A huge sigh of relief . .

. . . was heard at Strickley last night (not least from the poor low yielders that have been roughing it outside while the lucky highs were laid in) - when the new cubicle housing was finished.

Henry and James have been working round the clock, in between "normal" farm work, and late into the night. Of course it was meant to be ready months ago, but best laid plans etc.

So just a few photos -

Fitting the feed barriers

And the cubicles

And then, after milking last night

And later at night

There's a long way to go yet. The electrician says he'll be back in a fortnight to finish off the electrics, and the builder will be back in December to replace the temporary wall (in the photo) with concrete. That will form part of the adjoining new silage pit - which be done by first cut next year. It will, won't it?