The Remote Fleece: Shearing Deep Within Craik Forest
Leonie helps Charlie shear sheep in the Craik.
Shepherding
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Shepherding is one of the world's oldest vocations, rooted in the rhythms of the hills, seasonal stock management, and the deep landscape history of the Borders. Far beyond a mechanical routine, it is an attentive stewardship involving the care, movement, and protection of flocks across open terrain—capturing the daily realities, seasonal challenges, and enduring human connection to pastoral life.
Small-Scale Fleece: Shearing at the Wee Paddock
Leonie and Charlie visit the small paddock to shear the flock.
Nature's Cruelty: Leonie and Charlie Discover a Lamb with No Eyes
Leonie and Charlie discover a lamb whose eyes have been removed.
Field Work: Leonie Performs Farm Jobs
Charlie tags the sheep while Leonie clears dock leaves from the paddock.
The Homestead Rhythm: Life Around Woodburn Farmhouse
A crisis has broken out at Woodburn Farmhouse, where lambs are dying.
Shelter and Wool: Photographs of Our Lambs in the Polytunnel
Leonie photographs cute lambs at Woodburn Farmhouse.
The Little Fighter: The Story of Stumpy Lamb
The days and nights at Woodburn Farmhouse were dark and wet.
The Mountain Breed: Charlie and Leonie Purchase a Herdwick Ewe and Lamb
Charlie brings Leonie to buy a Herdwick sheep from his friend Hamish.
Sanitising the Soil: Charlie Uses Hydrated Lime in the Polytunnel
After mucking out Charlie disinfects the poly tunnel, the old way.
The Livestock Market: Charlie and Leonie Take Lambs to Longtown
Charlie and Leonie make a trip to Longtown
The Bothendean Clip: Leonie Helps Charlie Shear Sheep
Leonie goes with Charlie to help shear sheep at Bothendean.
Nurturing the Weak: Cade Lambs at Woodburn Farmhouse
Cade lambs at Woodburn Farmhouse.
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