4.53pm - Friday 27th October 2023 7,047

Just generally jobbing about on the farm it’s been a wet few weeks on the farm and the land is suffering so with TB test looming it is time to bring the cattle in, before we bring the cattle in we have one problem, the mattresses in the cubicle shed are completely wrecked. They are no good as they harbour bacteria general, SH1T and are a nuisance when the cows pull them and rip bits off, so we have taken them out completely with a view to getting brand-new ones put in this won’t be until we get the big shed out though. As the animals housed in the shed are dairy bollocks this is not the end of the world as they don’t rely on a clean bag and they wouldn’t get mastitis.


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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