Longtown

We took four ewe lambs to Longtown this morning; we bought all the lambs and one mother ewe down from the paddock then penned them unto the trailer ramp. Charlie could not tell the difference between two black ewe lambs, a cade lamb and one lamb of triplets, I recognised the cade lamb instantly and pulled her out from the pen.

The morning was wet,cold and windy, we drank cups of coffee before making the journey to Longtown via Langholm.

After dropping off the lambs, we enjoyed a full breakfast before visiting the pens, there were few sheep here today; one or two had been bought here sick.

Returning to the farmhouse we took the top off the trainer and washed out the inside then loaded two containers to sell at auction.

Charlie drove to Denholm to pick up a bail of haylage for the mother ewes, it's been almost four days since they last lambed.