Temporarily Out of Order

Hello again, website fell off the ether but we are back now. The storm was fairly violent here but only two smallish trees down and no other damage. I went [...]

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Scanning

Yesterday we went off scanning. We have our own portable ultrasound scanner that is an absolute must when you are doing outside stud services. It is a flank scanner so [...]

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Happy Monday

It is a lovely day today, calm, sunny now and then, no rain. Our fencer can't finish one of our fields because he can't get his digger up there in [...]

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Goodbye Sappho and Charlotte

Today we went up to the Mendips, very close to my old school Sidcot, to deliver MileEnd Farm Charlotte and Classical MileEnd Sappho to their new home with Karen Goswell. [...]

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Late

I was hoping to go to Charmouth this afternoon and have a windswept walk. However the architect was supposed to tip up for a meeting and he is seriously late [...]

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It's a howling gale

The old Tasmanian tree fern on the patio is getting a blasting today with horizontal rain and some serious gusts of wind. I should be tramping along a beach but [...]

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Rainbows

It is one of those days when you have sunshine, showers and first class rainbows. The vet has been two do health certificates on two females that will be delivered [...]

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Chore

Market day in Tiverton so I do a round of chores at the same time - the Post Office, the bank, the supermarket, fish and veg from the market etc. [...]

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Persistent Drizzle Monday

Filthy day, more rain, more mud, send sunshine soon, please. The good news is that we have sold a very nice animal today and the bad news is that some [...]

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Sunday

Sadly it is not a day of rest as the animals still have to be fed and inspected to make sure all are standing up - they are. We are [...]

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Soaked

No stockman today so I was out on the rounds heaving hay and feeding animals. The rain was torrential - halfway through I had to take Alex (middle son) to [...]

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UK Alpaca

Today we have a big UK Alpaca meeting as this is our end of year. This is a company that makes alpaca yarns from the fleeces of alpacas bred in [...]

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