Last October I wrote a blog about our first ‘alpaca specific’ trip to Peru in 2011 and, running out of space, mentioned that I should perhaps follow up with an account of a further visit five years later….. here it goes! During a second trip invited to colour check, alongside Jude Anderson, at the Kansas… Read more »

This Autumn, I had the most amazing opportunity to travel to Australia as Roger was invited to judge the prestigious Melbourne Royal Show. Following two long days of judging, we were able to kick back and spend some time enjoying many of the sights and experiences that Australia had to offer. Of course our travels were not going… Read more »

It’s a busy time at the moment. We are currently in Germany on the third leg of our European Tour 2022 judging a two-day halter show.  The tour started in Ireland a couple of weeks ago then moved on to Norway last weekend. It was a good chance to catch up with our Norwegian Alpaca… Read more »

Board members keep sharing events at their farms, and I thought to stretch time and location to reach beyond the local patch and, in this blog, go back as far as 2011 and our first trip to Peru shortly after we started looking after alpacas in Sussex. Referring to a ‘first trip’ may be somewhat… Read more »

As alpaca owners we are constantly being told that the biggest issue we face is the risk of parasites in our herds. I have to confess to having had occasional problems with the dreaded Barbers Pole and Emac , costing time, money and sometimes heartache. I’ve learnt to run faecal samples, I spend ages body… Read more »

With birthing well and truly done, and all of our cria looking extremely well grown (some are looking like small adults!), it means we have slightly more time on our hands. We run alpaca activities on our farm year-round, but we mostly stick to just weekends unless it is school holidays. So, as we leave… Read more »

11 years and we are finally in! In 2011 our entire family moved in to two mobile homes on our farm here at Wellow on the Isle of Wight, a real shock to the system after living in several beautiful houses that I had built for us previously. We moved in on the advice of… Read more »