Well, the tractor repairs are coming along well, as you can see Mike is concentrating hard. He was disturbed this afternoon however by the 6 porkers escaping. They had piled the mud over the electric and then made a run for it. One went to Mum (Kiwi) and the others thought it would be fun to chase the sheep. Sadly we have no photos as we were too busy getting them back in their run with food. At this rate we will be relieved to see them go in two weeks.

Bought a livestock trailer at auction on Friday. Backed the Landrover up to the trailer to hitch it up to bring it home. Lowered the jockey wheel but it stopped 2inches higher than the tow bar. Unlike a single axle trailer this one is a double axle and balances on the two axles. Three options a) leave trailer and come back another day when I’ve adjusted the tow bar b) raise the Landrover or c) lower the trailer. a) wasn’t an option. I tried bouncing on the trailer but couldn’t get it low enough to hook on. Transferring the pig feed from the Landrover to the front of the livestock trailer narrowed the gap to an inch. Enlisted the help of a passer by, well not quite a passer by, my escapades were blocking his exit from the auction.  With both on us standing on the trailer we managed to get it hitched.