Another Hedge Cutter Mishap
I had a bit of a rush to get all the hedge cutting done before the end of February, and then in the last five minuets of finishing for the year, on drawing in the cutter head in towards the tractor, got distracted and it flailed off the whole of the back light cluster and ripped the plastic/rubber mud wing to shreds and left a cable with seven wire sticking out all ready stripped of insulation but about two foot too short to reach a new back light (DAM BLAST & BUGEGR!) that was a bit mild to what I was thinking.
I have had one or two close shaves with the back light before over the years, taking off the lens, or just chipping it, but this cleared the whole site , good job it did not get down to the back tyre.
This is what the rear end of the trctor used to look like
Living Hedgerow
A variety of plants, in the hedgerow,
Se what is growing, and living below,
Food in the fruit, for birds and the bees,
Shelter from the weather, beneath the trees.
The rabbits dig burrow, and birds do nest,
Hedgehogs roll up, in the leaves to rest,
Toads and spiders, wasps and hornet,
All of them living, along in this thicket.
Hawthorn and hazel, maple and elder,
All help to make up, the variety of splendour,
Briers and Rose hips, with berries bright colour
Crab apple and sloe, large fruit much duller.
Oak and the Ash, grow into young tree
Beech and Holly, and Hornbeam agree,
Fill the hedge with fruit nuts and berries,
Beech and Hazel nuts, and stored under leaves
Climbers growing in hedge create cover,
Old mans beard, and Ivy they soon take over,
Honey suckle and Dog Rose, lot of colour provide,
Everything combines, make our English country side.
Countryman
Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge
John Ray