Spring

It’s been wonderful spending our first Spring in Cumbria, especially as it’s been so sunny. The swallows are back and have been swooping over the river outside our back door and there was great excitement as I saw a Kingfisher. It flew very low and very fast over the river but there was no doubting the irridescent blue of a Kingfisher.

The lambs are so cute and and I love watching them. I went for a walk recently with our neighbour who used to live on a farm. She knows all about sheep and it was very interesting to hear all about the different breeds. The only breed I’d heard of was Herdwick and this was thanks to Beatrix Potter. Graham and I went to an exhibition at  The Rheged Centre near Penrith of photographs of Herdwick sheep by Ian Lawson. He had observed these hardy sheep and their shepherds for five years and his photos are magnificent.

Grahams’ nephew and his young family are coming to stay soon so we are hoping the lambs don’t grow up too quickly.

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