Life Without Internet – A Hamlet Held Hostage by a Broken Cable (But With a Beautiful Silver Lining)

I can’t quite believe we’re nearly at the end of May already, we have been without our internet for ten days and whilst I loved not having it for a few days (it felt a bit like I was on holiday!) it has got to the point where I actually need it. I have had to drive to Adele’s house - some of you will have met Adele, she is helps me clean etc – to pay bills, write this blog, contact Openreach, and sort through some emails. I can’t do this in the middle of a field on my smart phone. We’ve been told it’s a broken cable, but the fix feels no closer now than it did ten days ago. And in this day and age, when absolutely everything is online — even the government paperwork we have to do — being without the internet just isn’t viable.
But… on the bright side, we’ve had some much-needed joy here on the farm.
Misty and Godric have become parents again — to the most beautiful little filly. I think I’m going to call her Pixie. She’s absolutely adorable ( I’ve added a photo so you can see for yourselves), she loves picking up these little sticks and standing in the feed bucket.
Farming, too, has felt just a little easier thanks to the gorgeous sunshine we’ve had, first cut silage was a success with a good crop, planting and spraying have also taken place and some beef cows have given birth. That said, we did welcome a bit of rain recently — and it was needed. The ground was getting so hard it caused a couple of our ponies to go lame, and we were starting to worry about the seeds not germinating and the corn and grass not growing. So a bit of a drink from the sky was a relief all round.
Hopefully, by the time I write the next blog, we’ll be reconnected to the world, and I’ll be typing from my desk rather than someone else’s kitchen table. Fingers firmly crossed!
Until then — thank you for bearing with us, and give Pixie a little virtual wave 💛

​Maddy x