Old Pond publishing days

Ax Men Season 5 DVD set in stock

Ax Men Season 5 is now in stock at Old Pond Publishing at £24.95 inc VAT (5 disks, nearly 15 hours' viewing). More details and secure online ordering are here. There is also an offer on the complete run of Ax men DVDs, series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. This can be found on the offers page of the Old Pond website.

One Farm, One Year, DVD set by Chris Lockwood now in stock

'Fantastic ... one of your gems ... Two Thousand Mile Harvest was my favourite flm but this one is on a par with it' - the unprompted words of Mr PG, the first person to respond after watching Chris Lockwood's new 2-DVD set One Farm, One Year.

We, too, think you'll like these programmes if you want to see in detail what goes on at a large arable farming enterprise in the UK throughout the year.

Their formal tiltes are One Farm, One Year January-August and One Farm, One Year, August-December. Both programmes run for about two hours and are priced individually at £17.95 inc. VAT. Most people are buying the set of two at the offer price of £29.95.

For more details and secure online ordering, follow these links: here for January-August and here for August-December. The 2-DVD offer is available through Old Pond's DVD listing page or from the Home Page in the Offers section.

 

Country Calendar the best of 2012 new DVD in stock

See here for details and secure online ordering of a 2-disk DVD of New Zealand's superb farm and country television programme Country Calendar. The latest release, licensed in the UK and Europe by Old Pond, offers twelve 22-minute episodes, TVNZ's choice as their best of 2012.

Country Calendar: the best of 2012, a 2-disk DVD running for 271 minutes, costs £17.95 inc. VAT rom Old Pond.

Maize Harvest new DVD by Jörn and Tammo Gläser now in stock

The latest DVD from German producers Jörn and Tammo Gläser is Maize Harvest: the most powerful forage harvesters in the world, part of their 'Farming in Focus' series.

The disk comes with a choice of English, German or French voice-over as well as a short booklet giving cutaway diagrams and basic specifications of the principal machines. There is also a schematic diagram of an agricultural biomass plant.

The DVD runs for 90 minutes with 15 minutes' extras. It is in stock at Old Pond at £24.95 (inc. VAT). Fuller details and secure online ordering are here.

Gaydon truck model best in show

This weekend we really enjoyed ourselves running a stand at Kelsey's Classic & Vintage Commercial Show where we were part of the Gaydon Model Truck Festival organised by Ashley Coghill and friends.

Author and classic truck enthusiast Patrick Dyer (right in the first photograph) signed plenty of copies of his new book Volvo F10 & F12 1977-83 at Work.

He was frequently asked what he was working on next: the Scania 2 series. Due for Gaydon 2014.

The winning model at the show was a conversion of an Italeri 1:24 scale tractor unit converted to an Iveco 6x6 recovery truck with a Bro underlift.

For this information and photograph I am grateful to Peter White, editor of Truck Model World who presented modeller Jan Rosecky with the magazine's silver salver for Best in Show.

Pete Connock a star ahead of Leonardo DiCaprio

Whereas Trucking magazine, July issue gives the Old Pond DVD Australian Heavy Metal a five-star review, it only gives Django four stars. So does this put Pete Connock (who appears in the trucking programme) a star up on Django actors Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L Jackson?

John Deere Tractors Since 1918 new Tractor Barn DVD now in stock

New from the Tractor Barn duo Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam is John Deere Tractors Since 1918, part of the developing list of 'Power on the Land' DVDs. For further details and secure online ordering from Old Pond at £16.95, see here.

British Field Crops: a pocket guide book 2nd Edition by Sally A Francis is now available

The second edition of British Field Crops: a pocket guide to the identification, history and uses of arable crops in Great Britain by Sally A Francis (softback book, published by the author) is now in stock at Old Pond at £12.49. Details and secure online ordering are here.