Castles & Coastlines (and Snow!)
From snowy Northumberland to snowy Devon last Friday, at the end of our short holiday. Probably colder in Devon although [...]
From snowy Northumberland to snowy Devon last Friday, at the end of our short holiday. Probably colder in Devon although [...]
It is still unbelievably wet here. We’ve had to move any alpacas that were down in the valley up to [...]
Happy Christmas to you all and thank you for your custom in 2022. Watch out for our next newsletter in [...]
Dry at last, no rain here for several days so we are all drying out and although we have had [...]
It has been a sad week as Alice, our black cavapoo, our constant companion for eleven years, has had to [...]
It is remarkably warm and unremarkably wet here so all sorts of funghi are erupting in our fields. There is [...]
It is good to be home at our beautiful Devon farm to take in the big views and stand around [...]
Great to be back home after a weekend at Yarndale in Skipton. This show was a bit weird with the [...]
This has been the most momentous time with the death of The Queen and the accession of King Charles. I [...]
Sadly, our oldest alpaca Jules has died. He was 21 and a great character, loved by all who met him. [...]
The heatwave turned Vulscombe Farm into something of a prairie with the alpacas eating what can only be described as [...]
I love the seaside and collecting things so all holidays have to have a beach element where we can all [...]
It seems a long time ago now, but in May, we were the hosts for a Simply Crochet photoshoot. Just [...]
Well, well, earthquake in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election with the Liberal Democrats taking the seat with a 30% swing. [...]
Hurrah - made it through the long Jubilee weekend without having to go on a motorway or visit that vision [...]
One big giant PHEW after shearing day. All 94 alpacas on farm were shorn between eight o’clock and a quarter [...]
It is the run-up to shearing which means we have to clear out the grading barn, get all the shearing [...]
We had a great time at Wonderwool, the sun shone, No Bones Jones’s food was as good as ever, the [...]
Best bib and tucker for the first night of my friend Hilary Bonner’s play at the Queens Theatre in Barnstaple. [...]
Last weekend was the first British Alpaca Society National Show since 2019. Some 600 alpacas rocked up along with so [...]