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

A team effort

Meadow full of blue chicory

Cornering the cart

A cold summer’s day

Raking and turning

Starting to dry

Chickens enjoying the bounty

Cutting the yard grass first

Another hayscape

Cat investigates the heap

A man who likes his work

Job well done

Celebrating the end of the job

Takes skill to build the stack

Every last miligram of capacity

Who’s that looking at us?

A load of fresh grass for the calf

Getting the hayloft ready

New insects left behind

The horse needs to be fit

Synchronised raking

Fana Horse waits while the cart is loaded

Good exercise

The dance of the scythes

Fag break

A village hayscape

Easier on flat ground