Shearing day 2009. Waiting their turn in the pen. The big chap at the front on the left, with the blue ear tag, is Baary our Lleyn ram. Our pet sheep, Chops, is at the back on the left.
For some, the removal of the fleece can only be an improvement...
Being shorn...
Once off, the fleece must be spread out and any dirty wool removed...
...before being placed in the woolsack.
Done! Run!
Returning to the field. The lambs wait anxiously at the gate for the ewes. They cannot understand where their big woolly mums have gone, but who are these bony creatures? They smell familiar, they sound familiar, they just look a bit different...
