A trip for next season.

[Moocher71 4,049]

11 hours ago, SheepChaser said:

Once when I was in Romania, I was driving a little Citroen hatchback along some country roads and ended up engulfed in a see if sheep and goats and stuff ...... worked out it was the bringing down of the stock off the hills, a massive convoy of animals with the shepherds in tow, with their dogs. I ended up floating along with the herd until they pushed them off the road for the night and settled down. Went to find the shepherds and after a bit of banter, our came the red wine and spirits and a tape of Romanian dancy folk music was found and stuck on the cars tape deck. We had a right knees up, and they showed me their dogs complete with spiked collars etc and said they are great dogs but as you don’t know them don’t turn your back or go walking through the herd on your own at night! Some of them looked to have seen some serious combat! Great times. I’ll try to dig out some photos. 

I used to love packing up what ever kit I had "not much " bung it all in a nail of the motor I had at the time and bugger of few months and I'd say the pyrenees was my favourite and I also like Germany,  we parked up in a gateway on a forest road for the night  in the old ambulance I'd convert and woke up to  something hitting the van and when I opened the door it was wild pigs rooting about so just went back to sleep and woke to find flat tyre and more dents along the side of motor .

I have a couple mates who live in hungry ,they moved out few years ago and live in what we'd call a farm house but to them it's village house ,it had no electricity, gas and only water is a well under the floor in house ,they payed 15 grand for the property and took a caravan out there to live in while they renovated it and they  living in the house now and they keep few pigs ,fowl and goats ,they keep asking me to go over so maybe this summer I go.

[shaaark 10,693]

18 hours ago, SheepChaser said:

Nothing fluently  

But can get by in English, french and German, and understand a lot of Welsh.

And used to speak half decent Hungarian, serbo-Croat and a bastardised Slavic patter made up of Slovak, polish and similar now it’s a bit rusty but I’d pick it up quick again. 

Then odd phrases in a lot of others, usually related to women, and beer. 

Kin el, sheepy!!  How old are you?!  you've lived and worked in a dozen or more countries, have a degree in ancient history, modern history, psychology  criminology,  ran/owned a nightclub, you speak 8 or 9 languages, are fluent in 'swahili', 'afrikaans, and god knows what else, you've owned and worked several different lurcher crosses etc, and been farming for a few years!!

Not sure, but think you said recently, you are 35.  You must've started when you were 3 years old!!

Not a dig at you really, but stone the crows, how the f**k have you packed all that into such a relatively short space of time?! 

Or, like I said before, am I missing something here?

Ps, don't throat punch me, if you happen to pass me somewhere. 

Edited February 8, 2022 by shaaark

[Black neck 15,838]

5 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Kin el, sheepy!!  How old are you?!  you've lived and worked in a dozen or more countries, have a degree in ancient history, modern history, psychology  criminology,  ran/owned a nightclub, you speak 8 or 9 languages, are fluent in 'swahili', 'afrikaans, and god knows what else, you've owned and worked several different lurcher crosses etc, and been farming for a few years!!

Not sure, but think you said recently, you are 35.  You must've started when you were 3 years old!!

Not a dig at you really, but stone the crows, how the f**k have you packed all that into such a relatively short space of time?! 

Or, like I said before, am I missing something here?

Ps, don't throat punch me, if you happen to pass me somewhere. 

That's nothing I went Milton Keynes last year

[OldPhil 5,655]

 I reckon Sheep Chaser has got things just about right..

'Life is for Living' 

Only wish I had done ten times more

 

 

Edited April 28, 2022 by OldPhil

[mackem 26,072]

Life is indeed for living, it's a truism that your a long time dead, I actually just said to one of my kids earlier when I phoned him not to waste a second of his life, cram as much in as you possibly can,it's about experiences, collect them,it all becomes complicated when you have kids, get married and have the responsibilities that are part and parcel of normalcy. 

[mC HULL 12,106]

18 minutes ago, OldPhil said:

 I reckon Sheep Chaser has got things just about right..

'Life is for Living' 

Only wish I had done ten times more

just need some wellies now phil and your there  

[Borr 5,712]

Kids definitely put the stoppers on for me, along with life in general, but I've enjoyed them and they're getting to the age where I can start doing a bit with them, airguns and fishing for the time being and build on that as time goes, not sure I'd encourage lurcher work as it's a bit of heart ache but hopefully get them camping and hiking this summer, as said do as much as you can before kids come along if it's an option....

[SheepChaser 8,083]

I wrote a massive reply to you shaaaark and then it deleted itself it was my life story so maybe better it did get deleted  

The sort version is I have been very lucky. Up till 2009 I dedicated my life to adventure, travel and pushing the limits. And since then I’ve dedicated it to farming and hunting with dogs. 

[shaaark 10,693]

40 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:

I wrote a massive reply to you shaaaark and then it deleted itself it was my life story so maybe better it did get deleted  

The sort version is I have been very lucky. Up till 2009 I dedicated my life to adventure, travel and pushing the limits. And since then I’ve dedicated it to farming and hunting with dogs. 

Fair enough, sheepy.  Like I said, not really a personal dig.

[SheepChaser 8,083]

17 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Fair enough, sheepy.  Like I said, not really a personal dig.

Don’t worry it’s been said before mate, I have been very lucky. One day I might write a book, but perhaps better being released after I’m dead  

[Black neck 15,838]

51 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:

Don’t worry it’s been said before mate, I have been very lucky. One day I might write a book, but perhaps better being released after I’m dead  

Never bin Milton Keynes tho a ya

[shaaark 10,693]

1 hour ago, SheepChaser said:

Don’t worry it’s been said before mate, I have been very lucky. One day I might write a book, but perhaps better being released after I’m dead  

Sounds like it could be an interesting read. 

 

[Black neck 15,838]

11 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Sounds like it could be an interesting read. 

 

I'd buy it furg 

[SheepChaser 8,083]

30 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Never bin Milton Keynes tho a ya

The mounted police are based in Milton Keynes. Fact for you 

[Black neck 15,838]

9 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:

The mounted police are based in Milton Keynes. Fact for you 

Big nasty uncontrollable feckers ,and the hosses ain't much better