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Cria

21st July, 2013

Rachel's Diary

We have had seven girls in a row, two whites, a beige and the rest fawn giving us 19 girls and 11 boys so far. Today a boy! One of [...]

Covent Garden

18th July, 2013

Rachel's Diary

We've just had another bout of culture in London, first of all Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House which was a triumph, absolutely wonderful with the baritone Thomas Hampson [...]

The Rolling Stones

8th July, 2013

Rachel's Diary

Our birthday present to each other was a huge success as we gave ourselves tickets for the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park on Saturday. I felt positively tearful when they [...]

Woolfest

3rd July, 2013

Rachel's Diary

Woolfest was very good for us with lots of British alpaca yarns sold and more money in the till than last year. It is a very long way to Cockermouth [...]

12th June, 2013

Rachel's Diary

This is the adorable Dorabella, a lovely little spotty female. I couldn't wait to see her shorn as we had no idea just how spotty she was, very difficult to [...]

Devon County Show

21st May, 2013

Rachel's Diary

Our alpacas did well at the Devon County Show winning four championships and four reserve championships. CME Priam II, a 13 month old fawn male, took Show Champion Huacaya with [...]

Wonderwool

2nd May, 2013

Rachel's Diary

It was Wonderwool last weekend at the Royal Welsh Showground, a feast of different woolly things for all those yarn addicts. As usual the sheds were cold but not as [...]

Passport

17th April, 2013

Rachel's Diary

My new passport arrived yesterday so I am good to go, hurrah, so looking forward to hitting the road for the south of France on May 6. We were up [...]

The Cat

10th April, 2013

Rachel's Diary

Here is The Cat, does she look fat and happy to you? That will because she brought the first baby rabbit of the season to the door of the office [...]

Bristol Auction

10th April, 2013

Rachel's Diary

Seventy alpacas are due to be auctioned at the Bristol Sales Centre on Saturday April 20. A number of breeders from the area have consigned animals including our clients Helenia [...]

A Mixed Weekend!

8th April, 2013

Rachel's Diary

Our primroses are beautiful, loads of them in the hedgerows. They are the only things that are really growing, apart from brambles, I've been pulling them out of our so [...]

Flying Rachel

7th March, 2013

Rachel's Diary

I was thrown into the air by an alpaca on Tuesday evening landing with a terrific thump on concrete. I have a very sore bottom and a neck that feels [...]