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@JeremyClarkson Try being a small Organic Dairy farmer wondering how he’s going to feed his cows this winter. Only got half of the forage I need for them 😕

It looks like this year’s harvest will be catastrophic. That should be a worry for anyone who eats food. If a disaster on this scale had befallen any other industry, there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.

@FvdE @L333LHC Same.

@L333LHC Nope. It's the only interesting new car out there. And it reminds me of my old 5 Turbo.

Can we all collectively get over the Renault 5 please. I’m fucking bored.

@JeremyClarkson Had 3 outbreaks in the past 8 years, clear atm but hate testing and all the stress building weeks before it’s due 😕

Bad news from Diddly Squat. We’ve gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.

@B0ATsmith @almurray He spent the rest of his life running his shoe shop, painting, scout leader and volunteer Justice of the Peace.

@FriesianPerry @almurray Mad lads: so much courage.

classic one of those conversations with someone I've known for ages - yeah my uncle was a glider pilot at Arnhem I think I didn't know if you'd be interested! nnnnnnnnnnnnnngh

@MikeHistorian @B0ATsmith @almurray What was the real reason they all fell so short when they got it so right on subsequent missions?

@FriesianPerry @B0ATsmith @almurray Grim reading - Every Ladbroke survivor had to make a statement recording the events that befell their glider. The Airborne Division used these often harrowing accounts to compile their casualty figures. I have read them all.

@almurray @B0ATsmith The thing that I find hardest to comprehend is that after all that happened he then got in another glider and went to Holland!! Think I’d have requested a transfer!!

@FriesianPerry @B0ATsmith Dear god

@B0ATsmith @almurray Don’t know how he got survived. Spent all night swimming and got spotted and rescued by a Dutch Trawler at dawn along with another soldier from a different glider.

@FriesianPerry @almurray Bloody hell.

@B0ATsmith @almurray This was his official statement from his Husky disaster. Very sober reading.

@B0ATsmith @almurray He was in the same unit as Stanley Biggs but was upstairs in The Tafelberg at the time he was killed.

@buist_rob @ListerLawrence @BentleyComms Definitely do, saw a big 4x4 Roller this morning broken down on the A49, only 72 plate as well, hazards on and pushed onto the verge.

@ListerLawrence @BentleyComms …person on the end of the phone said “I’m sorry Sir. You must be mistaken. Rolls Royces never break down.”

Been invited to Bentley HQ today. They saw my issues with the GTC Supersport and kindly offered to take a look whilst I had a tour of the factory. What amazing service!!! ❤️

@JRfromStrickley Wow, now that’s a really s**t day. Sorry James. Hope the pain subsides soon. Wish you all the luck with your next tests, it’s a horrible roundabout once you get out on it.

Who books a Tb test for Fri 13th? It certainly lived it to the billing. 9 more reactors gone. Then to top it off, I was attacked by our bull and ended up with a dislocated finger, fractured sternum & bruised ribs. I count myself lucky that he stopped at that. Be careful folks 🙏

Hi @WoodmanGav Got an unusual suggestion for your slot, mostly well known locally in Cheshire for his exploits, try to listen to some of his recordings, they are hilarious. Cool name too, “Blaster Bates”. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_B…

@gautrek Just got my “2nd” tub of copper slip out whilst spannering and remembered to take a picture! Going to need a third soon.

@gautrek Nearly finished my second tub here in 35 years of being a farmer. Bodge a lot of things myself so usually know I’ll be taking it apart again sometime in the future! (Will post a pic as proof when I go out to work this afternoon.)

Has anybody else got a tin of never ending copperslip. I seem to have had this forever.

@st3venwilliams @NOELY1982 @almurray Farmer here too, started with episode 1 in July last year, caught up by mid December!! 🙈

@NOELY1982 @almurray I’ve started we have ways from the beginning, I’m about 400 episodes behind at the moment but lots of long days on the tractor ahead I should hopefully halve that through the summer.

New Pope who dis?

@almurray hope the voice gets better soon, you’ve saved me a 20 minute walk though thanks to the fixture clash with Ryan&theotherguy fc.

@MikeHistorian @penswordbooks @GPRSociety @6thairborne @armyflying @AviationXtended Got an interesting after operation report my grandfather had to give after Sicily if you’d like to read it, it’s quite harrowing.

Great news from @penswordbooks - Glider Pilots in Sicily will be out in paperback this autumn. Updates to follow nearer the time. It is still available in hardback from Pen & Sword and online sellers.

@gremlin100 So sorry to read this, used to often message Mike back in the day when twitter was fun and new. Thinking of you all at this sad time.

Hi everyone, this is Glen, Mike's wife - some of you already know - extremely sad news, Mike passed away suddenly on Sunday morning, as a family, we are utterly heartbroken - life is so cruel, he loved his twitter community 💔💔