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Well that’s me done I finished my last shift last night on the Railway, I’ve really enjoyed it the railway people are a different class of people, character’s helpful friendly and always willing to share skills knowledge and experience. The job I have just given up was high adrenaline and sometimes sad but it suited me lone worker managing incidents and getting things moving again I have had a varied career Pway which is track maintenance, Road Railers for a number of years and also level crossing inspections for about seven years, and the rest of my career as a Mom, Mobile Operations Man

Please forgive my indulgence but I had a very happy day yesterday! Some years ago I thought my family line was over, but no, I now have a few young “Charts” to carry on the family name ! My two great nephews Harry, 6, and Freddy, 3 , and my grandson, Adam, 9. No matter how bad the county seems to be, there is always something to be happy about ! Cheers.

The hardest thing I've ever done was watching my daughter get married this past weekend.Im still crying.I taught her to catch crawdads when she was little. She had a natural talent for bowfishing. She loves to shark fish. She had always been my digging partner with terriers until one day she brought this boy along with us who is now my son in law. Feeling gutshot from losing my digging partner,fishing partner and daughter in the blink of an eye. Any of yall men with little girls,hug em and take em fishing while you can.

Having a week in Antigua, with my brother and our wives...we don't like sitting about much, so grabbed some kayaks and had an hour or so out fishing on them... 30 minutes of that was taking up by him pulling this beauty in, Giant Trevally... gave it to the local beach lads, they were made up...what a start to the holiday!!

Thought I would be working till I drop but have decided to knock it all on the head and start enjoying myself, going to get my motor home this winter and spend a few months travelling round England until the old dogs are gone then winters in the sun have a few months left to tidy up some loose ends and then I,m out, happy days life’s to busy for working have so much I still want to do and realise that time is running down

I had my boys last week end and will have them again for half term can't wait..

Immunotherapy is working! Tumour reduced from 23mm to 16mm Cheers, D.

Not been happy living where we are,for a few yrs now,been looking at options to free up some cash,and have a change of lifestyle/pace....Just accepted an offer on the first house,when it's sold,we will be purchasing our first narrow boat,moving onto the water fulltime...got a few jobs to do,next few months before selling the second property to a cash buyer... money will be cleared in 28 days...with that cash we plan to buy a wide beam for the Mrs and Myself to live aboard...my 3 teenagers will have the narrow boat to live on...we will both still be going out to work for at least the next 5 yr

Duncan Dinaosaurs, came over to see me, made 4 hour round trip, took me out for a Sunday lunch and a pint. Wouldn't have no money, stayed till 6.30pm he hell of great man deff, I said Thl members get together when a member down bad sad times. He seen big old Buck, little woody, and heard my crap guitar and Uke playing haha. Ps me with the larger. Ray

Jim and his mate are in Scotland for a few weeks, set off at 6am yesterday and reached Ben Nevis at 4pm. Got set up, bbq and beer and rested ready to climb to the summit today. They got a brilliant show of the Northern lights. He just sent a pic from the top, cold beer and a snowball fight.

My mum's bday today, so we went for a yomp as a treat! Lol She's 72, this is a tough walk but some of the best scenery anywhere Imo... she loved it, she's fitter than most 40 year olds I reckon, may even give the slop monster a run fir his money!! Lol

Now to some this is just a a rabbit and nothing more . To me I've owned the great gran ,gran auntie and mother and now bringing the wee one through. She's 7 months and 1 week to date. And they have all brought they're challenges and doubts but they have overcome them to a standard I was happy to own. Only pot fillers and good at nothing but OK at a few things . We have been doing the basics for a while now and other than the myxi one she's been working other aspects. Tonight we wandered out and all rabbits where flighty. What looked a great chance by the time I put the th

It means I just won my appeal have had the six points removed from my licence which is still clean the £1500 fine quashed and I can claim expenses for the six court cases I have sat through and the 700 miles I have traveled to do so what a total bunch of b*****ds back on the boat now celebrating with a nice cold thatchers gold court suit can now return to the cupboard until the next one lol

Sorry for changing the title and all was trying to do something editing wise. But yeah me and the lady finally tied the knot today....well yesterday lol. Guess it was good ,she was happy , said she got the perfect princess moment and all the womanly stuff they like. I don't puke or pass out , and my grandma didn't go on a racist tirade so I'll say it all ended up pretty good. Would post pictures but all the ones I got sent make me look even more like a 12yr old then usual ( don't help the suit she picked made me look like a damn penguin and she wore 5" heels that put her a extra few inche

Thought I’d post a few pics of the things I’m grateful for today and this year

Took the pup out today for the first time with the ferrets. No nets just bolted a few for her. Finished on 5. By the end of the morning the penny was beginning to drop. 8mth old so slow and steady should be fine

My daughter has decided after 6 months of mortgage that it’s a massive scam and is selling her house and wants me to build her a tiny home on my place (she has also aimed out the boyfriend as well which is a bonus ! Lol ) So for any lads that may be interested, I’ve made a start and here is a few photos. Ill post a few more as we go along The base is an old 2 berth caravan that we stripped down and tipped, I’ve then had a local old boy weld me up a 6m long frame to fix on the top of the caravan chassis, the chassis are approx 1300mm wide. All strong box tube, we wi

For anyone that didn't know there was two referendums happening yesterday in the south of ireland. One was to change the constitution all together by taking mother out of it an replacing it with "durable" relationship. All the main parties an most of the rest apart from a couple of independent was in favour of it,they campaigned saying that the constitution said that mothers belong in the home which was complete an utter lies,it does not say that,an that it needs to change to show Irelands progressives,thank f**k it was whole heartily rejected by the irish people,they tried to ruin t

Here’s a pics of this season so far

The title is a song by the Dubliners it talks about the back breaking work and the hard drinking of Irishmen working in the UK. I was part of that world for nearly 3 years in the sixties I was employed as a general groundworks labrador building the M62. My ganger was a really hard man. He took one look at me when I arrived and said "Jesus who"s this f****n cowboy they've sent me? I think he was referring to my long hair and chip- on- the -shoulder manner. As the weeks and months went by I began to really admire him, Meahall (spelling ) was his name. He was genuine leader of me

@Bush Rummager i put up a wanted ad for lamp and with my post been on here and other forums nothing came to light but guess what a kind gentleman messaged me saying ive got one here free of charge he even paid postage arrived to very happy if there were more people like bush rummager in the world it definately be better place thankyou once again mate much appreciated

Heres some pictures of our most recent hauls from the local waste yard we go to. Terriers are owned by me and our brother. Cheers!

My son and his wife and 2 grand kids , come to see there grandad was birthday yesterday , but popped down today, not seen them that much since my wife died. But glad he popped over to see me

This morning

I got one off my pups back last Friday from a mate, I placed her with my other mate closer to home. Wind was blowing last night although very bright. We took off anyways. (Innit to win it) . The 1st half hour we seen a few in the thermal but all on the move. We eventually landed on a nice 1 for his pup and she scoobed up no issues . Mines has had a couple more runs than her sister so she had a little more complex run which she done very well. Another for her. On the way back they managed another 1 each. Chuffed watching the 2 sisters and amazing to see them 1 after

Just had our old terrier PTS. She had started having mini strokes and it was getting to hard to see her struggling. She was taken off someone who wasn't looking after her and had been knocking her about. She ended up with a lad who did the terriers for one of the fell packs and did a season there. The lad retired and the old dog was sat on his yard, being well looked after but he had to many dogs without work.....so she came to us. She did a bit of ratting with me, but really, she became a spoilt fat lap dog. She would cower and shake if you moved a hand over her for the first year,

Wee Monday off and away down the A1 to meet a couple of boys with their mutts, bit of a disaster I lost 2 Jill’s as they managed to escape the carrier and had about an hour to evade spent a bit time looking for them even with the thermal but to no avail, gutted, but lesson learned… the hard way. ended the day with 29 rabbits a few digs but most bolted to the long nets and dogs

How it was.. My life in parts. For me and me mates anyway. How lucky was I/we,growing up in the fifties/sixties. Came of a council estate,we didn't have a lot,(but had every thing) but allus had grub on the table.allus over the fields never in the house.up and gone.im from a fishing family,went me sen for a short while.'pleasure tripping'north sea/middle water for starters.hahaha. then working/fishing off iceland.i was fifteen then.what an adventure and eye opener.scary stuff.remarkable men.and never a thought of back chat.when we we're respectfull.all gone respect now innit.. t

I'm not on Facebook but I often get told about the Americans with terriers arguing and self promoting.I just wanted to take time to give credit to a few real American Terriermen.Few months back I made an all day drive to pick up a pup from a man.No fancy names.Just a man who bred for what he needed.He gifted me a pup,took me hunting with his sire.Then gifted me a pieps locator,custom hunting knife,terrierbox and his library of terrier books. 8 years ago I was digging in tobacco country with some people who had a nice pair of coon tongs.I told the folks how much I liked their

Great cross for a bit of bushing. Mine isn’t a first cross and is a mixture of different terries and spaniels. 3/8 5/8. Looks more towards a patterdale though. He will push anything out of cover and ferrets too. I’d definitely get another. Touch wood he’s never dropped in. Had him around holes a lot as a pup and I think if I hadn’t have stopped him then he would go to ground.

This was how Bear was every single day for a month after breaking his neck then another pic of him as he is now,I never went to bed for 30 day's,I turned him over every 2 hours to prevent him getting sores but he still got them,he couldn't stand to clean or eat/drink..I fed him by hand & squirted water down his throat 6 times within every 24 hour's to prevent dehydration,from how he was here,then thought his recovery & learning him to stand & then walk to how he is today is quite remarkable really. He is disabled but he doesn't know that I don't think. He can jump anything again no

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As a few lads on here know we hosted my cousins wedding a couple of weeks back, it was a big ask as we are part way through renovating and having nearly 90 people here for the day, plus all the family staying here... Anyway, I think we completely pulled it off, it was a great day night.. loads of food, drink, music and great company... I said never again,... but... we've had 3 enquiries and these would pay us, no more family favours!! Lol

Well JP certainly got the send off he deserved with 100’s of people from all over the country, Ireland and France turning up and showing their respect they had for him His family did him proud and it was lovely to hear memories from the past from some of his life long friends. there were many tears in the mass crowd when the hunting horn was heard as he was exiting his service “Gone away and gone to ground” He will be missed by many but not forgotten !

RIP JP you will be surely missed by many I was lucky enough to share a good few days/digs with this Gentleman and was gifted many a dog without a penny exchanged. his sense of humour made the days even better and he loved to tell you about his past, he had a lot of respect for breay & buck. Just a few of his quotes “Not worth a cold cup of piss” ”that was a serious dog or dig” ” two land rovers deep” condolences to his family and everyone who knew him lost but definitely won’t be forgotten

From a leg break as a puppy she’s ended up a decent bitch, works all terrain and a very capable and steady as a rock, does everything I’ve asked of her

Well it’s finally here took a little longer than expected, but exchange contracts on the house a week tomorrow and I,m done have a few more weeks sorting the next house which should be on the market in a month or so, but the first big pay out is only a week away and I,m out happy days might even get down to the fishing comp next year in the Winnebago lol

Like a lot of us my permissions have seen a fairly dramatic fall in rabbit numbers but despite this there are some pockets on some very public land that seem to be immune to the disease that I feel has savaged rabbits overall. My master plan was let’s try and re populate my permissions with some of these rabbits, the issue they are crawling with people during daylight hours. So it has to be at night, I tried last year with a member of here to longnet but had limited success so I decided to try ferreting them at night. I found a spot with a long footpath running straight through the middle with

I expect looking at the demographic of people on here there are more than one or two with prostate issues, I am not a fan of tablet a day for life type of medication so don’t take the tablets I was prescribed for my enlarged prostate as a consequence I am up two or three times a night for a pee and get the urges then a dribble throughout the day, well I am slowly getting into more natural remedy’s and moving away from medication so my latest success story is the humble stinging nettle I have been drinking a glass off stinger tea a day for around a month now and am actually sleeping through th

Will put it in the fishing section as well but chew valley res near Bristol has just done the British record

Only because they cant tax us and control what we burn....be a different story if they was sole suppliers of the fuelfuk em

Instant regret Took off last night to go and check a new spot . The weather said wind and showers . Which where to die off after 11pm. Whoever wrote that should be sacked!!!. Instant regret when stepped outside the car Never made the intended destination due to how torrential the rain and ice the wind was instead walked 4 small fields . The rabbits where flighty even in those conditions. Some fantastic catches ,

67th edition of the underground badger hunting days in France. The first edition dates back to 1956. Two days on the burrows with the judges, the mass of Saint Hubert and blessing of the dogs, the prizes.

So yeah after last go round fishing apparently he's badgered the inlaws so much and had so much fun they basically said next time I wanted to kidnap him their more then happy to let me lol ! So today I had to go watch him and his brother for a hour while their grandma ( my mother in law) had to go run some errands. Welp she's gone for 5min before I tell them to put their clothes on we're going outside to play. His bother is autistic but so is my older brother so it's bout second nature dealing with him . Gave him some side walk chalk showed him how to use it and he was in heaven. Just sat ther

If im not wrong Jaywick is officially the most deprived area in Uk.....once upon a time it was seen as cheap land for a country/coastal retreat a lot of the old Dagenham Ford workers developed it using packing materials to build the chalets etc,hence most of the street names are car related.....years ago i had a few properties along that coast but got rid of them lively when i heard it was going to become a landscape for London overspill.....nowadays it resembles a cross between The Bronx and Beirut ! What an absolute state the geezer,how long is it going to take societies to accept this

Hope yall have a good Christmas.

That time again hate breeding but couldn't be more happier with what has come out. mother is beagle spaniel good hard hunter, fathers my pals 14yr old bull russel (bull added over 20yr ago) been a serious producer of working russels in his time. theres no other dog id rather of used. if you want the best you got to use the best. gifted 4 pups to pals keeping one myslef and got 3 more homes to find. going to kill me selling them to pet homes id rather gift them to decent lads that will work them properly.