My wife decided she wanted a picnic today and said " over at Appleby ( A66 )". On arriving it was 20c but a cool breeze was blowing , so we toured round Long Martin , Murton etc and could not find a nice place for one .
Lets head for Brough via Appleby back roads . I came up behind a huge tractor with a large circle of hay on its single rear fork . It was all over the single road as we went up a hill he slammed on his brakes and put it into reverse shooting at us . I blared the horn and shot back down the hill . He stopped another tractor that had been coming towards him decided to let him through ( funny he was going up a hill , I thought that was normal ) . I looked at his wing mirrors on his doors and they where both turned to the sky ( must like star gazeing ) , yet he had one on his wind screen . At the top of the hill in the corner of the field was an opening into it he slammed on his brakes again but this time I was well back he then without looking or thinking started to shoot in reverse into the field . Our eyes almost popped out driving it was a school boy who looked about 12-13 years old . He blared the horn at us from the field . I bit my tonque there are times in my life when I wish I was a policeman on duty and this was one of them .
On a better note we found a small village with a shallow river flowing past its well mowed green , parked the car got the blanket and food out and had the place to ourselves . Fresh chicken s/wiches and a glass of milk taste better sitting on grass letting your cares float by . Yet while watching a farmer going over the old bridge with rolls of hay stacked up on his trailer I spotted nothing tied down and the one on the top wobbling like hell what a danger .
