It is grim out there with so much rain. Our fields are sodden and as we are on clay a [...]

Disco, our cat, has a lot to answer for. I heard him thrashing about in the night torturing a rodent. Next morning no mouse, no corpse, no Disco. [...]

It is good to be back on the farm although I keep getting drenched by many squally showers. The only [...]

The Knit+ Stitch Show at Alexandra Palace in London was an exhausting but successful marathon. We reckon we sold at [...]

I have been skiving by taking a two week holiday in Canada, half the time in and around Edmonton and [...]

This week has been a classic example of what alpacas can face at this time of year. First up, a [...]

We’ve completed most of the pressing alpaca work. The young crias have been shorn and had the majority of their [...]

Plenty of deliveries in the fields too with eight boys and two girls born in the last ten days. That [...]

We were right old crocks after finishing the 2025 shearing of our eighty five alpacas although we did feel a [...]

Fully recovered now from a Devon County Show that was really hot without a drop of rain, that’s a first. [...]

For the first time in years, it was warm at Wonderwool with no need for many layers of clothing. The [...]

Still unpacking after the Stitch Festival at the Business Design Centre in Islington. Not quite as many customers as 2024 [...]

Wow no rain, no rain for nearly two weeks, truly wonderful although there are still remnants of the months of [...]

It was great to meet up with lots of other breeders at the Midlands Halter Show, held in a big [...]

We have had a lot of weather, enough rain to last a very long time, sharp frosts, some snow and [...]

We’ve had a full-on month with two big, highly successful, shows and an eye operation for me. The first Knitting [...]

Back home pretty tired after a very busy Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace with over 500 customers and [...]

At last, finally thawed out after a very chilly Yarndale. The shock of a two degree morning after a relatively [...]

Last Friday was a bit tiring, understatement of the year, as we had to turn our Shepherd’s Hut round between [...]