It was said by the old men that the water should "trot" onto the fields, and "gallop" off. On our low lying meadows there is still evidence of the very old style of management the "bedwork or floated water meadows" , where...
When the ice did break in the middle the tractor dropped about eighteen inches and had a job to get it out , then could not use that route for a few weeks due to the deep steps down off the ice at the sides of the ford. I recall the winter of 1947 when...