Now I'm not the nosey sort but I was curious as to why, when persuading the sheep to exit said trailer he had a smile/smirk on his face. I assumed it was a case of "Farmers Wind " but I had to ask anyway . "What's so funny Mr Farmer" " Cooor yume gwain to avv truuble weth these shep bey ". Now, translated that means " Cor your going to have trouble with these sheep boy" in case none of you speak Farmer. Why I asked ? ( I will translate for you) "These sheep are shall we say "undesirable, juvenile delinquents , trouble makers , home wreckers and general down and outs. Get the picture ? But I got um cheap! " he said.
Roll forward to today , the first part of the morning consisted of a lecture and several field inspections , overlooked by some sheep with attitude .
I came up with a brilliant idea to protect the field we ( well others) would round up the sheep by foot and ask them nicely to go into their new pen where it is muddy with no grass .
You have to use your imagination from now on, but I can tell you that fifteen willing Shepard's running around a very wet and muddy field shouting swear words that even these delinquent sheep would not understand did not have the desired effect !
I will never forget the sight of Gordon B running down the field looking as if he had an argument with his underwear and shaking his fists , or the sight of a breakaway group heading towards the lane running as fast as school kids at home time . Brilliant !
This breakaway group had their day and we left them in the undershoot area , the Shepard's were too exhausted to care !
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| Mark C waits for a gap in the rain |
All in all a good day despite our new friends !
The very best of luck to the Saturday guys , watch out for the one with one eye he is the ring leader and should only be approached with extreme caution .
MC
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| Chris W, fitness guru, warms up |
