Hers not His : Lynne Ramsay

Where  and what are you farming? 

We 50/50 sharemilk 340 gorgeous Jersey and Fresian cows in Riverton, Southland. 

What year, make, and model is your trusty ute?

2001 Ford Courier single cab flat deck ute.

What’s your favourite feature (or quirk) about your ute?

She's hardy and always starts the first turn of the key but if you need to go to town; she'll take you there, just give me 10 minutes to give it a wash and a vacuum inside.

 We have owned her since 2019, and the fuel gauge only ever went to halfway then dropped to empty so we had to keep it topped up all the time because you could never remember when you filled it up last and would end up running on fumes.

It went in for its annual WOF and Service and we got a different mechanic in the usual garage, and he fixed it for us.

 Now it's a novelty watching the gauge go down below half. I'm not sure if it's the sharemilkers in us or the Scottish not wanting to spend money fixing it. 

What song is always on your playlist when you’re behind the wheel?

We have three wee boys and usually a minimum of one is home and out and about with me.

The radio does not work so we have a UE boom in it and the boys pick the tunes.

They vary from ‘Nee Naw the Little Fire Engine’ to ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’ to ‘Crazy Frog’.

What’s your ultimate roadtrip snack when you’re out on the farm or heading to town?

The kids love a snack in the afternoon whilst getting the cows in or feeding the calves.

At the moment the boys are into bite sized salami, apples and bananas.

There's usually a box of crimpy chicken shapes in the glove box for those emergency times you end up taking an hour to do a 5 minute job. 

What’s always rolling around in the back seat or tray?

The back tray has a coating of lime flour on it at present from dusting the colostrum break with the duster and some buckets which are used for feeding the calves.

 Some reels and standards for doing break fences too.

Then on top of all that there's also the boys peddle bikes and a football.