Astonishment all round - the sun shone on Day 1 of shearing. The shearer Mike Banks, his two helpers, Lynnette and Andrew with Chas and me as fetchers of the [...]

Well, we have sunshine, it is a glorious day and no sign of rain after a solid month of it. Andrew is off mowing like crazy and we are about [...]

Yesterday was not a good day as we found our lovely little brown weanling sitting apart from the others in the field. His fleece on his leg and part of [...]

It is so wet that all our newborns are having to come in at night to dry out. This is terrible weather for babies even though it is warm. We [...]

Hello, sorry I have not communicated for so long. We went over to France on Friday to deliver some animals and to take part in the first alpaca show in [...]

Bit of a near death experience yesterday when we were pulling the flatbed up the lane with a very large number of flagstones piled on it. When we got near [...]

We have had the top part of our lane down so everyone who has gone up and down on the giant bumps will be pleased to know that it is [...]

Overcome with ennui today as I try to force myself to work, sort of bored, sort of irritable, need some excitement to perk me up. An alpaca birth might help [...]

We are taking part in the LEAF National Farm Open Day. The barn has been swept and looks very good and we now have to work out where we are [...]

New female cria arrived yesterday taking the total to 14 so far this year, nine girls, five boys, excellent. It is fantastic weather for the youngsters, warm with a gentle [...]

We and our little alpaca show team returned reasonably triumphant from the show last night with two Reserve Champion ribbons and the one we most wanted for Centurion Best Fawn. [...]

Guess what, the object of our groupie adoration, my niece Katie Hebditch, is supporting Goldfrapp at the Glastonbury Festival along with the rest of the National Youth Orchestra. NYO are [...]