One thousand acres of Parkland lie around Highclere Castle,and of course the best mowing machines are sheep. We gain about 1600 ewes and theoretically, this year, and about 3000 lambs. The ewes are North Country Mules and are good at surviving the cold winter winds and weather on the downland beyond the Park. The lambs are mostly born in March inside the stale lambing barns under Beacon Hill,two miles south from the Castle. Caz is, as ever, and in charge of the lambing operation and she does a mighty job running the shifts through the night. It is an intense [...]
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