tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post6458233555748352861..comments2023-12-06T20:06:59.753+00:00Comments on Life in the Preseli Hills: Shearing dayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-23105294794050941182009-07-09T11:12:23.208+01:002009-07-09T11:12:23.208+01:00Fab pics, I love the smell of shearing, but my fri...Fab pics, I love the smell of shearing, but my friend a farmer's daughter can't bear it - I suppose a gentle whiff as you peer over a gate is one thing, but being immured for days on end quite another. <br /><br />Just read your slug blog and had a good chuckle. Yuk.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-6998778154411989032009-06-30T00:22:10.939+01:002009-06-30T00:22:10.939+01:00Love the pix! They don't half make me laugh, t...Love the pix! They don't half make me laugh, these bony bodied sheep - talk about a bad day at the hairdressers! And all the lambs screeching 'Mum, what have you DONE...!! Cooler but not cool, man...<br /><br />Much of this going on round our neck of the woods too - in fact two days running last week I got caught up in a flock of 300 going down the lane just at the time I have to leave to get the girls to the school bus. We missed it, obviously, and my day was thrown into chaos! The hazards of country living...Carah Bodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429666157453439321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-91213615744582892522009-06-29T14:50:11.046+01:002009-06-29T14:50:11.046+01:00Now here is an ignorant question from a city dwell...Now here is an ignorant question from a city dweller. How quickly does the wooly coat grow back? <br /><br />I've seen pictures of shearing, but don't think that I've ever seen any of the slow/quick regrowth.<br /><br />Best wishes!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-5530289260955335952009-06-29T11:49:43.529+01:002009-06-29T11:49:43.529+01:00We were out and about in Pembs yesterday and notic...We were out and about in Pembs yesterday and noticed that the sheep were all, as my daughter said, looking ' a bit naked'!Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-50443356232894247262009-06-29T10:51:14.948+01:002009-06-29T10:51:14.948+01:00They do look odd with their half-coats Mags. Much ...They do look odd with their half-coats Mags. Much tidier and cooler now I imagine xPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-54568203310874471652009-06-29T10:09:44.392+01:002009-06-29T10:09:44.392+01:00Great pictures - it must be such a relief to be sh...Great pictures - it must be such a relief to be shorn when the weather's like this!Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548801150312804111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-34617189372952792102009-06-29T03:36:08.726+01:002009-06-29T03:36:08.726+01:00Never been to a shearing. Was to a cattle branding...Never been to a shearing. Was to a cattle branding -- does that come even close? <br /><br />Do you still keep a tar pot handy for any nicks? And do you still run sheep through the trough so they get a good "dip"?<br /><br />Now, as long as you don't get fleeced by some buyer trying to pull the wool over your eyes, while runs his eyes over the wool.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-62658500417062043952009-06-28T21:43:33.388+01:002009-06-28T21:43:33.388+01:00There's been lots of shearing in these parts! ...There's been lots of shearing in these parts! Bet the sheep feel cooler now.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-24882166007072494492009-06-28T16:49:20.661+01:002009-06-28T16:49:20.661+01:00I love shearing day - free handcream!
have just sp...I love shearing day - free handcream!<br />have just spent a week gazing at the Preseli's from numerous angles - figured you were up there somewheresnailbeachshepherdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397158758052413758noreply@blogger.com