It is remarkably warm and unremarkably wet here so all sorts of funghi are erupting in our fields. There is also loads of slime mould about clinging to the grass, [...]

It is good to be home at our beautiful Devon farm to take in the big views and stand around with a load of alpacas. Not that there was a [...]

Great to be back home after a weekend at Yarndale in Skipton. This show was a bit weird with the Saturday being rather quiet for us and then on the [...]

This has been the most momentous time with the death of The Queen and the accession of King Charles. I watched the extraordinary spectacle of the coffin travelling from Buckingham [...]

Sadly, our oldest alpaca Jules has died. He was 21 and a great character, loved by all who met him. Jules was a huge favourite for all the young partygoers [...]

The heatwave turned Vulscombe Farm into something of a prairie with the alpacas eating what can only be described as standing hay. The lactating mums and their cria, all 70 [...]

I love the seaside and collecting things so all holidays have to have a beach element where we can all get cricked necks looking for shells, sea glass and fossils. [...]

It seems a long time ago now, but in May, we were the hosts for a Simply Crochet photoshoot. Just about all the animals on farm had a starring role, [...]

Well, well, earthquake in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election with the Liberal Democrats taking the seat with a 30% swing. In the past large swathes of the South West were [...]

Hurrah - made it through the long Jubilee weekend without having to go on a motorway or visit that vision of Dante’s Inferno – an airport. All those poor people [...]

One big giant PHEW after shearing day. All 94 alpacas on farm were shorn between eight o’clock and a quarter to six with a decent lunch break to sample Chef [...]

It is the run-up to shearing which means we have to clear out the grading barn, get all the shearing gear sorted and make sure all the hurdles are in [...]