General Mutterings

Took a bit of time out of the weekend jobs list to pay a visit to the Three Okefords ploughing match.

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Posted 3 months ago

I just returned from the excellent annual StripeCon, this year held in the Autrian city of Krems.

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Posted 2 years ago

With a couple of fields now baled, and the remaining grass still needing a bit more drying, it was time to fire up the Matbro and start bringing in the...

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Posted 2 years ago

Just a short video as we get started on the baling. More mechanical issues forced us to take some drastic action, but it worked out in the end.

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Posted 2 years ago

The haymaking is progressing quite well, with everything drying nicely. Time for a couple more turns, and then to start rowing-up.

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Posted 2 years ago

Just a few scenes from this year's Great Dorset Steam Fair, and some clips of vehicles in The 'Playpen'  

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Posted 2 years ago

Continuing with the series, - with all the fields cut and starting to dry out, it's time to hook up the Haybob and start tedding!    

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Posted 2 years ago

Part 3, and we get all the mowing finished off today, as well as finding a few annoying things in the field!  

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Posted 2 years ago

Part 2.

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Posted 2 years ago

We made hay for the first time in ages this year, and decided to catalogue the efforts with a few short films. Part 1 of the series.

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Posted 2 years ago

April this year marked the first vintage tractor run by the Three Okefords Preservation Society.

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Posted 3 years ago

Back in the summer of 2018, James decided that he wanted a new project.

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Posted 3 years ago

It seemed like an ambitious project:  Decades after the last Yeovil Show came to an end, there was a plan to resurrect it.

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Posted 6 years ago

It's a bit of a departure from the normal waffle I post on here, but we had the pleasure of experiencing the Taming of the Shrew matinee on Saturday and...

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Posted 6 years ago

I've been fiddling around with this project for ages, and finally got bored with staring at the blank space in the dashboard of the 110.

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Posted 7 years ago

Well, that's a bit of a mouthful but it's also been the bane of my existence for the past few hours.

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Posted 7 years ago

As anyone who works online will know, mobile-friendliness is critical in the success of any website these days.

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Posted 7 years ago

Now, if you're old enough to remember the show, 'Home Improvement', you'll remember that Tim "the tool man" Taylor had a simple mantra: "More power" With that in mind, and with...

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Posted 7 years ago

In a bit of a #throwbackthursday style, I came across some video footage of the very first AWDC XTC event.

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Posted 7 years ago

There's been a movement for a while online to encrypt people's web activity by default, not just for financial activities.

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Posted 7 years ago

I've been toying with the idea of building a little office in the garden so I can free up the spare room in the house.

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Posted 7 years ago

Not too long ago, all the social networks started buzzing with talk of new EC legislation which had the potential to damage the status of many modified and historic vehicles...

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Posted 7 years ago

It's been widely reported all over the British media that we've had the wettest April for a gazillion years, and also the driest season of weather since the dawn of...

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Posted 7 years ago

In a typically random conversation with my mate Datalas, this list was born. It's intended as a bit of fun, and no, I don't hate Windows, or Microsoft. .

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Posted 7 years ago

Well. . .

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Posted 7 years ago

We get some interesting vehicles in at work. . . some more interesting than others. Just recently this little gem rolled in for a little bit of work.

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Posted 7 years ago