Well afer no updates for a while two in a short space of time.
We are now winding down for Christmas and have been fencing this week. managed to do about 1km yesterday which isn't bad going really although it doesn't sound like a lot. Had a beer at the pub on the way home and then headed back to jessievale picking the kids Christmas presents up at the mailbox on the way.
The weather this last few days has been a lottle cooler, and with alot more cloud about marking the strat of "The Wet". As I was driving home the rain had already fallen on the Jessievale drive and made it rather slippy. I was only on the road when i crossed it and spen alot of time going sideways too !! All good fun, until you have to clean the car !!
As I arrived at the house I go a call on the radio asking me to load the firefighter and head to a neighbouring station where lightening had started a grass fire. I took about 45mins to load up, fill the water tank and got to next door. When I arrived mark was in the chopper keeping an eye on the fire with Anthony and Bob on one fire fighter keeping the flames from crossing a pipeline which formed a firebreak. Mark landed and I manned the second hose driving behind the frie and spraying water onto it to get it out. Thankfully the fire wasn't too big and we managed to get it out pretty quickly.
I then drove back to Jessievale through pouring rain and got back to Jessievale for around 19.30.
Over the afternnon and evening Jessievale got 34.5mm of rain which is a good storm for this early in the season. Lets hope we got alot more before the wet finishes. I've put a couple of photos on of the fire for you to have a look at.
Ed
