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Community => Events => Scottish Smallholder & Grower Festival => Topic started by: Dan on October 02, 2012, 08:59:40 am
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For those of you who didn't make it, and those of you who did and want to see if you got on the telly, don't miss Landward this Friday at 7pm, on BBC 2 Scotland:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n7rjh (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n7rjh)
If you're not in Scotland it'll be available on the iPlayer too. :)
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Thanks Dan - I'll be watching. I felt like Cinderella who couldn't go to the ball on Sunday :(
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I felt like Cinderella who couldn't go to the ball on Sunday :(
Next year Juliet, we'll send a carriage for you. :)
It was lovely to meet Gordon, hope he had a good day and enjoyed his judging duties.
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I will def be tuning in to watch this :-))) :thumbsup:
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There are some pictures in today's Courier as well :innocent:
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I felt like Cinderella who couldn't go to the ball on Sunday :(
Next year Juliet, we'll send a carriage for you. :)
It was lovely to meet Gordon, hope he had a good day and enjoyed his judging duties.
Aw thanks Dan. It's only a hop and skip from ours to Lanark though so I could go home for a snooze halfway through ;D
Gordon enjoyed it very much - he spent most of the time chatting with the Wool Board man, but met so many people he knew and didn't have time to get around everything there was to see.
We are really looking forward to next year :excited: . Hopefully then I can help with the spinning demo which sounds as if it was extremely popular.
Oh one thing - Gordon said he would have liked to see your cattle in the 'Best Horns' class ;)
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There are some pictures in today's Courier as well :innocent:
Which paper is this? I can probably get it in Longtown...
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Sorry Sally, it's the Dundee Courier & Advertiser, so I don't think you'll be able to get it. They do have a website, but when I checked earlier today, the pictures weren't on the website yet. When/ if they appear I'll post them.
Beth
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There are some pictures in today's Courier as well :innocent:
What a handsome chap! Oh, and a nice photo of Alex too. :D
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So how about some pics for us poor souls who couldn't get there?
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apologies now for all the duff answers i gave......walked away going Doh! i should have said..........
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So how about some pics for us poor souls who couldn't get there?
We should have a gallery up on the Festival website later today. :thumbsup:
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......walked away going Doh! i should have said..........
Don't we always???
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Don't have a telly but no doubt will be on iplayer, would love to see pics too, I was feeling a bit ugly sister myself Fleecewife :-J .
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the article in the courier was quite good (saw a copy today) shame they used the photo's a different day to the article!!!
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and Landward was very good, wondering how long Rosemary was practising for being on camera!!!
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Landward piece was very nice I thought :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :trophy: :trophy: :trophy:
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and Landward was very good, wondering how long Rosemary was practising for being on camera!!!
You don't get any practice ;D
Alison rocks :thumbsup:
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But it is not on iPlayeer yet.... :(
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But it is not on iPlayeer yet.... :(
I think we'll have to catch it Weds 10:30pm, Anke.
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I wish they'd shown more on Landward - the whole programme would have been good :innocent:
Rosemary you did really well, as if you've been on TV all your life (maybe you have :) ) :farmer:
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It wasnt as bad as i thought, just like to say Bunny the piglet did win a first but was runner up for BEST OF BREED not best of show!!!!!!!
It was all the excitement!!!!
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so are there any pictures yet please ?? ;D ....or am i looking eyes wide shut ::)
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I thought everyone looked great - very polished performances from Rosemary and Alison ;D
I'm just soooooo relieved I managed to avoid the camera's would have been a red faced, babbling bundle of nervous energy :roflanim:
Alison, Bruce has been raving about your wee gilt :thumbsup: and with the very short glimpse I got last night I can see why ;) She's soooooo pretty !
Karen x
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I wish they'd shown more on Landward - the whole programme would have been good :innocent:
Rosemary you did really well, as if you've been on TV all your life (maybe you have :) ) :farmer:
Now Rosemary, wasn't it you who posted a thread a while back about celebrity smallholders? ;D Can we have pics posted please please, we don't have a telly and I couldn't get it on iplayer and haven't seen the Courier. Missed out 100% and still cheesed off about it! Many thanks.
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Amanda - get yourself a Scottish Farmer, at least there are a few pics in there!
I think we can't watch the iPlayer thing until after the repeat on Weds, so hopefully you'll be able to watch that on Thurs.
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Thanks Sal, will get SF today and look out for iplayer, thanks.
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whot was the chickin classes it all looked fab
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I forgot to watch it, but it is on iplayer now :thumbsup: and everyone did so well to camera :thumbsup:
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I thought everyone looked great - very polished performances from Rosemary and Alison ;D
I'm just soooooo relieved I managed to avoid the camera's would have been a red faced, babbling bundle of nervous energy :roflanim:
and i was looking for you karen!!
everyone did very well!!!
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Karen,
Bunny + her sister are off to Shetland at the end of the month, will be adding her rossette along with her too!
(Bunny because she has a white striped bottom like rabbits have when the run)
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We watched Landward - Rosemary, you were very professional, and the section on the Festival was very interesting.
We also saw the bit on Ronnie Eunson from Ustaness on Shetland talking about his Shetland sheep - we were looking out for his Shetland cattle and managed to see a few of them in the background. One of the bulls bred by Ronnie is the sire of 7 of our calves.
Sue
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We also saw the bit on Ronnie Eunson from Ustaness on Shetland talking about his Shetland sheep - we were looking out for his Shetland cattle and managed to see a few of them in the background. One of the bulls bred by Ronnie is the sire of 7 of our calves.
Sue
Yes, I was delighted to see Ronnie too and, like you, I was straining to see the cattle. I met him when we were in Shetland in August and he was such a nice man. And the driving force behind their new abattoir - he even offered me the drawings to give to the St Andrew's folk :thumbsup:
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But it is not on iPlayeer yet.... :(
It is on iplayer now anyway. but i did have to search using the the world "landward" ( funnily enough ;D )
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Karen,
Bunny + her sister are off to Shetland at the end of the month, will be adding her rossette along with her too!
(Bunny because she has a white striped bottom like rabbits have when the run)
Is she going to Grindins by any chance ?
One of our wee boars went up there in February ;) :thumbsup:
Bunny is a cool name, I need to stop letting the kids name ours ::) ;D
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karen,
No a lady called Laura Jamieson, she had 2 from some of the first litters brought to UK originally!
Any tips for putting them on the boat?
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The guys in the ferry bedded the wee man down in a horse partition, he had his dinner and slept all the way ;)
We took a non tip bowl so he could have access to water (which they might still have on the boat ?) and straw (but they had some of that already) They seem to be quite practiced at moving livestock and everything went without a hitch. I had contact from his new owners the following day to say he arrived and all was well - so don't panic ! But get there in plenty of time (I think they like the animals on well before the people)
Good luck :thumbsup:
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Our heifers came from Shetland on the ferry - the service was spot on and they arrived completely free of stress - it's a very good loading facility IMHO and the staff were excellent. If you are concerned about anything, call North Sea Ferries - I can't remember the name of the bloke in charge of the livestock - and they'll explain everything. :thumbsup: