We went to Carlisle today with the intention of coming home with one Shetland tup, and also a Kerry Hill tup I had arranged to collect (he is a son of an aged tup I bought last year, but who was unfortunately infertile, so this was a replacement).
We came home with 3 Shetland gimmers, 2 Shetland ewe lambs, 1 Shetland tup, 2 Kerry Hill gimmers and the Kerry hill tup
I am really pleased I didn't sell my original Kerry Hill stock tup, as the gimmers I've bought are sisters of the new tup.
Angus chose 2 Shetland gimmers from the Forsterfield flock, 1 from Glenwood (didn't manage to meet the seller of that one), 2 lambs from Broadwath, and his tup is a shearling called Bay Rigg Ken, who seems like an absolute corker to me with my limited experience of Shetlands, and was a steal at £40. The Glenwood gimmer is grey (pale grey body same colour everywhere, much darker grey face, again same colour all over), everything else is grey katmoget.
Our wee tup trailer was a tight squeeze on the way home, but we are very happy with our purchases.