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

Cutting the yard grass first

Raking and turning

Easier on flat ground

New insects left behind

Fana Horse waits while the cart is loaded

Synchronised raking

Fag break

A cold summer’s day

Cat investigates the heap

Meadow full of blue chicory

Getting the hayloft ready

Good exercise

Another hayscape

A village hayscape

A team effort

Celebrating the end of the job

Takes skill to build the stack

Cornering the cart

A man who likes his work

Job well done

The dance of the scythes

Chickens enjoying the bounty

Starting to dry

The horse needs to be fit

Every last miligram of capacity

A load of fresh grass for the calf

Who’s that looking at us?