Feeling hot,hot,hot

Oh it's been a tad hot here with no rain predicted and fields looking a lot less green than in June it may mean grass will be running out and the cows will be munching hay. If this dry spell carries on our cows at La Contie will be heading home as although the grass seems very nutritious it is a lot sparser than here.

The pigs are feeling the heat. It is a constant job of filling their water troughs for them to tip over or lie in straight away. Even though they have been given water in their wallows and either hosed down or a bucket or two thrown over them it does get a little tiring. Were on mains water now our source has run dry for the moment until the next rain.Two lots of pigs are suppose to be moving to new enclosures, we tried so hard to move them to but no amount of bread or coaxing would they budge, I think its just to hot they cant be bothered. We just got very hot and bothered trying to move them.

Rob's ewe has also been shorn, she's beginning to look her age as is her fleece. Why has she bald knees? because she kneels on them.

Tonight there is a breeze in the air, a welcomed cooler walk up along the plateau with Tyser and Sorrel we encountered a solo deer, which not sure who was more surprised, so it ended up being a hot walk as the scent had to be followed at top speed by Sorrel. Tomorrow is suppose to be a bit cooler, we can only hope!