Driving to work this morning just after I dodged the Buzzard that take to sitting on the white line in the middle of the road (for the last 2 weeks - strange may be it thinks its a sheep!)…anyway it came on the radio that tradional Cumbrian pastime that show spring has arrived The Lamb Bank!!
This is where they post lists that go something like this:
“Gerald Braithwaite of Burnneyside has 2 herdwick gimmers, Peter Coward of Brakenbarrow has 1 Shropshire,Blue face gimmer mules … etc etc.”
I’m off to Deepest Darkest Dorset for a week’s holiday starting on Saturday, and there had better be winter lambs frolicking in the fields or someone’s gonna catch it hot!
One of the local farmers keeps Jacob’s sheep, so I expect to see a whole bunch of brown & white blobs.
A much nicer way to know that spring is in the offing than what we get here. Here I know that spring is almost here when the acacia blooms (and I know the acacia is blooming when I start to sneeze and wheeze). Now lambs would be downright pleasant…
On a similar topic, while I was waiting for my fellow car pool driver this morning, I looked over at the pasture across the road and saw all the horses having a romp. They came galloping down the hill out of the mist like something in a movie…really spectacular!
