Rain Ranting Thread

Well the wind here on the west coast where we are doesn't seem as bad as forecast raining but not torrential however it must have rained heavily overnight as everywhere is running water though no flooding.I have never seen as much water running off the fields .Drains seem to be coping and no lying water on the fields but got absolutely soaked doing the horses and taking the dogs out first thing.
Same old weather!!!
 
I can't decide which ones to get, do you find one better than the other?
Are different. WF bigger, best to only lay on pretty flat / levelled ground else warp. (V v soft might be ok). WF have built in grip.

MC more adjustable / smaller pieces. Can lay on pretty much any situation. Let more grass grow through. Can be slippery. Though ok if ground flat snd cover old hay / bedding. Most of my MC mats grass and plants have growth through. Needing to offset long paths feels wasteful (else mats split apart in middle.

WF racing are easy to do long paths with.

Both companies nice to deal with.

Both about same price inc postage / square metre.

WF racing 10 year guarantee against breaking if lay per instructions (not on unlevel ground)

MC 20 year guarantee snd can lay on any ground.
 
Surprisingly calm and quiet here at present. Getting the dogs out a couple of times before the storm hits .Luckily have an indoor sand school so we can take them out in there for a run around when it gets bad ( small agility course and area to dig available in there for them ).
Have added extra bedding to the pole barn and will put more haylege out lunchtime. it's open to the fields and it's good grazing so will leave it open and the horses can go out of they want.
Just hope all the trees are ok and we keep power since the storm of 87 strong winds have always spooked me we were without power for 10 days and cut off for vehicles 3 days.
Stay safe everyone.
 
I feel like we need a "No Rain Ranting Thread" at this point. Can't imagine many farmers will be getting a second cut of hay in this year at this rate. My fields crunch when I walk across them. Remembering the days when grass was green and not yellow.
 
We have had a fair few good showers over the last week, all the lovely flat dry ground has gone slippy and muddy, can't bloomin win.
The farmer who cut my hay (mid june) asked if he could take a cut of silage off the field IF it grew enough so there is still hope
 
We have had a fair few good showers over the last week, all the lovely flat dry ground has gone slippy and muddy, can't bloomin win.
The farmer who cut my hay (mid june) asked if he could take a cut of silage off the field IF it grew enough so there is still hope
We've had a couple of showers too but not enough to really make the ground damp. It's dried off and back to how it was within a couple of hours, like it hasn't rained. Nightmare.
 
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