Stavross

Knackered tonight because I’ve been grafting all day, Mrs went to her mams to be fed, so I did myself roasted pepper and chorizo spaghetti with an egg on top it was bloody lovely

Ooooow, minty peas love it

Busy day today, got everything finished off at the shoot, got two feed shelters up in two of the drives, a few of the sheets were different sizes, which didn’t matter but my OCD kicked in and I had to go and cut them so they were all the same size, could of done with a hand today from the members, but no, doing on my own as usual

For Mrs Stav tonight, cod in panko breadcrumbs with garlic and thyme mini roast spuds, tender stem and lemon and black pepper mayo for Mr Stav, I went for venison madras, it was bloody hot but very nice

Lovely river the swale, I used to do a bit of pike fishing around Topcliffe, there some good chub in there

I made a Kiev type thing tonight, chicken breast stuffed with mushroom, garlic, thyme butter, in panko breadcrumbs, with new spuds and tender stem

I say yes to everything on that plate, but put the egg on top of the gammon and some ice cream with that pineapple

Most people, especially lowland and farm shoots tend to get theirs end of June into July, I aim for mine second week in August at around 8 to 10 weeks old because I need the crops off the fields around the farm because it’s a nightmare to stop them wandering when the pens are surrounded by woods and if they get into a standing field when they first go in, I’ve pretty much lost them, the only downside is that we won’t start shooting until November a month into the season, but pheasant shooting isn’t any good in October, you need hard weather to produce proper birds

No, 800 poults, I can’t cope with ex layers, they are ok for little farm shoots but no good for woodland shoots

My flying chickens are here a week tomorrow so it’s finishing off things today, electric fences on, feed ready, water system on, I’m doing it a bit different this year, I’d normally only feed my pens then move feeders out as the birds get bigger, this year I’m feeding my pens but also feeding boundaries in the hope it brings other birds into my land

For 51m2 that is a ridiculous price, I haven’t done one for a while but I can’t imagine the cost of the gear going up that much, was that for one colour? Even at half that, it’s still really top end money

Mashed spud, cod loin, asparagus and a Dijon mustard sauce, I thought about a poached egg on top instead of the sauce but then thought that might be a step too far

4 ton of type one in today and I’ve got my level to work to, customer has just said the paving won’t be here until Tuesday, think I’ll have a long weekend

It was bloody 6” thick and about 30 degrees in that back courtyard, I don’t think this is a job for a 47 year old fat lad

So I was meant to have some help today but it turns out that a 15 year old doesn’t know that there’s two 7 o’clock’s in a day and 75 quid wasn’t enough to drag him out his pit, there was 4 days work for the tw*t so he could of had himself 300 quid, bloody kids! anyway I had to barrow all the concrete through the house to the skip on my own, I’m buggered