Author Topic: Landward and our Bonnie  (Read 9440 times)

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Landward and our Bonnie
« on: June 11, 2014, 11:44:03 am »
Just had the BBC Landward crew here filming me being towed around by Bonnie, for part of their coverage of the Royal Highland Show. Bonnie is on the RBST stand (and hopefully will behave better  ::) )

Absolutely delighted to get some positive coverage of Shetland cattle.

I think it's on the 20th June programme :excited:

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2014, 12:17:01 pm »
Oooo, I didn't realise you were a celebrity  :notworthy:
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2014, 01:28:14 pm »
Oooo, I didn't realise you were a celebrity  :notworthy:

She's an old hand now!  She's been interviewed about and at the Festival a few times now ;)
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Bramblecot

  • Joined Jul 2008
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2014, 02:15:52 pm »
Will that be on BBC in the south?  :fc:
Or is it just for Scotland? :(

Treud na Mara

  • Joined Mar 2014
  • East Clyh, Caithness
  • Living the dream in Caithness
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2014, 04:20:27 pm »
If you have Freeview or access to iplayer you should be able to see it either at time of broadcast on BBC2 Scotland or catch up.
With 1 Angora and now 6 pygmy goats, Jacob & Icelandic sheep, chooks, a cat and my very own Duracell bunny aka BH !

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2014, 04:36:27 pm »
I'm just a supporting act, Bionic - the cattle are the stars. It's been a lovely day, so you see them at their best.

Rather embarassingly, Bonnie was a total pain and towed me about on the halter  ::)

Landward DID cover the first Festival in 2012 and I did a wee piece with Ewan on poultry at Thainstone a while back. It's like everything else, once your contact details are in the system...

The researcher actually contacted me looking for Ryeland sheep folk, as they want to do the same there - a prefilm then coverage of the judging on Thursday. I was able to give them some names and hopefully, they'll have a Scottish Ryeland breeder in their sights by now. I did point out that my sheep couldn't go to the Highland because they are coloured  :(
« Last Edit: June 11, 2014, 04:40:57 pm by Rosemary »

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2014, 09:54:21 pm »
Rosemary, can I have an autograph, please?

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2014, 07:09:16 am »
Rosemary, can I have an autograph, please?

 ;D £5 to you

mowhaugh

  • Joined Jul 2013
  • Scottish Borders
    • Facebook
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2014, 10:26:51 pm »
That's exciting, congratulations!

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2014, 11:53:08 pm »
That's reasonable of Bonnie, Rosemary. How much is it if I have yours as well?

ZaktheLad

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Thornbury, Nr Bristol
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2014, 08:08:17 am »
Brilliant - congratulations!  :excited:

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2014, 08:30:41 am »
That's reasonable of Bonnie, Rosemary. How much is it if I have yours as well?

I thought I might get Bonnie to swish her shitty tail on paper and then sell it as art. Any takers?

ballingall

  • Joined Sep 2008
  • Avonbridge, Falkirk
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2014, 08:44:04 am »
As long it's sealed and framed, so my living room doesn't actually smell of cow s***!




lilfeeb

  • Joined Feb 2013
  • Kinross-shire
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2014, 09:03:38 am »
 :roflanim: this conversation made me me smile on a dreich kind of day. Thanks everyone

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Landward and our Bonnie
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2014, 10:09:56 pm »
finally got round to watching it, bonnie really wasn't wanting to stand for the camera was she!!!


I know they were white ryelands they showed at the beginning of the show, but they were beautiful as well...




 

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