feral child

The farmer and I travelled almost to Brighton today to make a delivery. Boy, was that a long journey. We broke our homeward travels at the home of Mr & Mrs Black - aka The BlackLog blogger, and many thanks to them for ensuring that we actually completed the journey in a reasonable mental and physical condition! On our arrival back at the farm we noticed the flames of a fire in the farmyard. Upon closer investigation the inferno proved to be the work of the Big boy. It seems he had shot a rabbit, skinned and gutted it, and then set up his own spit arrangement to see how long it takes to spit roast the carcass, with the intention of eating it. Dear gods, we only left him for 12 hours, and he 'goes feral'. So far there has been much prodding and poking to see if the juices run clear, but no eating as yet. Oddly, my appetite quite suppressed.... Vegetarians - stay away. Think the Big boy is practicing living wild for his summer working in New Zealand. He has now skinned and eaten a deer, boiled and consumed the crayfish, and spitted a rabbit. He is a competent pheasant dresser and fish filleter. The horse's prospects are a bit dubious. On the day of the revolution I hope he's on my side.....

On a lighter note, today was the London Marathon event. My lovely niece and her equally scrummy partner took part on behalf of Arthritis Research and Care (their sponsorship is in excess of £4000). Joe finished in a highly creditable 4hrs+, and beautiful Alice just over 5hrs. I am so proud my eyes are watering at the thought. I hope and trust their mammoth efforts will benefit lots of sufferers of this horrible disease. What a team. They were supported by Alice's two sisters and her mum, who pursued the runners around London to encourage and cheer. Cor, what a family.

The wet room at the Farm is finally finished, whooppeee, just got the dust to clear up. Strangely, its taking me quite a long time to get around to it. so much to do, and so few hours in every day. Looks like my new website is about ready for launching too - pretty excited about the 'reveal'. A few more days!