Scotch thistles on the run.
7th June 2011 | Southlands Farm News
Scotch thistles have been having a hard time at our Northumberland Cottages over the last three years, and this year they are on our endangered species list. And it’s all thanks to my trusty Martindale 781 which I picked up in a David Dixon’s in Hexham, I then gave myself blisters as I took it with me every time I walked the dogs or checked the cattle, gradually I have got the better of them and now I just take it for the odd walk and no blisters.
Mum was so impressed with it that she had to have one, so I bought her the last one, and she took such delight in toppling huge thistles with one precise blow that she decided that it would make a very good Christmas present for everyone, so she bought a dozen direct from Ralph Martindale who make all sorts of tools, forks, hoes and machetes of every type for every sort of plantation all over the world, altogether fascinating, well worth a poke around the website if you have a spare moment.
Used mine the other day Charles, still cuts like butter, I love it but my wrist and hand are not quite so keen, so I don’t do it as often as I should, maybe it will be easier after the rain.
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M
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