Setting sun in Raydaleside with a Sherry cask whisky and some bird company!

And the whisky

The sun has not burnt through yet but 4 of the lads were waiting and the old Swaledale tup can still put on a sprint

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We have a new player on the team. A Leicester lad direct from the Hawes Hunks auction. He will get an early run out on the park to see how he performs. He will fill out over the next few months.

The pet lambs and the hunk were present and correct for their morning feed. The old Swaledale tup has had a bit of an altercation it would seem.

Dog sitting for guests. Cora has been a number of times before so is comfortable to be left with us.

Farm barn fire! At least it is not house.

Good news the fire is out. High wind is not helping. All the calves were led to safety

Butler here. We are busy setting up the household for the imminent arrival of Miss Ada Bolhaus-de-Welsh. The first thing to go up is the family portrait of Ada's Mother, Grandmother and Uncle Nigel. We will install a separate portrait of the family patriarch Bolhaus Terriers

The Housekeeper has been hard at it opening up a cold store ready for a deliver from ProDog Raw and getting the larder stocked with goodies.

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Yet another day of Dunkelflaute and no sign it is going to change shortly.

Miss Ada’s first snow and she is embracing it. Against her better nature she is even helping the butler get some food to the birds who will be struggling today.

We managed to get some high level off lead training today. Very cold but bright and dry. Took a while to find a field without sheep.

Nice sunny afternoon before the big melt so we got some off lead training in. We were pleased than she showed no interest in sheep that were on the road. A positive for us.

Ada is sticking close to the housekeeper

My housekeeper has prepared me some toasted salmon skin treats that I heartily approve of.