Spitting Feathers

[Val Beechey]

What's worse than a never present Farmer...................His always present obnoxious Wife.

I phoned and visited the Farm early spring and was told by No.1 Son they didn't really like detectorists because they put a lot of work into their fields but come back in the Autumn as there were some fields being ploughed and re-seeded. Plus he didn't see me as much of a threat 
Saturday I noticed the fields I really wanted to get into had been harvested and were standing waiting to be detected. Now these fields are about as close to  a Castle as you can get. Storm and power cut that night so I phoned Sunday and got HER again and got the same response, I'll have to have a word with me Husband and get back to you in a few days !!!!!
Now I have to give her 'a few days' before I go looking for the never present Farmer Hubby or she'll scuttle the boat before it sails.  I feel SOOOOOOO  frustrated.

Val 

[Svaipa]

Can just imagine your frustation Val  Probably best to just drop by and see if you can catch the man himself. Good luck x

[Spooyt Vane]

My feeling Val is that they dont want detectorists on the land and she is trying to save your feelings..I might be wrong and i hope iam ...But there is plenty more farmland out there ,with more easy going landowners ..Good luck Rob 

[ctx3030]

never phone, go in person, thought you would know that by now,Val.

[Dungbeetle]

Read " The female of the species " by Kipling, it should explain it all. Sorry to be sexist but I couldn't resist it Val.

[handyman [Alan}]

just go for it Val. Make that call and see what transpires, that way you will know for sure what the position is! ...

[Val Beechey]

Yes,  I know, I know. But you see, Ah well.  These could be very special fields being so close to the Castle and the river. One field even had it's own docking point.
I think you're right in your assumptions Rob. It's just so annoying that I've waited since March. If I'd known she was going to answer I would have called in. I might still do that anyway. Praps she'll change her mind if she sees me.   (no rude answers to that idea please) It would just be sooooo nice to get onto some land with real promise.

Val

[Val Beechey]

She's just like the receptionist at the Docs.  Vary hard to convince that you need to see the Doc.

Val

[Spooyt Vane]

Play the waiting game Val ,i have got on to a good site after 30yrs of trying ...The grandson is more open to the hobby of metal detecting and has taken over the reins of the farm.......We have a celtic term for some really awkward landowners.......Crooked as Sin we say and it does not mean criminal........

[Val Beechey]

Funny you should say that Rob. When I called into the farm in the Spring I saw one of the Sons and he seemed more open to detecting. It was him who suggested I called back in the Autumn. They plough the pasture fields on a cycle of 4 years so each year there's somewhere I could go. One thing's for sure I can't wait 30 years, I'm 68 now.

I popped in this morning but there was no sign of anything with 2 legs. What's so annoying is where the fields are. They're a  long way from the farm and not overlooked. It would be possible to go in 2 of them and no one would be any the wiser. I know I wouldn't enjoy it though. Couldn't stand the stress of looking over my shoulder all the time.

Val

[cardiffian]

Just a thought Val. Would it not be easier to get on the farm next door. If so, at some stage you could call back to the Castle Farm with some nice bits that you are prepared to sacrifice. You could say that you are sorry, but you had been in one of their fields by mistake as you thought it belonged to the other farmer. Then offer them the bits you are sacrificing. I have never done this before but know of detectorists who have done so, and it has worked.

If you were to try this ruse Val make sure you say to the other farmer "is so and so field yours" When he says no then say you have been in the wrong field and will need to see the farmer. That way it will not come as a surprise to him if it gets back. You may also have to bide your time because you still have to get past the wife. If you know what the farmer looks like you will be best to get at him when there is work being done on the farm and in the fields.

Good luck Val. You deserve to get this farm.

[welsh john]

Just a thought if any farmers use this site and read this post it makes us all look a bit shady.

[Val Beechey]

Hey Hey John,  only Shades of Grey in my house.

Cardiffian, I went to the owner of the fields next door first. She said no as well. I don't care, something will turn up one of these days.


Val

[ysbytymike]

Packed lunch and a pair of binoculars.
Whe you see (male) movement, close in.
 

[Val Beechey]

Might be a good plan Mike if I didn't have to drive 12 miles first.

Funny you should say that though because that's what I did from my kitchen when I said I'd been cow watching. Made sure they'd been gone for a few days and then struck. I wished I hadn't bothered. I could have found more in my field. Ah well, you don't know till you try, do you. If any one ever wants a field with nothing but iron in it, give me a shout. I seem to have an uncanny knack of finding them.

Val