New Tup

After many years using Suffolk Tups this year a Texel is being tried!
One of the older Suffolks died suddenly at Spring and there are usually two needed.
It was a little worrying they might fight but have been reasonably friendly monitored in the yard so far.

First lambs

Always nice to see the first set doing well outside. Weather looks reasonably fine if chilly for the first week or so, and there is ample grass after the warmish spell in late February

New camera to play with

Having been consistently disappointed with the GoPro Hero4 results, I wondered about updating to the much improved Hero7 - but instead went for a Sony X3000 which is a similar price as a grey import. This has optical stabilisation and a mic input. Results are much better but audio is still a struggle, onboard microphones are actually quite good but noisy environments don't suit it.

Hay Bales near Riddings

These fields haven't been grazed partly due to no water available, but the best bits - unusually - were made into quite decent hay late July. Most of the area is too risky to cut due to numerous large boulders and steep bumpy ground.

Cows in cleared hay fields

Making hay was as easy as can be this year but number of bales was down - perhaps not so bad as feared though. However regrowth was very poor until thundery showers arrived in the second half of July.~

Spring rolling

Late turn out

They usually go out at the end of April but start of May is not that unusual.
In 2012 it was about the 10th due to being very wet.
This year still not much grass but it has suddenly turned much warmer so that will soon change.