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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: plt102 on May 29, 2012, 06:37:23 pm

Title: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: plt102 on May 29, 2012, 06:37:23 pm

What a nice bunch! Thank you for doing a grand job! See you later in the year or early next!

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 29, 2012, 06:57:15 pm

Anyone north of the Midlands got a date for Philip to be passing by?  I'm hoping he'll be coming my way to clip a batch of ours and show me how to hand-shear, but don't have a date - and of course now we're having proper summer weather, we're desperate to get all the girls' heavy coats off.  (If he's not coming for a while, I think I'll have to arrange for a friendly hill farm to let me clip some of their sheep with Philip!)

He's a busy man at the moment of course, so hasn't been able to get back to me with an idea of date - for which I can hardly blame him, I couldn't give him any real guidance on when we'd need him - some years we start clipping around Easter-time, last year we clipped late July!  ::)

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: jaykay on May 29, 2012, 09:04:47 pm

I've asked him back too - he puts together 'routes' so am waiting to hear when he's doing a northern one. I imagine he's too busy to breathe right now! I did get a reply saying it was great to have a request which was not for the first week in June  :D

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: toaster on May 29, 2012, 10:51:23 pm

We had a visit today too, lovely chap and such efficiency. I was very impressed and am ever grateful  :)
 
 

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: benkt on May 29, 2012, 11:44:24 pm

Does he actually sing as he shears?

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: Moleskins on May 29, 2012, 11:57:37 pm

Not to my knowledge but he doesn't slum a dirty pen either - whatever that means.

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: Pedwardine on May 30, 2012, 07:25:01 am

They are lovely aren't they. Philip came to us after huge catastrophies with other shearers who either made a shoddy job of it or cut the sheep to ribbons or both. Phil does a fantastic clip and handles the sheep really well. Jayne entertains whilst he's working up a sweat with sheepy tales and a little juicy gossip. Can you sing Phil?

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: plumseverywhere on May 30, 2012, 07:34:18 am

Looking forward to meeting Philip - due to see us Friday. The sheep can't wait - poor things are so woolly!

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: plt102 on May 30, 2012, 09:47:12 am

Where are you toaster? You must be close to us  if he saw us both on the same day?

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: toaster on May 30, 2012, 10:18:32 am

Quote from: plt102 on May 30, 2012, 09:47:12 am

Where are you toaster? You must be close to us  if he saw us both on the same day?

I am not far from Towcester Northamptonshire  :wave:

Title: Re: Thank you singing shearer!
Post by: woollyval on May 30, 2012, 01:48:18 pm

Hi Philip.....any chance of getting to Somerset/Devon before 14th? Desperate to move sheep as too many here and 3 acres of lush long grass down the road waiting for them.....