[colliewoman]

Got chatting today with 'man from the big posh house up the road' for the first time today. He has about an acre and a half split into 2 with the brook running through it. So after saying hi, I asked if he'd like a few sheep to graze it down for him, well you would ask that in the first conversation wouldn't you?
He asked if I could put them in tomorrow and if we would like to go round for tea
AND the land has never (in my memory) had stock on it! It's always just been topped/mown. AND it's on the way to my goats
I told him I loved him

[in the hills]

Well ......you cant get better than that can you!!!!

Well done you.

[Brucklay]

Perfect - lucky you - then again lucky him for having such a thoughtful neighbour 

[deepinthewoods]

thats excellent! its pretty similar to how i got my workshop, and then, eventually, my house on the estate here. if you dont ask you dont get.

[little blue]

[Dizzycow]

Good for you! And good for him too. People in 'the big hoose' are always thought of as being rich, selfish, lazy grabbing etc etc, which is rarely the case in my experience. Communication and good relationships between estates and locals are hugely beneficial to everyone. A case in point.... one nearby one big hoose has opened their walled garden to the villagers to use as allotments. Just because two people had a chat. So, well done! 

[Mays]

aww what a nice post, sounds lovely 

[FiB]

Result! Lovely.

[HamishMcMurray]

That's how it started with us. We let a local chap graze his sheep in our fields. He then got ill and couldn't do it anymore and we thought 'we need couple of sheep just to keep the grass down'. Two years on and we've now got 16 

[Tilly]

....... as I thought there are some good people in the world! , good for you  Colliewoman