'Hay-mojis' unveiled by farmer

Thursday, 14 September 2017 07:41

By Jason Roberts @ChpsChsGrvy

A farmer in the south of the Island is keeping up his tradition of colouring his straw bales.

Eric Taggart of Ballasalla's been showing off this year's creations on Facebook - with an emoji theme.

The 'hay-mojis' are on display at Cross Four Ways in Ballasalla.

In previous years, Eric's raised thousands of pounds for charity by painting his bales as Minions from the Despicable Me movies.

#purplebales @carrsbillington crossfourways Ballasalla Isle of Man pic.twitter.com/oMEdG4DQIO
— Eric K Taggart (@ektaggart) September 12, 2017

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