Co-incidence? Stair polish and life assurance in same drawer!

摘要

There's a reason why the wily fox Roger Evans always puts his socks on in the kitchen, but he's beginning to wonder whether there might just be a bit more to the incessant stair polishing than meets the eye. We held our 'staff' Christmas party in December this year, which was a first. Something to do with a son off work for six weeks and well up with the paperwork and management issues. With family, friends, those that help us on the farm and grandchildren, we had a good evening out, 21 of us altogether. It was past 11 o'clock when we went home, a wet windy cold night and inevitably your thoughts turn to a warm bed and some sleep, knowing that it won't be long before that alarm clock goes. But the day isn't quite done yet. I go around the cows and David has to go to see the chickens. The chickens are OK but I've got a cow flat out with milk fever and one calving. David joins me, his family in the car. His boys are half asleep in the back of the car. His wife takes them home but we are nearly an hour sorting things out. His boys haven't shown much inclination to be farmers yet, the youngest says he will join the army so he can bring a tank home at weekends to roll the silage for his dad, but I wonder what goes through their minds when they see us working at all hours.