Elaine Jones wrote:
Quoting from message
posted on 3 Mar 2005 by Rob Overfield
I would like to add:

s crossed for lots more!

What we used to do as kids was to get father to find a couple of
empty plastic fertiliser sacks, take them to the farm and part fill
them with either straw or hay, then tie the necks of the sacks very
securely with plastic baler twine. This then gave something to hold
onto, plus the straw gave a bit of cushioning. Mind you, if the top
of the snow had frozen, then you would get a hell of a speed going
down some of the hills on it! And if you'd thought ahead and built
a small ramp halfway down the hill on the night before (about 6" was
a good size), then it was even better. Ah happy days...

One of Jones' customers, a farmer on the Clwydian range, became
extremely fed up with the broken fences and the debris left in his
fields after invasions of sledgers (mostly from Liverpool and Wirral)
- so when there are signs of snow settling he takes out the slurry
spreader.

ROFL! Thats a good one, serves them right for the trespass...
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Rob Overfield
Hull
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