Treathro Blog
Stories from David & Debbie

The Proforge Z-Power flail mower that we ordered from Agri-Linc has arrived, on a 60′ artic!  The driver called and needed to be guided in for the last 10 miles or so through the back lanes from Letterston.  There are one or two interesting corners and bridges on that journey!  In a car it all...

With the help of Lotte and Jordan, we’ve been preparing the level area for a new Rotex cattle handling system.     Luckily I checked the requirements of the rotex before ordering it, and discovered that it needs a good level area to stand on.  “Level” is something missing from the concreted areas here, so...

We took a little time today to begin to clear the track that leads from the garden down to the pond.  What a wonderful path it will be.  What we had not realised is that the track is aligned directly from the house towards Strumble Head and the lighthouse.  So when you are at the...

Well, Pembrokeshire was on the edge of storm Ophelia on Monday and it got a bit windy.  We had taken the precaution of putting all objects that might fly from the yard and into sheds and then made all sheds as firmly closed and blockaded as possible the day before.  The skip we have on...

Not a cat person myself… but Debbie has 5 new friends…     Maggie is struggling with here desire to eat them all at every opportunity, but so far they have all survived! We think the ginger one is the mother.  Three of the four others are very small and obviously the same litter, plus...

We set about clearing another shed today.  This one has the old grain dryer in it, and grain pit, along with a lot of old rubbish.  The grain pit is full of water, so this will be filled in with some of the rubbish/rubble before we eventually concrete over it.       The grain...

We knew that we had a pond within a walled enclosure, but had not had time to explore it until today.  What a beauty it could be!   Approached via a walled track-way from the garden, it opens to a wonderful pond area (rather overgrown at the moment!)……and here is the view from the far side…The...

We have been removing old fencing from the 4 fields immediately around the house and yard before contractors come to put up new stock fencing. For good relations with neighbours, we think it’s best to get good fencing before the cattle and sheep arrive! Some of the fields have several fences buried deep in the...

Dramatic walk to the cliffs last Sunday.  It was beautifully sunny, but as we reached the cliffs, a line of fog was rolling in from the sea.   The sea swell was also picking up and beginning to crash on the rocks.  The fog was approaching shore like some sort of scary film… amazing.  

Clearing brambles at the back of the buildings today, spotted this local resident… A beautiful grass snake.   Unfortunately, he/she was an ex-resident by the time I spotted it!  I’m afraid that I must have stepped on it among the brambles and rough grass.  Instead of slithering away to safety, I had caused it to...

Mike, our nearest neighbour, told us that he thought we had a water leak in one of the fields near the house.  He was right and yesterday we began digging to find it.  Luckily we found the pipe pretty quickly and traced along the pipe to find the leak.  It was covered over with an...