Kate Pullen

Did a sheep udder check this morning and without even having to look closely I could see that One Horn has udders. OH was the sheep who’s lamb, Rosy died during the summer and as such I had wondered if…

Henry is under this puppy pile too” 

Well, another few days of fighting sheep off. Freckles and BK are the worst – but they are not alone. The Herdies are also gathering round the front door when they see the lights go on in the morning. However…

There was a dead rat outside the front door this morning. After a moments horror as I wondered if Freckles and BlackKnees were now making sacrifices, I realise that this was what Davy was so fidgety about. It was quite…

They are getting later going to bed now, and one was still pecking away last night when we shut the ducks away, so we left the door open to their shed and forgot to close it. Luckily everyone was OK,…

Unfortunately I was wrong about the duck and instead of finding her sat on an egg, she was dead when I went to let them out yesterday. There were no signs of any damage or illness, and she didn’t feel…

Friday we went to Gateshead. Ian had an appointment in Gateshead in the afternoon so I thought I’d go to the Metrocentre. I only had an hour or so there, and it would have taken much more than that to…

We had a good day at the jumble sale last Saturday. Ian was practising his elbow moves all morning, ready to do battle with the little old ladies. However he was outclassed and intimidated and adopted a new technique which…

Well, Tuesday morning I thought blearily how dark it all looked even though the lights were on, and Ian told me we needed a new microwave. Then he found the shower wasn’t working. But the radio was. We then realised…

When we woke up Saturday morning we had no power and a tree had bought down our telephone line. Some tiles were missing from the stable, and the wind and rain was still coming down. Because we had no…