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

Synchronised raking

Chickens enjoying the bounty

The horse needs to be fit

A load of fresh grass for the calf

Cutting the yard grass first

Good exercise

Cat investigates the heap

Who’s that looking at us?

Fag break

Every last miligram of capacity

Meadow full of blue chicory

Cornering the cart

Raking and turning

A village hayscape

Fana Horse waits while the cart is loaded

Getting the hayloft ready

Celebrating the end of the job

New insects left behind

Starting to dry

Job well done

Takes skill to build the stack

Easier on flat ground

A team effort

Another hayscape

A man who likes his work

A cold summer’s day

The dance of the scythes