The Noise!

As we came up the hill we could hear these gulls. They all took to the skies as we got closer, all of them shouting and calling to each other. Such a beautiful day, bright and clear, hardly a cloud in the sky and still and mild.

The ground is still ever so wet and waterlogged, especially the fields like this, that have been harvested for barley and are now just stubble. The combine harvesters are so huge that the gate ways on the small fields round here aren't wide enough for them, so lots of them have had their fences cut to allow them access. They really churn up the fields, and the verges too. Such a shame to see the huge machinery hurtling round the place. The fields are so small that they can hardly get turned round - but that's progress, and there just aren't the horses these days!