Sorry I have been absent for a few days, we've been clipping and making hay. But also we had a tragedy on Sunday and I haven't felt like chatting.
Some of you already know we have to move our stock on country roads and sometimes have some heart-in-mouth moments. But on Sunday it was far, far worse.
Local lad going fast over the blind brow completely failed to react to the ewes and lambs coming up the road. It was carnage.
Bella, my sweet affectionate Texdale, was killed outright, her no.1 son had to be destroyed the next day. Two other lambs were pulled out from under the car and had to be destroyed. The ewe pulled from under the front of the car is so far still with us and seems to be okay now. A further ewe died from internal bleeding yesterday.
I won't be able to say much more, I suppose, as our insurance looks like they will claim against the motorist's insurance. As well as the sheep, there's 14m of stone wall to be rebuilt, three visits by the dead cart and a socking great vet's bill.
A neighbour who works on road maintenance is organising 'Livestock on road' temporary road signs for me - the police say they are happy for us to use them. So at least some good will come out of this.
