— I — https://twitter.com/historianhelen/status/1039501223295107074?s=21 Last summer, waiting to pick the boy up after some event in the local town, I followed the sound of hubbub round the back of the shops, to discover a bridge across the river. It was hot, not as hot as this summer, but hot all the same, and down belowContinueContinue reading “Diary, Sept 2018”
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Diary 9.0
Moving Sheep The National Library Of Wales has some great historic photos of sheep (and some other things, too…). They’re great pieces of evidence of the ways that the bodies of sheep have been changed through breeding, even over comparatively short time spans. Everyone knows (…) that there was an explosion of breeding and experimentationContinueContinue reading “Diary 9.0”
A Day At The Sales
I mentioned before Nelson, with its handball court and breed of sheep. Here is the court (not, I assume in its original form), from a month ago when I went to see the annual ewe sale: The sale took place in a field down a rutted track that was marked only by some temporary signs,ContinueContinue reading “A Day At The Sales”
Diary 4.0
On Naming There’s a lot of variety in the fluffy white sheep milling about the fields throughout Britain. There are distinct breeds, and then there are the mules – crosses developed to match the best qualities from two or more breeds. Their names often tell you something about their origins – Border Leicesters, LincolnContinueContinue reading “Diary 4.0”
Fireflies 