While the sun shines… My neighbours cutting, raking, stacking hay – the high point of the summer’s work.

Starting to dry

Every last miligram of capacity

Another hayscape

Who’s that looking at us?

Getting the hayloft ready

Good exercise

Chickens enjoying the bounty

New insects left behind

Fana Horse waits while the cart is loaded

Cutting the yard grass first

A load of fresh grass for the calf

A team effort

A village hayscape

Easier on flat ground

A cold summer’s day

The dance of the scythes

Synchronised raking

Raking and turning

Meadow full of blue chicory

A man who likes his work

Cornering the cart

Job well done

Cat investigates the heap

Celebrating the end of the job

Takes skill to build the stack

Fag break

The horse needs to be fit