[renee]

I hadn't realised what a very special event it was - you must be just bursting!

Well, it is rather a complicated story. My neighbour does have cows, but being vegan he will not exploit them so he lives from the hill subsidies from mowing hay, keeping the summer pastures around the fäbod open and keeping a rare breed. When one of his old cows dies he buys a new fjällnära. I tell him it is ridiculous. A rare breed should be bred.
There is a micro dairy 10 miles away. It has about 20 cows and there are a few smallholdings with 2-3 cows who sell cheese and butter to the tourists. But if one looks at  the four villages on our mountain - there have been no farm animals for decades. It is 70 years since a cow has been in my stable.
 Here are a couple of my neighbour's cows

And him helping move mine

And one of his younger fjällnära at his fäbod