Positive & passionate Yorkshire lass & agriculturalist, creative thinking finder of solutions! Aiming to live the ‘work hard & play hard’ ethos! All views own
Listening to Julia Gash presentation
@TEDxSHU
you’d believe that women cant have a career & child....Erm
#ThisGirlCan
& I’d like to refer her to the earlier talk frm Sven Launch “The walls that limit you, are not around you, they are inside you”
#TedXSHU
In an act of pure defiance of January fads including dry January, veganuary & going on a New Years diet....tonights tea was pork cooked in cider with buttery mash
#Rebel
I’ve always been described as a “grass widow” at this time of year as Hubby heads off silaging. Dave did utter the words “silage orphan” yest....soon put a stop to that!
#TractorTime
👗Trying on new dress delivered today & 4 year old appears to have turned into the modesty police👮♀️
4yo “are you wearing tights or trousers with that?”
Me “erm no, just the dress”
4yo “I don’t think you should keep it then…look at all your leg showing”
#WTF
#OldBeforeHisTime
🙈 Had a ‘quick’ job to do before setting off this AM & then managed to miss train…anyway, better late than never & now on route to
@greatyorkshow
Ready for a catch up with loads of my fave peeps
#WorkHardPlayHard
Not just ur average night.....talking bikes, broken bones, breaking records, tractors, travel, tattoos & toilets with the very humble & totally nuts Guy Martin
#FamilyPic
#OneForTheAlbum
#TeamDairy
we need to address this
By the look of the parlour this is a hell of a loss from our sector & skilled labour pool. If we dont start to reduced working hours/day or working days/week then we’ll continue to drive people away.
Money isn’t everything for a lot of people
Thats it, last cow milked for the foreseeable anyway, back to the office life on Monday. I'll miss the dairying but completely burnt out, looking forward to getting a life back 👍🏻
I’ve had lots of pairs of wellies in my time but none so shiny & special as these… 😍😍
💛 Lovely little gift arrived from the
@yellowwelliesuk
team today in the post!
🙏 I hope the money raised makes a real difference in supporting the Ag community!
🐑 Reception kids at local school are studying ‘all creatures great & small’ this term
🐑 Took a lamb in - some fantastic questions (thankfully none too complicated!) & lovely to see their enthusiasm & engagement
Saw similar idea a couple of years ago on here.....working great so far & saving literally bucket loads of time not having to manually fill water buckets
#Lambing18
I’m not exactly sure who she is or why she’s famous but I’d like to know;
1) what has she been eating for breakfast all these years if not cereal & milk??
2) what will happen when she discovers buttered toast or cheese & biscuits or sticky toffee w. ice cream??
#ShoutAboutDairy
📸 Amazing what a decent camera & an eye for a pic can capture.
🐑 Boy invited his mate from nursery to come see pet lambs & her graphic designer/photographer mum brought her camera
😍 Sent these thru a couple of hours later…!
Doesn’t look that impressive but this ewe has ringwomb & at 5am this morn could barely get fingers in...at 8.30am not much better but persisted & managed to get 2 live lambs out of her. Feeling like a top farmer right now
#FeedTheNation
#FoodArmy
#Sheep365
Recently we announced that we’d been lucky to have a charity place at the
@LondonMarathon
this year
So many lovely people wanted to run for us but one stood out.
We’re delighted to announce that the person donning yellow wellies (metaphorically) this year is...
@leach_becki
💛
I booked a day off & went Christmas shopping with my sister yesterday…We went for lunch & got distracted by the cocktail menu 🍸
Theres a lot of people getting printed vouchers or an IOU for Christmas this year… 🎅🎄
This is the amount of hidden sugar (ie sugar put in by food manufacturers) we found in the weekly shop of the lovely family who feature in tonight’s ‘Secret’s of Your Big Shop’
@Channel4
8pm
Ever wanted to take part in the iconic
@LondonMarathon
but never had the opportunity? Well this year you can. We’ve been lucky enough to secure a place at this year’s event. Head to our website to find out more 💛
#LondonMarathon
🧬Family planning advice should include a warning that as a parent not only will you be expected to understand what phonics, phonemes & digraphs are, but you’ll also be expected to explain & teach them to your child who will go on to correct you when you’re wrong!🤯🤦♀️
#ParentFail
It’s been an awesome challenge running virtual benchmarking group meetings during lockdown!
My fave bit is right at the beggining when folk are drifting in (virtually) & we get chance to have a general chit chat & catch up over a cuppa
#StayConnected
#milkyourmoments
On a day like today with the sun burning through I feel it’s my duty to remind the general public about a couple of public service announcements made by the Dept of
#Dairy
Related
#Scrumptious
Affairs
#ShoutAboutDairy
Dad keeping me real...
Me: Excited I’ve been selected to run
@LondonMarathon
for
@yellowwelliesuk
Dad: Why’d they choose u...u won’t be fastest will you?
Me: Well, no but running is improving & I think they might think I’d be a good ambassador
Dad: Oh. Pass me that spanner pls
Commitment to the
@_Run1000
cause & another 3 miles in then bank for
#TeamEngland
!
T’was a bit cold but not as slippy as I expected running on fresh snow ❄️
Anyone spot us at Waterloo Station today? Keep an eye out across London over the next few weeks... We're coming to a wall near you soon... (sorry, not sorry 🐄)
The most ridiculous oversized dressing following planned surgery to my hand (tiny incision) 🩹
Surgeon gave me the hard word on recovery time....prompted I think when I mentioned I was a farmer & that I’d run to the hospital 🏃♀️ 🤣
Planning granted today on an old farmstead that with an extension on the house & conversion into the barn will become our forever home
#Busy
#ExcitingTimesAhead
There are some things in life which have significantly more value than their financial cost.....
- happy, healthy family & friends
- doing a career/job you love
- a new scraper
#HappyShitShoveler
#EasilyPleased
🏃♀️Urgh…just back from my first run in over a fortnight. Two things of note
1) Christ you loose fitness quickly - much faster than you build it!
2) Isn’t it dank, dark & miserable in autumn - all the reflective gear required!
#RookieRunner
When you make sure your workout recovery drink of choice is waiting for you at both ends of the pool.....
This wins best
#MilkYourMoments
title hands down!
#DairyEveryDay
Blown away some cobwebs & burnt off some of the excesses of the last couple of days with a walk up Pendle Hill today. Plus gave my
#ClubHectare
hat an outing!
Surprised Hubby for his big birthday with an
@AirborneCoUk
balloon trip over
#Yorkshire
dales yesterday...I came over all
#ProudFarmer
as we were looking down on the diverse & challenging landscape that we, as British farmers, manage to produce nutritious food
#BritishAgriculture
🇦🇺 Part 1 - Sydney
✅ Skydive 🪂
✅ Blue Mountains ⛰️
✅ Boat out to Manly & watch sunset over Sydney 🌅
✅ Harbour Bridge Climb 🧗♂️
✅ Lunch & 360 view frm tallest building
✅ Randomly timed with Sydney hosting world pride meant incredible buzz in City 🌈
#WorkHardPlayHard
#YOLO
So far yest & today Hubby has spent 9 hours & used 3 gas bottles to defrost water pipes for livestock. That’s after he’s been & spent 4 hrs each morn delivering
@Dalesdairies
#Milk
to doorsteps in local village
#BeastFromTheEast
won’t stop him!
#BackBritishFarming
Totally & utterly horrendous to see & hear yourself on camera 😱🙈 BUT I’ve taken one for the team in the hope it encourages at least one more farmer to attend, donate a calf or reach out to
@RearingG
conf in support of some invaluable
#MentalHealth
in Ag charities!
A really important message from
@kiteconsulting
@leach_becki
, it's so important we as farmers look out for each other but also seek help if we are struggling. Really appreciate the support & sponsorship from
#Kite
for our
#RearingToGo
event in Shrewsbury tomorrow , pls RT
239 miles in the tank according to the fuel gauge, on farm tomorrow in Warks which is 130miles away from home….gonna be a tight game of
#DieselBingo
but I refused to add to the
#PetrolPanic
madness this weekend
#HighRisk
#WishMeLuck
Set a new personal record today…
⛽️19 miles on 0
😬 Not gonna lie, my heart did sink when I put closest fuel station into google maps as I was leaving
@TotalDairy
& it said 7.9 miles away!
#LivingLifeOnTheEdge
When u open the
@FarmersGuardian
& realise u & the baby are *famous! Looking forward to supporting
#Farm24
again next week!
*Gross over exaggeration of actual status
Unbelievable stuff happened this week....
1) the boy made it to the end of a whole year with us as his parents
#ParentingWin
2) my LITTLE sister turned 18 😱
#FeelingOld
#TeamDairy
as requested - the Dept of Dairy related
#Scrumptious
Affairs is out there spreading the
#Dairy
love. Want to know more about the campaign & how u can actively
#ShoutAboutDairy
to the consumer?DM to book a place at workshop!
Said I was going to do
#OneMoreMile
for
@_Run1000
& the boy asked to run with me....
I’m afraid we didn’t manage a mile but here’s my (our) final contribution to the
#TeamEngland
total!
Hubby put out message on FB page yest eve checking if any customers needed
#milk
This morn he delivered nearly 100 extra pints on his doorstep delivery round.....yet for the second time today there is no
#Milk
in my fridge!!!
#MilkShortage
#BackBritishFarming
Right folks…I know it feels like we know each other via Twitter, but if u start talking & I stare blankly at u tomo
@UKDairyDay
- pls tell me your @ (esp if you’ve got a random cow as your profile pic) it’ll save me spending the whole convo trying to piece info together & guess!
Lovely
#BoxingDay
shoot yest with the Boy, my Dad & little Sis. Stunning scenery but some tough ground in Litton & the boy decided he was too tired to scramble some of the hills so his mother had a hell of a good thigh workout carrying him.
🚗On route to meeting in Carlisle & called in to see
@matworkman
on route.
🐄Fantastic to see the business progressing…going from strength to strength alongside a really successful new vending machine enterprise!
🍒🥛Did some thorough sampling of the cherry milkshake obvs!
I’m pretty damn excited to be the category judge for the 2 x young farmer of the year awards (ages 20-30 & 30-35)
@dairyawards
Can u please make my job as difficult as possible
#TeamDairy
by nominating loads of inspiring
#NextGen
#DairyLeader
Have you opened your copy of
@britishdairying
yet? We are delighted to be sponsoring the Young Farmer of the Year category at the 2020
@dairyawards
Don’t forget to nominate any young/next gen
#TeamDairy
you think are doing a really great job!