Sadly now same date as the Hebridean Sheep Society and Rare Breed Sale at Caledonian Mart Stirling on 28th September - not good for either event! 
- Sunday next year please !
Really enjoyed showing birds last year at Forfar and had hoped to do so again but sadly only one sale for the sheep breed so can't be there sorry.
I see from the Lawrie and symington website its a car boot sale on the Sunday! 
That's a real shame - we did check all the dates that were pbished but Caley aren't very good at that.
Maybe the Hebs should move the show and sale to the Festival like the Dexter cattle 
The end of Sept date is the same each year for the Heb S&S plus Rare Breeds at Caley Marts. For the Hebs, the S&S was moved down from Oban, so going even further south would put it out of reach of the Highlands and too close to Carlisle. I think it was contemplated having it at Lanark, but it would have been in August with the Shetland S&S and was decided against.
Were the HSS to move to Lanark for just one year, the Rare Breeds sale at Caley would probably fold so it wouldn't be there for us the following year. Unfortunately any change would be bad for the HSS in both the long and short term. Still, I will put it to them.
All being well, we should have a couple of Hebs at Lanark, unless we need to check for a new tup at Stirling - will know closer to the time. Maybe people will manage both shows ie one partner going to one, the other to the other.
It is a huge shame that the clash has occurred, as Lanark is in the heart of Heb country (ie plenty of owners around) and we had hoped for a good turnout this year
. However, there are so many other events round about that time that there is always going to be a clash with something.
