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Title: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on August 04, 2010, 10:42:56 pm

Hi thought I should intro as Ive been lurking!

I live on a 40 acre smallholding on the edge of the Cairngorms. Lots of snow, 3 months solid last winter...

We have 2 horses :horse:, 27 sheep :sheep: and 1 ram, 5 geese :&>, about 9 hens :chook: and 2 dog :dog:s.

We had a short lived foray into cows  :cow:but that was too much challenge so are sticking to slightly smaller beesties apart from the horses! :hshoe:

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: doganjo on August 04, 2010, 10:54:53 pm

Hi, I used to live near Old Rayne, half way between inverurie and Huntly, now down her in the Central belt - downsized from 21 to 1 acre unfortunately.  welcome to the forum, don't have so much snow down here thank goodness, although this last winter was severe.

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: jameslindsay on August 04, 2010, 10:55:46 pm

Welcome, that's a lot of land to keep you busy. :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: piggy on August 04, 2010, 10:59:21 pm

Hi and welcome from Suffolk.

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Hilarysmum on August 05, 2010, 09:33:55 am

Hi welcome, loads of room for  :pig: :pig: :pig:

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Cinderhills on August 05, 2010, 09:52:06 am

Hi from North Yorkshire.  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Roxy on August 05, 2010, 11:16:03 am

Hello!!  I  have been looking at properties up in Aberdeenshire.  Seen some I like the look of, but the thought of moving my menagerie all that way .....would need a couple of overnight stops, and then some may not get on the wagon again, or escape!!

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Rosemary on August 05, 2010, 12:16:32 pm

Hi and welcome from sunny Alloa!

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: sabrina on August 05, 2010, 01:03:39 pm

Hello and welcome from Banff  ;D

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Mickyork on August 05, 2010, 01:12:54 pm

Hello from me in North Yorkshire  8)

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Hermit on August 05, 2010, 02:01:59 pm

Hello you! I pop on here on and off as well :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: sheardale on August 07, 2010, 04:29:32 pm

Hi from Sunny Dollar            :wave: :wave: :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: cairnhill on August 07, 2010, 06:39:13 pm

Hello from Turriff, Aberdeenshire  ;D

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on August 07, 2010, 07:47:12 pm

Quote from: Roxy on August 05, 2010, 11:16:03 am

Hello!!  I  have been looking at properties up in Aberdeenshire.  Seen some I like the look of, but the thought of moving my menagerie all that way .....would need a couple of overnight stops, and then some may not get on the wagon again, or escape!!

Hi Roxy well we moved all the way from the Home Counties so it was 550 miles odd.....Horse came by specialised transporter. Chickens came up in the landrover with OH and the dogs came by car! They all coped much better than the humans to be honest....
 
So dont let the one off journey put you off, its very civilised up here, bit like the Home Counties might have been once!

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: little blue on August 07, 2010, 08:03:01 pm

hello and welcome

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Brucklay on August 07, 2010, 08:12:35 pm

Hello and welcome from east Aberdeenshire - our move was only from Perthshire, 3 years ago with 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 birds of prey, a cockerel and his lady friend but I've added goats, ducks and sheep - we're on a very small 5 acres, you must have big plans for your 40 - good luck - I've found this a great place for friendly advice and met some great people (some in real life too!!!!) Clare

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on August 09, 2010, 10:44:38 pm

I should say that some of the 40 acres is what Europe would probably describe as 'very poor disadvantaged marginal exposed miserableness' :-))

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Daisys Mum on August 10, 2010, 07:12:15 pm

Hi and welcome from the Scottish Borders  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: ser3dan on August 11, 2010, 07:27:11 am

Hi from the north west!  :wave: I'm not jealous that you've made the move, oh no, not at all!  ;) but hopefully I'll get to do the same soon  ;D

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: dizzy1pig on August 11, 2010, 10:11:53 pm

Hi from sunny Fife.. ha ha not today though :chook: :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Daveravey on August 13, 2010, 07:05:58 pm

or today   ::)

Hello & welcome from another Fifer   ;D

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: bigchicken on September 17, 2010, 11:16:49 pm

Hi and welcome from the bigchicken, Remember me Dougie I supplied the in lamb ewes. Hows the sheep getting on your flock is fare growing.

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: Fishyhaddock on September 23, 2010, 06:33:27 pm

Hello from rainy east aberdeenshire - we moved up here close to mintlaw almost a year today from northamptonshire and haven't looked back.

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: countryweespirit on September 28, 2010, 08:44:53 pm

Hi from Perthshire, I do think we may have met on Saturday

Jane :)

Title: Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
Post by: woodlandproductsfife on September 29, 2010, 05:31:16 am

Hi and welcome along!!