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It was chilly on my hands as I strode briskly towards the lanes. A tractor, with buckets mounted for and aft, was being attended by three farm hands. As they methodically collected surface boulders from the prairie. The gulls were few and far between on their usual, hilltop roost but soon returned.
What do mink farms with Jinping Plague have in common? Gulls. Lots of them! There are now over 100 infected mink farms and it is spreading south. It can't be just coincidence that every mink farm has a resident flock of gulls. Can it?
There are over 1300 Danish mink farms. Which feed a slurry of waste [?] materials containing fish. The stink is absolutely horrendous! The mink feed is brought by specialist tanker lorries. Perhaps there is a clue there?
Talking of lorries, there was quite a lot of heavy goods traffic today. One of which came screaming down the hill towards me on a blind corner. I jumped onto the verge as it passed me in a cloud of dust, smoke and the stench of overheating. The smell is still in my lungs as I sit here scribbling my blog. A toxic combination of burning brakes and boiling antifreeze. Yes, it is really healthy living in the Danish countryside! 😂
I drove to the recycling centre to dump a large trailer full of garden waste which could not be composted. I should have taken a rake! Instead I had to unload the whole lot by hand. It's a good job I'm fit! [For nothing.]
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