I had a hell of a night with asthma and hayfever so I only got about two hour’s sleep. We … Continue reading 1/8/90

***** And that, my friends, is the end of my first decade of working life. At the beginning of September … Continue reading THE END OF A DECADE

Carted straw all day from the paddock called Barrow Hill. After tea we took a load of straw over to … Continue reading 31/7/90

A Day For the Queen¹. It had rained all night and was still showery in the morning so after we … Continue reading 30/7/90

It was a changeable, showery day but we managed to get three loads of straw in from a paddock called … Continue reading 29/7/90

Richard and I started at six and went over to Upton Lovell to cover a haystack against the forecasted rain … Continue reading 27/7/90

I went around to Sundial Farm and we began carting hay. After we had unloaded a tractor and trailer-load of … Continue reading 26/7/90

I left Grove House at about 9:00 and began hitching towards Warminster. I walked the first 3 miles to the … Continue reading 25/7/90

Sally took me over to a nearby farm where the two girls [John and Sally’s daughters Caroline and Emma] were … Continue reading 23/7/90

Around mid-morning I took young Matthew Blakiston into the Swindon Hospital to see John. We stayed there for an hour … Continue reading 22/7/90