John Angus's Herdwick yow showing off her new tail trim, all ready for tupping time #SheepOfTheDay

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

Yet another treasure from the BBC Archive. Hartsop, Berwick, Pevsner. Heysham's rock-cut graves. And accents that no longer exist. "mind the rats plese" youtu.be/ZI3e3WS8mFM?...

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

Lovely day for a wee jaunt over Honister Pass

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

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

Troutbeck Park Farm this morning - one of a number rescued by Beatrix Potter a century ago and now in the care of the @nationaltrust.org.uk

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

Anthony Hartley judging at Wasdale Head shepherds meet #SheepOfTheDay

#SheepOfTheDay at Buttermere Shepherds Meet

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

Apparently it's National Hug a Sheep Day. Choose wisely

Buttermere Shepherds Meet tomorrow, Gatesgarth. In a lovely dry barn, out of the wind and rain. Just sayin #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

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

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

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

Second-prize tup watching the rest of the proceedings at Wasdale Head shepherds meet #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

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

Edward with this year's Rough Fell tups #SheepOfTheDay

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

Robert Wilkinson's champion pen of yows at the mart on Friday #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Stanley Jackson, his two shear tup was champion at Mitchells pre-sale show of Herdwicks today #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Robert Wilkinson, champion at Mitchells pre-sale show today with his pen of yows #SheepOfTheDay

"Mind out of the way!" Herdwick in a hurry arriving at Broughton tup sale #SheepOfTheDay

Broughton tup sale. Checking ear tags backstage at the mart #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Robert Wilkinson, champion Herdwick at Broughton tup sale today with his owd tup #SheepOfTheDay

Broughton tup sale tomorrow - one of the highlights of the Herdwick year #SheepOfTheDay

Eskdale Show: open yow class judging bottom right, final local champion judging top left (oops - where I should have been, on the ground taking photos) #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Patrick Fitzwilliam & family, Herdwick World Champion for the second year running at Eskdale today, and to Glenn Wilkinson, champion tup (and best cap), and Tom Postlethwaite, local champion #SheepOfTheDay

Eskdale Show tomorrow, where everybody loves their Herdwicks - world champion or not #SheepOfTheDay

Lazonby mart, Alston Moor sale #SheepOfTheDay