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Alpaca Weights and Measures!
It’s done. As always the thought is far worse than the action. The first batch of twenty seven cria were weaned on the twenty seventh of December(as has become the tradition – three years in a row, the same date). They have done amazingly well, especially as we had to move them after a couple […]
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Must Try Harder…
I’ve failed again. To be honest I really didn’t try hard enough, so it wasn’t unexpected. I have been doing this for six years now (seems longer)and it just doesn’t get any easier. I like to think I am pragmatic, determined, hard working (I have kept myself busy all weekend even washing curtains ready for […]
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A Wet and Windy Cumbria
I realise that I often start a blog complaining about the weather here up north…well this week we certainly had good reason to complain here in Cumbria. On Saturday morning Trish and I set off before daylight, car packed full of knitwear, scarves and throws, ready for our stall at the Hawkshead Christmas fair. It […]
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Alpaca Shelters and Belters
This morning as I was slipping about in the quagmire, gamely hanging on to a barrow full of poop, with the rain trickling down the back of my neck…I was thinking how lucky we are (remember glass half full)…for every alpaca on our farm has access to either a purpose built, or carefully converted, shelter, […]
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Beck Brow On The Money
It was only yesterday that I was thinking that I needed to get working on our Christmas Cards, but I really couldnt muster up any enthusiasm whilst I was squelching through the mud, then this morning we have woken up to snow… So much has happened since my last blog, lots to be excited about, […]
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The Yorkshire Alpaca Group (YAG) Show
It was a bright and early start for us on Saturday, as we were off to the Yorkshire Alpaca Group (YAG) Show held at Thirsk. As I had agreed to do some inspections which commenced at 7 am, this meant we had to be loaded and away by 5 am. So we were rather bleary […]
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Introducing Gilt Edge Samurai…our latest addition to the stud.
I had rather a stressful day yesterday. No lets start again…yesterday was the most stressful day I have had for a very long time…so much so, when Paul arrived home, he took one look at me and gave me hug without saying anything. He obviously thought that we had had a death…not too far wrong. […]
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Escape from Beck Brow!
Freedom!!! After months of watching the maternity paddock…I am now free to leave the farm without looking for either a farm sitter or alternatively having to shop at break neck speed in order to be home within the hour! It has taken a bit of getting used to. I kept clock watching at first (after […]
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A Classic case of Anything Goes
It has been a week of none stop celebrations around here…so much so I haven’t had time to blog, so apologies for a rather long and late one… Starting with The Alpaca Classic held at Bozedown Alpacas and co-hosted by The Alpaca Stud; it was yet again a very enjoyable event, lots of beautiful alpacas […]
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A visit from the vet…a good one!
We have actually had some quite nice weather over the last couple of days. When I say nice…I mean one layer of clothing nice, not hot enough to hunt out the shorts, but warm enough to take off my wellies. Despite the dreadful summer, we have not regretted cria shearing; all the newly purchased coats […]
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