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Sunday 12th August 2007
Yesterday afternoon and evening Laurence harvested 50 acres of wheat at Westcott and Hackhurst which is quite good going considering the combine had two break downs;the knife-drive belt and then the knife-drive itself.

First thing this morning the combine was moved down to Park Farm where 300 acres of wheat are ready to harvest. We don't usually start cutting until mid morning because the crop is still damp with due.  After an hour of work they were rained off, but harvesting resumed at 4pm.  We need to crack on because the weather forcast for Tuesday is dreadful.

As is quite often the case, our less than typical lifestyle doesn't leave much time for conventional study during the holidays, however I do believe that our children gain enormously from the rich experience of life. Over the past week they have seen vets at work and learned more about animal health and as a contrast this evening they have been star gazing.

Laying on their backs on the garden table the boys have all managed to see some shooting stars, or meteors which they have found quite amazing - cool! Shooting stars are mostly grit from space colliding with air molecules about 60 miles above Earth's surface, due to their very high speed they begin to glow white hot and we could see a streak of light as they burnt up.

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