The shearing is over, but there was a score of Herdwicks still to be clipped. They are the vagabonds among the flock of 800, the strays rounded up at a shepherds’ meet held only a few days ago. They’ve been brought in by the shepherds from all parts, some twenty miles away, and they’re as wild as thunder. Well lose them as soon as we turn them out, and their lambs might just as well belong t’otherest fellows. We have lots to tell each other, and all the crack is not about sheep or foxes either.

Source: The Guardian August 02, 2021 04:52 UTC