No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Very few. I think I saw one.

Mushrooms, half animal, half plant..I think they're like ourselves they don't like it too wet. They especially like the soil after a drought, when a drought breaks.

A good friend asked me for a favour several weeks ago - drive with the jeep & flat trailer to near Castleisland in Co. Kerry to collect a item for them. The item was bulky but not heavy. He doesn't have a trailer license and it was going to cost him €350 + VAT to get it transported with a trucking company. I told him that I would do it when I got a free day and he agreed to pay for the diesel and feed me. We headed off this morning after 10am. The only hick up we had was traffic delays in Adare both ways. Why on earth isn't there a bypass at this stage considering it's a major route.

The councillors in Limerick must be incredibly poor.

The lack of Road infrastructure is astonishing compared to other counties.

The N20 is one of the busiest roads in the country but remains a single carriage way throughout nearly all of its route in Limerick, compared to the new N5 bypass in Castlebar which has little traffic but must be near 20km of a recent dual carriageway upgrade.

There are great roads around Limerick city and most of the N20 is in cork. It is a disgrace of a road but the best part of it is in Limerick like the croom bypass. The lack of an adare bypass is affecting the Kerry lads more than most. No harm in slowing down those lads.

Most road projects are political - the crazy expensive dual carriageway they are building from Westport to Castlebar being a prime example of a "Pork Barrel" project. Its like something connecting LA to San Francisco🙄

Problem is getting over the river Maigue, which requires a 200m+ bridge. It's already underway, it will just take time.

Green light for Foynes to Limerick Road (including Adare Bypass) project | ROD

Bought a lock of ewes in Kerry off dung deal, arranged to collect them last August bank holiday Monday afternoon.

Going through adare was slow but miles of tail back coming opposite direction with little or no movement.

Decided to avoid adare on way home and headed via coast /Dock Road.

A Dublin reg passat towing a caravan went on fire and the emergency services closed the road.

Sometimes you just can't win.

What kind of set up have you got? Have you got a workshop set up where youll be doing all the work or will you be bringing the welder to the work? If its going to be in a workshop setup a MIG one would be the best it will cost a bit more to set up between getting a gas bottle hired though. If youre wanting to tip away around the yard a handy MMA (stick)welder would be the better option.

Is there any etbs or welding classes running near you? Would be worthwhile dropping in on one of them to get a feel for it be shown how to do it. Im doing one myself on Saturdays in Dublin and there is fellas including myself travelling well over an hour to attend it its that worthwhile. At least there you could get a feel for both MIG and MMA before investing.

It’ll all be complete in time for 2027, Shame the Ryder cup was delayed because no doubt that would have got it going quicker.

Has anyone built a slatted shed recently? We had an inspection recently; as we store dung outside they want it either roofed or effluent catch tank put in. They hinted at it a few years ago but are now being more forceful about a solution.

Cattle are currently wintered on straw but have access to a small haggard that's been partially concreted. They come and go as they please, on dry cold days they'll happily lie outside on the grass(muck after a few weeks) and come in for feed and at night. Because they can access concreted area, same leads to dungsted, we would have to calculate the effluent tank to reflect the concreted area also. By the time I do that, I'll need a tank similar to a three bay slatted tank, and most of it potentially filled with rainwater. If I'm doing all that, I may as well fire up the shed as well.

There was a suggestion of using the hayshed to pile the muck in as a simple/quick solution, but that'll make piling it and getting it out painful. The straw bedding alone is enough hardship without that.

200m long bridge....?? the maigue aint exactly the Amazon... if i was coming into Adare i would go left at roundabout.. go passed the woodlands.. take next right.. then the next right and ya come out at the other side of the village.. tis a bit longwinded but at least your moving the whole time...

I think the NOTS recordings will be released a month after the event. Will go both days if possible, it's driveable for me, no overnight. The Oxford Real Farming Conference seem to be able to combine both online and in person. 4th and 5th Jan 2024. Tickets on sale next week.