Ten to six in the morning seems a little early to be washing a truck. But there's no accounting for for what some people think of as normal. No it wasn't me, I'm not that keen.
Today should have gone well, everything was ready and I only had four and a half tonnes of wheat to dress at Bridlington. But it wasn't to be, why should I be surprised? As usual I went to start the generator set on the dresser to be sure everything was running. It wouldn't start, I found our mill engineer, expecting him to wave his magic wand and everything would be OK. Not a hope, after two and a half hours and a phone call to the manufacturers still nothing. So yours truly had the pleasure of a ride into Hull to the manufacturer to get it repaired before going on to Bridlington. I don't enjoy driving round Hull and I have serious doubts if anyone does. But I found the manufacturer easily enough. The engineer climbed onto the machine and pressed the start button to see what faults the system showed. Yes you've guessed it, the damned thing started and kept running smoothly. Obviously I had been pressing the button with the wrong hand, what an idiot. Tomorrow I'll remember to use my left hand not my right. ;-) The engineer looked serious, brought out lots of expensive looking tools and poked about, he ended up using a thermal imaging camera, shouldn't everyone carry one? The camera showed that one of the cylinders is failing and I hadn't blown the radiator out for the last few days but little else. The final verdict was that there was a lot of dust clinging to the machine and it could do with a thorough service. Tell me something I didn't know. But he will report to the mill engineer who will tell our boss and the whole thing will be ignored for another year. Perhaps it will eventually blow up, I would like a new one. I did manage to brighten up my day by taking a picture of the Humber bridge while sitting in a queue on the A63 caused by a van man running into another vehicle.
Cats always find the warmest spot to sit. The two below were seated in the sunshine on the bales (when the sun was out, that is. Even cats can't arrange the sun.)
I finally made it to my only customer of the day and duly cleaned and dressed four and a quarter tonnes of wheat. I hope tomorrow goes better, it should be the last day for dressing grain, only beans to go. I hope! See you tomorrow
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