8.29pm - Wednesday 24th January 2024 10,994

Shlattts slat lids ON no more jumping over the slurry channels, only problem is I totally forgot to finish Ming yesterday, so I’m having to lie on a skateboard and shuffle along all of the channels making sure they are all sealed properly. Yes this is a pain but better do it now when there’s nothing in then try to do it when we’ve realised it isn’t watertight tomorrow we start laying blocks or bricks depends on what you want to call them for the storeroom office and dairy. We will lift out the concrete panels with lifting eyes and next the stumps go in for the robots to sit on. This is so exciting next week cubicle concrete and passageways, then we will really feel like we’re getting on the robot rooms will be nearly ready there’s some really cool curved concrete in them. Can’t wait to show you. Drainage and duct for electric is this afternoon’s job and lots of digger work for Dean I get everyone a new k**fe cause you know you can never go wrong with one as a present when your farming. Trip to Ralph’s in Penrith it’s all good go go today.

in 2009 i had no experience of farming or the realities that came with it. That soon changed when I met my other half Roy, I had a job as a carer and in every spare moment threw myself into farming. I had only ever driven a Nissan Micra and had experience with horses, I learnt the hard way as nobody had the time to show me and soon after arriving I found myself mothering on calves to three quarter bred limmy cows. We spent every available moment on the farm between our day jobs. Fast forward to 2016 two children later we moved into our very own farm overlooking the northern Pennines, Laitha.

we are in a transitional period at present and will finally be milking cows and making the final switch later this year, after years of planning and implementing infrastructure we will be milking 120 Jersey cows on two Lely robots. This will be a huge change and a steep learning curve

I will be taking you all along for the ride so hit that subscribe button and see you every other day for farming vlogs.

I am overjoyed to be a farmer. I feel so fortunate every day to wake up and do what I love and even better share it with the world and hope it inspires more young people from Preston to spread their wings and think outside the box the world doesn’t need more childcare workers or hairdressers it needs more farmers.

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