Yesterday evening I think I discovered how it feels to be the parent of teenagers. As Kate has said, we shut off the Herdwick field yesterday with Freckles and Black Knees in there. However, just before sunset, Kate saw Freckles…

Evie is still with us and making good progress, however we have lost two of the other angoras. I found Angelica down on Thursday, but didn’t think she looked as bad as Evie, but was in a similar state –…

Well the man who contacted us about the goats came today, and took Mavis and Gladys, and also Bertie and Gertie. B & G were a spure of the moment thing as we were not looking to rehome them now,…

Genghis looking handsome.  

Evie is still with us and is drinking and eating on her own, but is still not up. I think her scour has stopped, which means she should now start to put on condition. She is still in the downstairs…

Our smallest Angora goat, Evie was down on Monday – completely down, laid on her side and completely lifeless. We rang up the vet, as she had had a hernia operation earlier this year and we were pretty convinced that…

Hat number 2. 

Yesterday, I happily agreed to taking Kate to the Upfront gallery inbetween Penrith and Wigton, for the first day of an exhibition of felt pictures that they were holding. Kate had been quite excited by this since hearing about it…

Break for freedom 

Tinks showing how she can climb over gate without having to jump over Basil