All are cria have been born now, 25 of them, 13 girls and 12 boys so almost 50:50. They have [...]

As usual Chas picked up some nasty bug at the Festival of Quilts and then generously passed it on to [...]

Bit of a fraught start to Thursday morning with a newborn cria presenting with what looked like a big umbilical [...]

Well, well, no rain for ages so our ground has turned from slithery mud to concrete. We planned to fill [...]

It’s been a very busy few days what with Devon County Show and shearing the whole herd. But the best [...]

Thawed out now from Wonderwool which was absolutely freezing on the Saturday. My scarf and coat stayed on, still cold [...]

Lots of grandchildren around on Easter Saturday which meant the pink car came out of retirement for the two toddlers, [...]

As soon as we had set up the stand for The Stitch Festival on Wednesday we went to the Barbican [...]

Last weekend was the first yarn show of the year for us, Unravel at the Maltings in Farnham. It was [...]

A fellow alpaca breeder says he has MAD, Mud Affected Disorder. He claims to spend hours muttering about mud, is [...]

Last weekend was a blast. We were at the Midlands Alpaca Championship Show at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern. [...]

It is amazing to have blue skies and NO RAIN even if it is perishingly cold. The never ending rain [...]

Last Sunday we took three of our intermediate white males, a load of socks and some fleeces to the rather [...]

Hello again after being AWOL for a fortnight. Things got a bit hairy after Devon County Council decided to close [...]

It is not all plain sailing in alpaca land as bad things do happen. This week it was flystrike that [...]

Finally arrived home from the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace at midnight on Sunday. It was fun, met [...]

Home for a week before we set off for The Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace in London. So, [...]

September is always rather busy. First off was the Southern Wool Show at Newbury that was very successful but I [...]

Goodness, I could not believe I had found a whole snakeskin when moving some troughs around. It is a big [...]

Back home after four days at the NEC to a pile of work. Unfortunately Chas had a nasty summer cold/flu [...]