'She’s not the first we’ve had to lift from the roads in the last few months and I doubt she’ll be the last. All because a few imbeciles want to joy ride across our land.'
The sheep search out shade, broken down walls, an old quarry up on the hillside, even peat hags provide that much needed respite from the penetrating sun. An old plantation of pine trees in the middle of the cows’ grazing ensures they can get into shade when the heat becomes too much.
Of course nothing ever goes quite to plan and the calf was the first of a series of disasters that really pushed us to the limit. We seem to have more than our fair share of illegal dirt bikers at Stott Hall that are causing serious damage to the moors. The police rang us just before we were due to set off, a dead sheep was lying in the road with several others milling about. We headed up there feeling utterly flat. A lovely big Gritstone shearling, the life knocked out of her, her lamb stood close by staring forlornly.
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