Knitting! With Autumn well and truly upon us & winter looming, we have now closed our Experiences for the winter. We did not open at all during 2020 but have had the busiest year to date culminating in seven nominations for an East of England Tourism award from happy visitors I assume! Participation rather than… Read more »

As I’m sure you know different people do things different ways. Usually they are not totally right or totally wrong. One way to divide people up is by those who like to work hard and those who prefer to take an easy route. You can also divide by those who like to do things the… Read more »

Clara Boulton – 3rd November 2021 November is by far the most (for the wrong reasons) predictable month for weather, in my opinion, and after just a few days of it I feel like we have entered what I dub ‘monsoon season in West Lancashire’. Which is flooded roads, pictures of cars floating and sodden… Read more »

Ken Freivokh – 26 October 2021 Liz’s dad fell in love with border terriers and in 1952 bought Huskie from Wattie Irving, station master at Musselburgh, followed some years later by Jester, sent down to Sussex by train.    Wattie’s son was Ronnie Irving, who bred the famous Dandyhow border terriers, later Chairman of the Kennel… Read more »

Ron Mackintosh – Farewell BLOG 19th October 2021 Six Years as Chair of BAS Looking back, the last six years have been a period of quite significant change for BAS and I have had the privilege, and challenge, of leading the board through it. During this time we have seen much greater member participation in… Read more »

11 October 2021 It seems like it was only yesterday that we were welcoming new life onto the farm and so, it is hard to believe that October is upon us and that we are in full flow with our Autumn regimes. As with all owners, maintaining a healthy herd, is central to everything we… Read more »

Farm Activity Time seems to fly by these days with little time to think and plan as we try to get all the autumn jobs done before winter sets in. A final topping of the fields to lie unused over the winter exposed to the frosts and ready to provide the best grass for our… Read more »

Since my last blog life has become even more exciting than it was before. I’ve been introduced to the world of noodling. This all came about when Barbara was asked to judge a fleece show in Germany. As this journey involved getting on planes and trains, I was taken along to ensure Barbara didn’t end… Read more »

What is a Stockmans eye? Sue Loach – 26th November 2021 What is a Stockman’s Eye When I started keeping Alpacas 16 years ago, having had horses for most of my life, I was under the assumption (wrongly) that being a farmer was going to be much easier than keeping horses.  I assumed (wrongly again!)… Read more »

We, like others, have had a prolonged birthing season which is finally over. Our first dam, a well grown maiden, had clearly read the instructions & started labouring shortly before 5am & first check of the day. By 1pm she was in established labour & we watched from a distance, eagerly awaiting her first cria.… Read more »