At last the day arrived, with a mixture of dread and anticipation, I finally took my five porkers to the abattoir.I borrowed a marvellous ifor williams trailer from a neighbour, who's 13 year old son had to help me hitch up and guide me out of their yard.my lad alex ,6, helped /hindered in the putting of pigs into trailer,( thought it would be easier in the evening than at the crack of dawn with the clock ticking), luckily another neighbour paul had offered to help and noticed that evrytime a pig came near my son would squeel and away the pig would trot.after what seemed an eternity the lure of food got them in the trailer and I tucked them up in it for the evening on a bed of straw and provided a trug of water. I then completed all my paper work, pig movement license, fci form and butchery list. helped son with home work, fed him and put him to bed. sneaked out twice with torch to check up on pigs, snoring away and quite cosy. did two loads of washing, washed pots, fed and watered chicks in brooders. wife turned up at 10.30 having been to london and back on business and went straight to bed ( wanted hotwater bottle and hot choclate). tidied up, scraped muck off sons school shoes and finally retired to bed at 11.30. rose at 6.00 and got jet washer out to wash down outside of vehicle and trailer. ( involveld much untangling of hoses and electric leads.) double checked trailer, pigs( tatoo's, earrings, in good heath and calm) and themn paul turned up 7.30 and off we went. traffic not brilliant at allowing for me being apprehensive with trailer on back. arrived at abattoir at 8.00, back in nicely with pauls guidance, 4 pigs trotted out, one took root in the back, needed a little shove?carry out. forms signed, paperwork exchanged and off again, with barely time to think about my pigs departure. back to base, cleaned and disinfected trailer and outside of car, ( virkon) and back to work. faxed butchery list to abattoir which i had forgotten to hand over in my state of high anxiety. will collect the produce friday @1.00pm, then distribute allocated bits. Will take stock of whole process and work out next move, sausages, chops, joints etc. I might even be able to eat some pork if i can stomach it, this weekend. was it worth it, on a scale of 1 - 10, 8 or 9 for experience, 2-3 financially. will I do it again, you bet I will.