The Yorkshire Dales are all back to normal after the most bonkers weekend with the Le Tour De Yorkshire passing through. Literally thousands of people turned out, although not as many as had been forecast by Welcome to Yorkshire. If you watched on T.V. it seemed that a high percentage of spectators managed to make their way to the Buttertubs..... what a spectacle it was.
We had thought ahead and removed most of our sheep from the course. There are 7 fields that we use which were en-route, as we didn't want anyone opening gates or jumping in with our girls and their lambs..... I would hate any of them to be frightened by people that they are not familiar with......
it was really only Vincent and Dudley who were left to their own devices and they like to sit at the top of their field away from the road anyway. Mitsie had been put into the top of Home field above the camper's village at the bottom, to babysit my pets........ They were weaned a few weeks ago, but still need to have a reassuring cuddle, and a snack of creep feed twice a day....
Daisy-May who is the youngest is so beautiful, she is very demure, much softer than the others who are all boys. She is used to their protection and has evolved a much more "thinking" strategy to getting what she wants...... she is always the first to come running towards me when I enter the field, and walks with a shoulder touching me boots when we walk along. I no longer pick her up as she is too heavy and it's not so comfortable for her either, so now I sit down and we spend ages with her entire head in my cupped hands and my cheek gently resting against the "ryeland" fringe which is slowly sprouting from her forehead.......... She is Dudley's daughter, crossed with Freckle, who is more mule, hence her wonderful nature..... She looks completely different from her brother, who is still with his mum....... and is definitely my little girl!.........
I wonder how Peewee will react if they are ever in the same field?........... more about her and the reprobates soon!
We had thought ahead and removed most of our sheep from the course. There are 7 fields that we use which were en-route, as we didn't want anyone opening gates or jumping in with our girls and their lambs..... I would hate any of them to be frightened by people that they are not familiar with......
it was really only Vincent and Dudley who were left to their own devices and they like to sit at the top of their field away from the road anyway. Mitsie had been put into the top of Home field above the camper's village at the bottom, to babysit my pets........ They were weaned a few weeks ago, but still need to have a reassuring cuddle, and a snack of creep feed twice a day....
Daisy-May who is the youngest is so beautiful, she is very demure, much softer than the others who are all boys. She is used to their protection and has evolved a much more "thinking" strategy to getting what she wants...... she is always the first to come running towards me when I enter the field, and walks with a shoulder touching me boots when we walk along. I no longer pick her up as she is too heavy and it's not so comfortable for her either, so now I sit down and we spend ages with her entire head in my cupped hands and my cheek gently resting against the "ryeland" fringe which is slowly sprouting from her forehead.......... She is Dudley's daughter, crossed with Freckle, who is more mule, hence her wonderful nature..... She looks completely different from her brother, who is still with his mum....... and is definitely my little girl!.........
I wonder how Peewee will react if they are ever in the same field?........... more about her and the reprobates soon!
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