Walking home from town I saw a tractor towing a dung spreader coming uphill towards me and so moved into a gateway. It started to slide sideways, then came to a halt, wheels spinning. The driver decided to reverse a bit and slid the spreader across the lane into the hedge.Totally stuck. I wandered up to pass the time of day. Driver said he'd been up through once today without a problem. Said he might have got through the second time if he'd been more competent. He left the tractor across the lane, saying he was going to get a four-wheel drive to tow him out (seemingly unaware that what he was abandoning was a four-wheel drive).
"That'll be Graham; not the sharpest knife in the box", I was told at the pub.