Into the light: Herdwick hoggs heading for the exit #SheepOfTheDay

"Herdwick female champion - Scarlett Ellwood" "Thanks Grandma" #SheepOfTheDay keeping it in the family

North. Not the usual direction for “red sky at night” out here in the desert southwest. #auroraborealis #northernlights #SantaFeNM

A rare sighting of Susan at a show. Bravo!

Tupper-wear?

This weeks blog includes lots of beautiful artwork on postage stamps from all over the arctic! 🖌 www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk/2025/11/07/r...

Stoneside shepherds meet yesterday. Overall champion: Kevin Hartley Champion Swaledale: John Grice Reserve Herdwick: Scarlett Ellwood #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Kevin Hartley, champion at Stoneside Shepherds Meet today #SheepOfTheDay

Stoneside Shepherds Meet tomorrow, last one of the year. At Eskdale this year, in the field below the King George IV - 10am kickoff (I think) #SheepOfTheDay

#SheepOfTheDay arriving at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet on a dreich morning

Three little maids: Daniel Simpson's yows at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet #SheepOfTheDay

Jeff's sheep shed. Don't knock it - his lamb was champion at the Rough Fell tup sale 3 weeks later #SheepOfTheDay

Walna Scar Shepherds Meet. Champion - Anthony Hartley #SheepOfTheDay

The peripatetic Walna Scar Shepherds Meet was this year held at Seathwaite in the Duddon valley, tucked into a field behind the Newfield Inn and below Caw #SheepOfTheDay

Walna Scar shepherds meet today. Champion yow, Richard Elwood; champion tup, Anthony Hartley. Anthony went on to win overall champion Herdwick, then beat the Swaledale champ to be best on field #SheepOfTheDay

Walna Scar shepherds meet tomorrow, 10am at the Newfield Inn in the lovely Duddon Valley #SheepOfTheDay

Says it all. Thanks to the County Clerk’s office & all the non-partisan volunteers who keep elections & early voting going! A joy to be civic & civil. #Elections2025 #SantaFeCountyClerk #democracy

Andrew Nicholson with the overall champion, Borrowdale shepherds meet #SheepOfTheDay

Very brief appearance of a double rainbow over the shop and the half-term crowds this afternoon. #MyHeartLeapsUp

In the pens at Broughton mart doing the admin on tup sale day #SheepOfTheDay

Anthony Hartley judging at Wasdale Head shepherds meet #SheepOfTheDay

The magnificent wings of a #Herdwick tup. Bravo!

Congratulations to Joe Weir and family on winning both champion and reserve at Buttermere Shepherds Meet today #SheepOfTheDay

Robert Wilkinson gathering his Herdwicks off Dale Head late in the day and bringing them back down Honister Pass to Gatesgarth Farm #SheepOfTheDay

Swardles in the ring at Broughton mart #SheepOfTheDay

It's not just Herdwicks: Swaledales arriving at Broughton for the yow sale #SheepOfTheDay

#SheepOfTheDay in the top yard at Broughton mart, right in the heart of the village

Trust the gate. Between #Ambleside & #SkelwithBridge #LakeDistrict

Men looking at sheep: another in an occasional series #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Andrew Nicholson, champion with his splendid tup at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet today #SheepOfTheDay

Congrats too to Jonny Bland and family, reserve with their recalcitrant yow ("It just won't stand")

Very reassuring, in these harrowing times, to have a stack of books from @samreadbookseller.bsky.social to come home to. Worth every square inch of space they occupied in my suitcase. A much anticipated part of every UK visit.

Borrowdale Shepherds Meet tomorrow at Rosthwaite. All welcome - bring your overproofs. Here's Patrick judging last time round #SheepOfTheDay

September 18, 2025: #VeteransForPeace #NoKings #SantaFeNM 🎶Somethin’ happenin’ here🎶

Robert Wilkinson bringing his Herdwicks down to Gatesgarth Farm on a bit of a murky day #SheepOfTheDay

It's that time of year again... Early starts for Kirkby Stephen Swaledale tup sales #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Anthony Hartley, he had the champion pen of yows at the pre-sale show at Broughton mart today #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Jonny Bland and family, reserve at Wasdale Head shepherds meet with their 2-shear yow, and thanks to Anthony Hartley for judging #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Paul Naylor and son Craig of Bowderdale, overall champion at the always fabulous Wasdale Shepherds Meet today #SheepOfTheDay

Wasdale Head Shepherds Meet tomorrow. If today's weather keeps up it'll probably look summat like this from 2 yrs ago (not that there's owt wrong with that) #SheepOfTheDay

#SheepOfTheDay below Bowderdale Farm and Yewbarrow, Wasdale

Larches, bridges & long views in #Langdale, the #Howgills one.

Sheep inspected, paperwork done, that's Vic's tups registered #SheepOfTheDay

Edward with this year's Rough Fell tups #SheepOfTheDay

I’m usually a homebody at night on holiday in the #LakeDistrict but will work the bus timetables to make this event. Out with the #owls in Ambleside!

This week's blog is written by Daisy! Daisy volunteered with us for a week in May and we were delighted to welcome her back as an official reindeer herder in August. Her blog is a fantastic read, all about her first month working as a herder... enjoy! 🤩 www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk/2025/10/03/m...

"Go on, lemme out, nobody will ever know?" #SheepOfTheDay

Support your local newspapers! @thebaltimorebanner.com @baltimorebeat.bsky.social @baltimoresun.bsky.social

And we will round the month off a Cumbrian bonanza, with Rory Stewart and James Rebanks in conversation about Rory's new book #Middleland. Tues 28th Oct, 7pm, Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre. Make sure you add book at checkout to ensure a signed copy. betterboxoffice.co.uk/westmorland-...

Trump’s regime is deploying unaccountable masked men into the hearts of our communities to spread fear. We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings