After the anxious wait when May never seemed to warm up, the hot dry weather hit us with a vengeance. There was no hanging about, and as soon as the contractor was on his last days' fields next door, James started mowing. He mowed till midnight on Friday and from five in the morning on Saturday. The contractor came on Sunday and we started picking up after morning milking. There were a couple of brief stops for tea and supper, and then on till nearly midnight. On Monday Henry was up at five to finish off the rowing up, while James milked, then it was picking up, carting and tipping all day. By five in the afternoon the fields were empty and the pit was full. There's still a lot to do today, but at a less frantic pace. We have to put the door in the pit, and put the last few loads on top. Then it's to be rolled and sealed in and weighted down.
I'm back at work today - having a break from making up boxes of food and bottles of squash.
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