While peeling the spuds in the Fighting Cocks pub down in Carlow over the weekend, I got the lowdown on the Ploughing.

The National Ploughing Championships site is only down the road and can be seen marked out with pegs already from the main road.

So the story I heard is that finding water is a problem – four wells have been sunk and still no water can be found.

The other scarce commodity is the water of the 21st century – the internet.

Again, I’m led to believe it’s a struggle to get it powerful enough – no surprise there. However, I’ve full confidence both will be found come September come hell or high water.

The word on the ground is the Ploughing site is the biggest ever and given its proximity to the motorway, traffic shouldn’t be a problem.