a spoon!!! i made it my mission now to find and catch one either way , doesnt matter where from, so i put the feelers out and soon a guy gave me a location of a reservoir with pictures of his catches, this morning saw me up and out at 4am for the two hour drive, donning my waders and rod i started to send my lures in all dir

I like them; Cheers.

No room with you and Rudeboy?

As the other thread.. we done a lads trip to Looe for 2 nights, my dads 70th treat. Shark fishing, nice food, few beers and sunshine...it was brilliant . Dad, bro, fin and me....need more of this...

Tek a breath your going blue

Amazing day mate so much enjoyment great company just got me lips round a bottle of stella as always takes me a few hours to unwind from the driving but going over n over the great day had hauling the lures. Many thanks to both of yous great lads ? my keeper will be back swimming on the bbq tomoro ?

It's a crying shame that we never hear about these ancient desert dogs on here. Apparently they have been used with great success in the coursing world. Here's a thread to discuss their abilities.

Ned Beatty, Hollywood actor, most famous for being asked to “squeal like a pig” in the film Deliverance has passed away. He’s on the right in a clip from the film below

Pretty impressive if you're into this sort of thing.

Little family reunion 2yrs old today mum,son,3 sisters

Smooth coated first x Wheaton greyhound just under 10 months old I

i wanted to be your mate .mate but you spit your dummy out a lot anytime someones says out about them doubled up merchants ??get the hump?

Try it mate...the railways will still be there if its not what you hoped for . Personally I've never had a "secure" job, been self employed since 19 years old so it doesn't feel like a risk to me,but completely get everyone is different.. One thing though, once you are freelancing you still do the hours mate, infact maybe more...but at least you can choose when you do the hours, if you get what I mean. If you aing afraid of graft, then it'll work, this is the busiest I've ever know it in the building/construction game so you'll have a load of starts, build a good relationship

Moral of the story is fishing is many different things to many different people I guess there's no right or wrongs Personally for me it's about taking as little tackle as possible being mobile and getting away from every fecker else for a few hours...each to their own.

I personally wouldn’t charge £25 but that’s not at all unreasonable, christ have a look online some people charging £80 for a kit. As cantona says above when you consider the work a ferret can give you £25 is nothing really. The days of £5 for a ferret and £100 for lurcher are over.

Only, going on the dog that I've had and worked, I say 1x gsd x grey, are very good knock about type lurcher, good in the lamp, good in the day, great noise, good stamina, fair pace for big dogs,. If come out right like my big dog did. It be the 1x I get again deff? or possibly a bel mal x grey, or back to lurcher, both make a good x.

£210K a year? For turning land over to meadow? Paid by the govt. Out of Our pockets. Our Taxes. I'm intimately familiar with Meadow. I smilingly gaze across it every day. I've also looked into the eyes of abject and undisguised disgust and hatred. Set in well tanned skin. I know, for Fukking sure, which I'd rather they spend My tax on supporting.

What a fecking day is all i can say, Green Lurchers might be along later with a pic or two but he might be to knackered with all the reeling in he had to do . Met up at the quayside and had a good catch up natter while we got the boat and ourselves all ready for launch as it's been a couple of years since we last met up ,we then set off for the half hour journey to the mark in glorious sunshine with very little sea breeze and with a dropping tide all looked "just right" .We trolled a few lures for a few hours then beached the boat and got our legs wet with a bit of casting into some shallow wa

Too hot for lad today, so hes took to guarding trailer

Already got 16 lengths of pipe ready to go in, got to have my priorities right

Living there, house is ok but I'll still want it bigger and better, it's built with modern shit brick and has no place on my little Welsh hill. There's a few agricultural steel framed buildings and a couple of the old buildings, one of which I'll probably knock down. I'll spend my first year feeling it out to get an idea of how the yard works first.

Just left the boots and 14oz lying around???? aNyway what size 360s you hoping to be pulling around??

It's obvious you will take a different route at sometime ,if being away from home is making you unhappy now ,it will only get worse ,but if you decide to pack it in ,it doesn't have to be now ,make the decision ,then make the preparation to pave the way ,give yourself six\twelve month to prepare financially ,to make contacts ,make yourself busy finding out all your options ,talk to your Mrs and your family ,if your properly prepared it will feel less like stepping off a high kerb ,

Do badgers eat cwis prickman???

If your a manual type of person,sitting on a machine is torture,I have my own 360 s for my own jobs and it bores the bollox off me.a van and fuel is worth a few bob tho,loading trucks all-day would kill me off,and doing footings and digging around existing services is quite a skill full job.i find it quite tiring working around lads all-day with the 360,s,I suppose it's concentrating alot.id say its long hours too,not like other trades on site,the 369 guys are thier first thing till last.but if you feel you need a change go for it,plenty of work about atm.pick and choose what you want.once yo

If you don't give it ago mate you will always look back and wished you had at leased tried. I was on the buildings for so years then went self employed then a main contractor. When the building went tits up back in the recession in Thatcher's day I worked in maintenance in a factory on the cards, then after some years they closed the factory and was laid off. Well by then I was in my sixty's no f****r wants to know you, done some real dip shit jobs agency work for crap money. Thought f**k this and went self employed doing anything gardening, odd jobs, work on farms and driving machines. Felt I

Find a nice big site and get on the muck shifting ?I'm no f***ing expert but can operate them , everyday is a school day,you learn as you go along... remember...your only as good as your banksman??

Most of the gears to catch the angler these days ...

Bitches first 6 slips and first 6 catches...hence the pic..wouldn't normally do it and risk spoiing the dog but had to Put my mind at rest to what I was feeding at the time...she can feed me so I'm happy??

?Thank f**k,thought my ears was burning?me Carthorse was catching plenty at 10 months old first time down south...oh look!!! it's them things you spin with your sandslugs ?ran to a standstill by a f***ing half X?lack a 6th gear...but more than enough stamina from running them hills and a nose like a hound,only place safe is under the ground?? I'll have a match with you...we let your dog do the first 3....and when we get in the motor to the next spot...the Carthorse will swallow your sandslugs for a mid morning snack??

Good show. However it does highlight one major issue in the world of British farming. Farmers don’t buy farms anymore, rich city folk do, they buy them for tax purposes and because it’s quite nice that have. The government then pays them loads of money which means they can farm inefficiently and mess about and have a giggle but ultimately not worry too much how productive the farm is. We then import sh*t food from over seas.

Thats right his brothers dogs in the book ,I no few lads running the type and they handy things but its like any type put hard work in you reap the awards ,

I have never been a cow man but one thing i do know is a weak jawed dog like everyone thinks is like a old smithfield would get it's face kicked off it by a cow and these days it's only got to get it from the field into a lorry.The old smithfields used to drive them cattle hundreds of miles on green lanes without loosing them,a weak jawed dog than can't grab a hock is no good to any drover in any time of history...

Omg the friggen bushcrafters, I was 15 when I got into it kinda big and I learned there was a biiiiig difference between some pasty dude in his backyard preaching the good word of Rey Meres ( or how ever you say it) while wearing bear Grylls eveything reviewing premade survival kits and eating canned food and the old hilljack who will get tired of dealing with and walk in the woods with a Swiss army knife ,tarp ,wool army blanket and 30' of rope for a week and be perfectly fine.?

Bedy greyhound, bigger stronger type and make great mooching dogs

Futures bright the futures orange....

Has anyone else noticed that nipples seem to be in fashion? Spent a few hours in Newcastle today and it was quite bizarre the number of lasses walking about not wearing a bra. Hasn't got anything to do with whippet x greyhounds but just wanted to mention it.