On Sunday Suzannah's alarm went off at 4.30am so that we would get to the Berlin-Warsaw Express in good time. Thankfully our room-mate was still jet lagged from her flight from Beijing so didn't mind. We made it to the station in good time and bought some pastries for the journey. It was dark and raining when we set off at 6.29am. The train was very Hogwarts Express with six seats in each compartment. When it got light our first views of Warsaw were grey and misty. The landscape kept us occupied for hours- there were no field margins just narrow strips of different crops. There were a few small dairy heards often about 5 cows. The question of the morning was if you have 5 cows how do you milk them? Thoughts welcome.
The grey weather hadn't improved when we got to Warsawat lunchtime, adding to the grim impression produced by the tower blocks. Many of the office blocks are swish but the flats are generally ugly and plain. The highlight of our afternoon was going up the tallest building in Warsaw: The Palace of culture and sciences. The city was not nearly as sprawling as Berlin, and tower blocj\ks were visible right to the edge of the city. As we were up there the visibility decreased and the wind picked up. The rain turned into snow. However the snow, which had melted by the time it hit thr\e ground, was short lived and was followed by a rainbow.
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Surely if you have just five cows, you milk them by hand - or share a machine with a whole pile of neighbours. The former seems more likely to me.
ReplyDeleteI wonder, will you be trying this method yourselves? Grandad Nesbit, were he still alive, would no doubt recommend a firm hand. Anything too gentle and the cows will confuse you with a local fly and treat you accordingly. A cow trying to scare off the flies is never gentle!
I would certainly agree that hand milking is the most likely solution when you have only 5 cows. Milking machines are expensive, use lots of power and can damage the udder and teats badly if not well maintained.
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