Thanks Goosepimple for the suggestions. Will try St Boswell mowers, as well as keep an eye out on Gumtree - I like Preloved and ebay too but most things are down south so transporting up to us is expensive.
Will also try the auction mart at St Boswells again once they have their next sales.
If you hear of anyone who wants to sell their topper or other bits of equip eg bale spike, post borer etc then please let us know.
Sounds as though you have quite a collection of livestock on your small holding - we have 5 acres and hoping to start ours with some sheep. Waiting for our CPH number - seems to be taking ages though - nearly 3 weeks now?!As first timers we may keep Ryelands or Shetlands as they are easy to look after. Of course this is after we have secured/replaced our fencing !!
Thanks for the chat Goosepimple and look forward to chatting with you again!
Loving the Accidental Smallholder site - compulsive viewing for my OH