Calm Thursday

Sorry no pics from the journey yet, but i'm working on it. The blogge thing wouldnt upload them all, so i might have to link out to a photo sharing website, so you can see them all on there.

Anyways, today felt a bit calmer, as i'm a bit more set in the tracks, and know the general routine. This morning i mixed up some food for the calves, and took it to them. Its kinda fun cause theyre so friendly and they enjoy being fed. Then i drove the manatou up to the salers feild with kenny, and we took them a bale of hay. The hay seems to be of a very variable quality, and there seems to be too much of it fed if u ask me, theres plenty of grass at the moment. This afternoon kenny and i went to montluçon to 'brico depot' i think its called, kinda like B and Q, to get a new fan for the heating thing, that pumps hot air from the fire round the house. After a warming lunch (the weather today although calm, was a little grey and cool) of irish stew, we fixed that, and took another bale up to the cows.

One of the hens has a big gash down its side from the cockeral holding onto it. They have 3 cockerals and 6 hens here, so the hens seem to get a bashing. We sprayed it with purple stuff and le it go. Soon we'll be taking the cockerals to a neighbour, as theyre not needed here. I'm looking fowrd to catching them, i like chickens.

I've felt like going home today, partly because i'm getting to see whaqt life is like here, and partly because of all the suff i'm missing out on, or so it seems. France isnt quite what i imagined, in that if you took away the language, it wouldnt be far of being england(although i doubt the French would share this opinion). Being here all day as well, you dont notice you're in france really. I think i'll give it to the end of the month, and see how i get on. I dont want to go home right away, but i'll only do what i wat to do, and i'd rather be helping out on our farm, rather than theirs.

I hope all the sheep are well, they'll seem small in comparison to these cows. Being here has taught me a lot already about cows, and i like their intelligence, but it has re enforced my ming that i am a sheep person. I guy called Phil dropped buy today. Hes english and has a sheep farm of about 500 Sheep down the road. I think i was supposed to be going over to help him if he's busy. That'll be good.