Last week was Devon County Show when finally, post Covid, it returned to its normal time in May. This meant that the alpaca show classes were back which also meant [...]

Great excitement here as the new mule arrives, one amazingly versatile farm vehicle. Our old one that we bought in 2009 was a bit on the depressed side and we [...]

At long last our Shepherd’s Hut, the Alpaca Hideaway, is open for business. We have had four sets of guests so far and they all seem to love it. Getting [...]

Exhaustion reigns, honestly we are dead ducks after a weekend at the British Alpaca Society National Show in Telford, followed by a flying visit home and then London and the [...]

When you read this, Chas and I will be stood up at the British Alpaca Society National Show at the Telford International Centre. I will be wearing ten layers as [...]

Last weekend we were at Unravel in Farnham, that was a bit of a blast from the past, in that there were proper crowds of buyers - back to pre-Covid [...]

This is the time of year when we sort the wheat from the chaff and decide which of our weanlings we keep and which we sell. Most of the boys [...]

From snowy Northumberland to snowy Devon last Friday, at the end of our short holiday. Probably colder in Devon although there were some seriously icy winds when we strode along [...]

It is still unbelievably wet here. We’ve had to move any alpacas that were down in the valley up to higher ground, nearer the barn. No flooding but so wet [...]

Happy Christmas to you all and thank you for your custom in 2022. Watch out for our next newsletter in two weeks’ time that will have details of our January [...]

Dry at last, no rain here for several days so we are all drying out and although we have had out first frost, it is sunny too. I have finally [...]

It has been a sad week as Alice, our black cavapoo, our constant companion for eleven years, has had to be put to sleep. The office and the house are [...]