We're back at the Workshop today. I've really enjoyed the long break but am delighted to be back here again. Not too sure about whether Jeff is - he's still not really well but it doesn't seem to stop him thinking and working.

Hope you all had a super Christmas. I had one extra super present this year. Have a look...

Isn't it absolutely fantastic? It was made for me by Jeff himself!  He used a bearing from an old Ferguson water pump and painstakingly has cut out this intricate Ferguson tractor. On Christmas morning I couldn't understand why my daughter and grand-daughter wouldn't let me draw back the curtains. Then there were banging noise outside then Myhren said, 'Open the curtains, Granny!' I did so not knowing what to expect! What a fabulous surprise- one of those 'Can't believe ones eyes' moment!  Freezing as it was I ran outside in my dressing gown to admire it at close hand. The detailing is superb. Now I look out of the window first thing and now can see which way the wind is coming from at a glance. I'm very touched at Jeff's taking that amount of trouble for me as you can imagine...

We have started off the new year here by tidying the workshop which had got into a bit of a muddle because so much was going on just before Christmas. Now Jeff is doing a few last minute jobs on Charlie who is due to go home this Friday (weather permitting!) while I am starting to deal with forty-three emails!

Tuesday 6th

It is obvious that things are going to be as busy as they were before Christmas. No sooner had I picked up Steve and arrived at work with him to be told that a tractor was to be picked up to come in for rewiring. So off we went again. The tractor had been immured in a shed for long enough for the grass to have grown across the door but soon we were winching the TEF up onto the truck. I was really glad to have Steve with me 'cos he knows the sequence of winch release, folding ramps down etc. plus he is immensely strong which is really helpful sometimes (today for example when the tractor's owner and Steve pushed the TEF out of the shed so that we could get the winch cable attached).

Jeff couldn't resist leaving the job he was on to inspect the newcomer. One of the things he spotted was that the axle centre pin had worked loose and moved forward so that the front of the tractor was only attached to the rest of it by the track rods and radius arms! Apparently it might had been like this for some time but still kept doing its job. Not recommended practice but good for Ferguson T20s to have been able to work on like that!

Another tractor is booked in for next week which is why I'm hoping that Charlie can go home. Jeff has done a super job there- he was driving round the yard and Charlie sounded beautiful. You can hear him on the vid. Jeff will be putting on the web.