Frustrated and a bit sweary…

Don’t you find that various blogs and linked in posts emphasis the positives but not the struggles?

Well… Today’s emotion is best summed up with “Aaargh!!!”, you could also add a few four letter words to it.

I realise that farming is an industry that is only slowly embracing technology, I realise that that’s partly due to the increasing average age of farmers.   I’m also aware that there is a huge amount of energy going into rural broadband, online services, accessibility etc.   I think that we all need to embrace these things to genuinely make life easier and streamline processes.

Then you fall over an archaic process, one so stupid that the boundaries of a farmers vocabulary are put to the test.

So…  To draw down the mortgage for the lodge refurb and pay some urgent bills I need to (even though told otherwise) physically sign the documents with Dad and post the results.

I live in Cambridge, the farm and Dad are in St Alban’s.  They have already agreed the loan, the loan expires at the end of the year (even though they took 6 months to approve it).

Why on earth can’t we sign it separately and post? Even better why can’t we do it electronically?

Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!