[nudibranch]

Only just registered so thought I should say hello. Grew up in the mountains of Wales, now live in very rural Northumberland. Current animals include horses, poultry, waterfowl, some domestic pets (parrotlets, geckos and many fish), a dachshund and a saluki. And a very lazy cat who does nothing to the mice.

In between looking after that lot I garden - flowers and some veggies - and am slowly researching the next project which is to start a small hobby flock of white welsh mountains. Probably a daft place to do it since we are surrounded by blackies, cheviots and our neighbour is a top breeder of leicesters, but where theres a will theres a way....

[Rosemary]

Hello and welcome from  Carnoustie 

[SallyintNorth]

Welcome from just over the *other* border, in Cumbria!   

It'd be interesting to see how your Welsh White Mountains cope in Northumberland.  I know of a flock of Lleyns in the southwest of your county.  I'm not familiar with the WWM, how do they differ from the Lleyn and from the Black Welsh Mountain? 

And, as a spinner, I have to ask... what are their fleeces like for spinning, do you know?   

At least with a BFL breeder next door you'll have no problems getting a tup for some Welsh Mules!  lol

[nudibranch]

Sally from what I can see, the WMW have quite a lot of variability and less in the way of organised societies! Roughly there are the north and south types, south being larger but I would be most interested in the little north hill type I grew up around. I'm not sure about the wool but they make good eating. I guess theyd probably do quite well over here and throw a slightly larger lamb.

[Lesley Silvester]

  and welcome from Shropshire. I'm another spinner. 

[devonlady]

  from Devon.

[mowhaugh]

Hello! I'm from Northumberland, but in the Borders now.