Now, this is one o'th' finest days we've had this year; an' you haven't sin what th' ground is like in bad weather.

But you'd be astonished what a difference wet makes on this moor.

When it's bin rain for a day or two th' wark's as heavy again.

Th' stuff's heavier to lift, an' worse to wheel; an' th' ground is slutchy.

That tries 'em up, an' poo's their shoon to pieces; an' men that are wakely get knocked out o' time with it.