Farmhouse Bakes done!
@kelvin_fletcher you'll be ok for tea tonight .... @liz_fletcher83 you can have a night off 😉
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Stunning DECEMBER SUNSETS at Troutsdale Farm.....
say no more! .....
enjoy!
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Fabulous pumpkins at nearby Pye Ash Farm
All grown on the farm too!
indoor maize
outdoor picking
farm animals
local food
sheepdog demonstrations
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Fabulous pumpkins at nearby @pyeashfarm
All grown on the farm too!
indoor maize
outdoor picking
farm animals
local food
sheepdog demonstrations
familyfarm
#pumpkin #pumpkins #pumpkinfarm #pyeashfarm #golocal #supportlocal #localfarm #halfterm #halftermholiday #holidaycottage #peakdistrict #wheretogo #takethekids #sheepdogdemonstration #cheshire #staffordshire #localfood #familyfarm
*Busy few days
*Checking sheep and lambs
*Sorting lambs
*Great lamb weights coming through... *Average 43kg (from 35 to 57kg!)
*From just grass fed!
*Happy Days!
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What a great day!
Son in law
England Team
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ENGLAND 7 - WALES 2
🎁 Our own sheepskin rugs! Last 2 available......
PRESS PLAY & TURN SOUND UP ON VIDEO... TO LEARN MORE
🎅 HUGE compared to many you see.
🎄 Lovely & warm, soft & squigely scrumptious!
🎁 Hand salted by ourselves for the initial curing ...and then sent off to one of the last remaining traditional tanners in the UK.... where it can take some 35 weeks before we get them back!
🌟 It's been an amazing experience to follow this process through .... and create something very special.
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Friends of Shropshire Sheep
Further details on the website
Listen to this mornings dawn chorus
A beautiful DAWN CHORUS to share with you all this morning....
Do enjoy during your stay with us.... nature on the farm is wonderful
🐦 Birds a singing
🐝 Bees a buzzing
🐑 Sheep a bleating
⏬️ If you'd like the longer 10 minute version .... just let us know in comments below!??
(Dont forget to put the 'sound on' )
Enjoy ...
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#enjoynature
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Lambing live 22
Lots of lovely new family members arrived over last couple days!
Yes we had a rush on... one after another ... after another ... after another!
Yes we are backing up!
But all good!
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Lambing live 22
Lots of lovely new family members arrived over last couple days!
Yes we had a rush on... one after another ... after another ... after another!
Yes we are backing up!
But all good!
#lambinglive #lambing #lambing22 #shropshiresheep #Shropshirebreed #troutsdalefarm #peakdistrict #farming #thisfarminglife #sheep #countryliving #farmlife #livingthedream
New car! ... sound on!!
🌟 🚗 NEW CAR!
💯 🌟 FANTASTIC SERVICE 🌟 🚗
😊 Thank you so much to you all, incredibly helpful, friendly, professional from a family owned local business Burns Garages LTD - Subaru Dealership at Congleton
When we had a 'little' problem with our car last week (like hitting a little pot hole & then could longer go on the road!!!!!!)....
We didnt know what to get! ... you all know what that's like ....couldn't face having to go round all the garages etc, facing sales men etc etc.... didnt have time either.
With Kathryn breaking her arm, the weather going wet and bad, needing to bring sheep in, sort into groups, pre lambing vaccinations needed ... oh ... & this HUGE storm coming in .... oh & snow forecast! .... & we'd got no vehicle!!!
it wasnt good timing... nightmare!
We had been recommended to look at Subaru cars
We rang @ian burns kindly offered & came and picked Ray and Barbara up (because we had got no vehicle to get anywhere!!!) .... & guess what they were now a Subaru UK garage as well!
Robert Burns, his son now runs the garage... brilliant bloke, really helpful, no sales pushy chat etc,
Got in just the vehicle we needed
⭐️ 4 wheel drive ... so can do snow and field mud!... a good work horse!
⭐️ Big enough ... but not SO big so it doesnt look like a tank! .... and Barbara can get in a car parking space!
⭐️ Tall enough and with leather seats do Ray can get in and out easily.
⭐️ Comfy, with space inside, lovely interior, for when we go off for a little day trip out!
⭐️ plenty of space in the boot!
⭐️ Efficient! Reliable!
Etc etc etc
AND .... ABSOLUTELY 💯 FANTASTIC SERVICE AND CUSTOMER CARE from this local family owned garage!
Ian ... thank you
Robert ... thank you... sincerely
You made the process simply ... and enjoyable .... and great to catch up with you both too
❤️ Give them a try! ... all our great local family businesses need our support
We are really looking forward putting our new
Stunning February Friday night sunset! Birds singing their little heads off
Its been a difficult day ... a difficult week
After 5 weeks ...My arm is out of plaster (thats good)... but .. but oh boy! ... its still bent, painful, i can hardly move it!!!!! I wasnt expecting that!
We are 4 just weeks off lambing, 100 sheep due to be vaccinated and sorted this weekend ... and i can hardly get dressed or hold even a pen never mind a vaccination applicator!
And im still struggling to just walk ...
some even still need scanning! And i cant sort them out for the scanning man,
On top of that the ME is getting worse after all the hospital visits etc etc etc etc .... and that's dreadful
I feel .. i dont know ... just at a loss .. trying not to panic ... but ....
So i struggle to get out at least once a day .... i cant loose everything ive tried to do over the years to get a tad better to where im at now
And then the birds sang so loudly over my head ... and the sunset beautifully.. i mean just look at that
... and tomorrow is another day
Enjoy your Friday night ....
Enjoy your weekend everyone!
(...and whatever you are doing .. appreciate everything you do with those 2 hands! )
Breakfast!
A good Sunday breakfast!
🥚 Our own delicious eggs...we are starting to get the first pullet eggs from the hens we hatched last year.... but .. . Waiting .... makes it so more appreciatable!
With....
🥓 superb bacon from Packington Free Range .. available from Dunwood Farm Butchery
You can order both of these for you stay in our holiday cottages
#eatwell #WeEatBalanced #localfood #supportlocal #supportlocal #supportruraleconomy #livesimply #eggs #farm #fresheggs #sundaybreakfast #breakfast #bacon #troutsdalefarm #troutsdalefarmcottages
#holidaybreakfast #realfood #januaryBEGINSwithJ