Another HCA Dorset Gift

Making light work of taking the hay down to Little Mead.

We took delivery this week of a new 4-wheel trolley to replace the old one that originally belonged to John Newell's father (made over 50 years ago!). It was quite a surprise to learn that the firm - ATT which we found located on the East Holton Trading Park just up the road was an offshoot of the original company that made John's old trolley. When the company sold up, the mangement bought it and the present owners were employees who later took on and continued the business.

Once again we are deeply indebted to the Household Cavalry Association in Dorset for providing us with the funds for this little piece of equipment that makes our daily work a little bit easier.

Ragwort is a perennial problem which we have to pull by hand, collect and dispose of safely and this trolley will be very useful for getting the pulled ragwort out of the field. We have already started pulling it while the ground was soft after the recent rain, but the flowers will soon be out and then we'll have to get a move on to prevent further seeding.