Brimmer 220 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Took another ride out today on my own (Liking the peace and quiet) with the terrier and 2 of this years poley hobs. (The black assassin and his brother the brown assassin.) Was confronted with the usual bleedin white stuff again! Not ideal when you want to work the ghyll sides. Probably a bit dangerous to start with, getting down without a big slip took some doing, but once at the bottom, it was clear from the white stuff, so me and the russel got on with the job! This piccie is for Paddy, he loves to see my dogs sat on there arse looking at nets! Dog was a pain to start with but after a short while on these slopes, he soon settled down, and got to work turning the place inside out! No stone is left unturned! Even marked one in a pophole with water running through it, hence the state of his face! This was at arms length, I got water running up my sleeve whilst pulling it out. Over the last couple of weeks I'd changed the food of the ferrets, they are on chicken carcasses now, left overs from a wholesaler that supplies the catering industry, the legs and breast are removed, and the rest is ferret and dog food. I did not realise how fat they were getting, both hobs were slightly light bulb shaped, and this showed in there workrate, most people would think they were doing there job properly, but knowing these animals, if a couple give them the slip, somethings wrong. Something was wrong, they were a bit too heavy. Diet for these fellers now, later in the day they seemed to improve, maybee after they had worked a bit of timber off, and started nailing all but the fastest of rabbits. Got a 4 ft dig on this one, as you can see I had to take out a section out of the wall of the dig, so I could get the angle with the spade to lift out the loose at the bottom, a decent roundmouth spade could lift out this easy, but the bully rabbiting spade needs more angle for this. I had set my sights on 20 bunnys today, but it was looking grim, all the digging and the netting up was taking time on my own, and at dinner time, with only around 10 under the belt I was feeling a little bit downbeat. Could not be bothered walking the hill to get my dinner, so just carried on. Luckily the snow had cleared on these lower slopes by this time! Kept getting marks from the dog, and pulling 1 and 2 out of each set of holes, which kept the total growing, (shame I had to carry the dam things back up!) Ended up with 23 in the end, a hard days work to be honest, but thats the way it goes! All the best lads. Quote Link to post
PORK CHOP 13 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 looks like you had a good day mate Quote Link to post
desi22007 3 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 nice 1 mate Quote Link to post
00taz11 39 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 well done brimmer nice pics Quote Link to post
delboy p 183 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 good bag there mate good going Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yo Brimmer, another good day out, I'll take you did'nt buy the old boy the quaud then Quote Link to post
chalkedup 14 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 cracking pics mate id be chuffed with a day out like that, well done Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yo Brimmer, another good day out, I'll take you did'nt buy the old boy the quaud then Watching the pennies at the moment mate, may get one if the work turns out good over the summer. Even a quad cannot get up and down these bits, don't think the old chap will ever work the slopes again to be honest! Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 some cracking pictures mate Quote Link to post
will.f11 24 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yo Brimmer, another good day out, I'll take you did'nt buy the old boy the quaud then Watching the pennies at the moment mate, may get one if the work turns out good over the summer. Even a quad cannot get up and down these bits, don't think the old chap will ever work the slopes again to be honest! You want one of them mountain rescue caterpillar track trucks. They would glide up that hill... Quote Link to post
andy s410c 61 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Great pics & bag as ever B you must have the feet of a nanny goat on them slopes.Nice to see the blade on the move Still getting plenty of the white stuff over there!!Well done.......... Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yo Brimmer, another good day out, I'll take you did'nt buy the old boy the quaud then Watching the pennies at the moment mate, may get one if the work turns out good over the summer. Even a quad cannot get up and down these bits, don't think the old chap will ever work the slopes again to be honest! You want one of them mountain rescue caterpillar track trucks. They would glide up that hill... Either that or a young reprobate from Cornwall to carry them up for me! Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Great pics & bag as ever B you must have the feet of a nanny goat on them slopes.Nice to see the blade on the move Still getting plenty of the white stuff over there!!Well done.......... It's been years since I have seen as much snow up there Andy, usually like today, it's gone in no time, but this year has been different, it was laying for 3 weeks before xmas, sick of it to be honest, so are the rabbits! Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yo Brimmer, another good day out, I'll take you did'nt buy the old boy the quaud then Watching the pennies at the moment mate, may get one if the work turns out good over the summer. Even a quad cannot get up and down these bits, don't think the old chap will ever work the slopes again to be honest! You want one of them mountain rescue caterpillar track trucks. They would glide up that hill... Either that or a young reprobate from Cornwall to carry them up for me! Think the young reprobate would eat less, cost less to keep, and cause you less problems after it was trained properly, and be quite nimble on the slopes. Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) Yo Brimmer, another good day out, I'll take you did'nt buy the old boy the quaud then Watching the pennies at the moment mate, may get one if the work turns out good over the summer. Even a quad cannot get up and down these bits, don't think the old chap will ever work the slopes again to be honest! You want one of them mountain rescue caterpillar track trucks. They would glide up that hill... Either that or a young reprobate from Cornwall to carry them up for me! Think the young reprobate would eat less, cost less to keep, and cause you less problems after it was trained properly, and be quite nimble on the slopes. Just got to make a digger out of him thats all! Little does he know that way back in late 1800's, it was a Brimmer from Cornwall, who worked in the tin mines, that moved up north to work in the coal pits. Half the spots up there are places that the lead miners used to dig out. Edited January 23, 2009 by Brimmer Quote Link to post
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