tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76408851677522044592024-03-05T09:46:52.103+00:00Broomwell Ryelands BlogBroomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-23856780619570947412017-09-10T21:00:00.000+01:002017-09-10T21:00:33.488+01:00Show season ends for Lockerbie Lamb<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two local shows at the start and end of August brought our travels to an end for this ear - and what a season it has been!<br />
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Some amazing results, sunshine early on, but quite a few soakings along the way. That's me and Lulu pictured above sheltering at Dumfries show which was at the beginning of August.<br />
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Nearly 100 Ryelands and Coloured Ryelands entered this show so there were lots of friends to catch up with and big classes for the judges.<br />
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These pictures were taken just before a hefty shower which soaked the manager when she was in the ring but she was more than consoled when Wallander won first prize in his class.</div>
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With judging going on in both sections at the same time, LB was in charge of the coloureds Whopper and Whisper who teamed up together to take second prize in the pairs.</div>
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This is Whisper in her class (note LB is much smarter than the manager and was wearing a waterproof)</div>
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But out of all the prizes won on the day, the one that brought the biggest smile to the manager's face was a 'late addition' to the team. At all the shows this year, she had not shown a Ryeland breeding ewe but at Dumfries six-year-old ewe Ruth joined the party. Loving her day out she strutted her stuff and was awarded second prize, Here she is in the ring:</div>
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So a happy day all round</div>
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At the end of the month we made our last outing of the season - a short trip to Raehills Meadow for Moffat Show. Another show, another first prize for Wally - he's such a dude! </div>
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Looks like Wally and Whopper might have fallen out in the trauler on the way to the show!<br />
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Look - short sleeves and sunglasses - (but there was a rainshower too!) For the only time this year the manager's dogs were allowed to come to the show. They usually stay at home because Freddie gets very over-excited but he managed to more or less behave himself !<br />
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This is me and Lulu with Millie - she always behaves herself!<br />
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And so 2017 show season comes to an end - and what a season it's been four breed championships for Wally, two for Whisper and a male title for Bill, a pile of rosettes and a tableful of trophies - we are obviously lucky mascots indeed!<br />
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Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-74867728394742334202017-07-30T17:28:00.000+01:002017-07-30T17:28:17.302+01:00Rain, rain go away....Hi folks, sorry we've been a bit quiet lately but we've only just dried out from our last two shows!<br />
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First up was the Great Yorkshire show. We set off with four Ryelands and three Coloured Ryelands for this three-day event in Harrogate.<br />
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Weather was fine when we arrived the day before the show and all was well. However, Tuesday morning saw persistent rain from the word go and it was at this point the manager realised how badly prepared she was for wet weather.<br />
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Nearly four hours in out of the show-ring with only an old waterproof and no hat, the manager could have given any drowned rat a run for its money!<br />
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Lulu and me? Well, we opted just to stay in the nice dry pen with the sheep - nae fun spectating in that! Here we are just chillin' in the pens.<br />
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But despite the rain, the manager said it was all worthwhile with another lovely lot of prizes in the ring. This time Wallander had to step back from the limelight as Bill (Hunland Viscount to give him his proper name) was male champion and reserve overall. </div>
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The manager was also delighted when ewe lamb Xandra won her class, exactly seven years since her mother Nula did the same at this show. (However, Xandra didn't get a visit in the ring from Princess Anne like her mum did!) Xandra joined up with Wally and Sheila to win the group class too so she had a great day.</div>
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A very soggy group class with expert handler Jim Arthur.</div>
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Here's the manager with the fabulous Scottish supporters Janet and Jim Arthur who braved the whole downpour to watch the judging and were still smiling at the end!</div>
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Ironically once all the judging was finished, the rain stopped at stayed off for the rest of the show.</div>
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We were very lucky to be staying in the fabulous tent of Debbie Bostock who kindly put us up for the whole show and her brilliant tent stayed cosy and dry.</div>
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So the next day we went exploring round the showground and looking to see if I could find anything as exciting as being on the champion showjumper at the Highland Show.</div>
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And I got very excited when I found something which would take me to new heights....</div>
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A Ferris wheel - yay!</div>
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But excitement soon turned to disappointment....</div>
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I wasn't tall enough to go on the ride on my own - and even more disappointingly neither the manager nor any of her friends would take me on it. What a bunch of fearties!</div>
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This is us having tea in Fodder restaurant with our neighbour Andrew Parker photobombing our picture. And no, apparently Debbie is not sleeping (just checking her phone, she says!)</div>
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A less than a couple weeks later we were heading south of the border once more and this time the manager was well prepared for rain with a full set of waterproofs - and a hat!</div>
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If she got properly wet in Yorkshire, then she got absolutely drowned at Penrith. A makeshift canopy kept the sheep kinda dry until they went in the ring where, at times, the rain was of monsoon proportions!</div>
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Her's me and Lulu sheltering with the sheep.</div>
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And what has turned out to be a fab season carried on with Wallander winning the Ryelands and Whisper wining reserve champion in the coloureds, Both ewe lambs, Xandra and Dotty (coloured) also got firsts and Wally, Sheila and Xandra won the group class again. </div>
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I have to admit that Lulu and me mostly stayed in the car (sensible, we are) but later we took the chance to meet up with friends Molly and Zebedee from the Orchard House flock.</div>
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Soon it was time to go home but it was a bit touch and go getting out of the field which had turned into a mudslide by this time. But despite a few slips and slids, the good old Renault Koleos managed to avoid the indignity of being towed out and managed to pull the trailer out onto the road under his own steam - phew!</div>
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But our travels that weekend were not over as the next day we headed to Kinross where Scottish Ryeland folk had a get-together at the home of Eddie and Janice Henderson. There were talks by a vet, advice of showing sheep, wool handling talks and a demonstration of spinning as well as a chance to see some fabulous garments made from Ryeland and Coloured Ryeland wool by the very talented Ricky Smyth.</div>
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Lula and me had a grand view of proceeding from the top of a round bale where we hung out all day with out Barony family friends</div>
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Tomorrow (Monday July 31) is the Scottish national show which this year is being held at Turriff Show in Aberdeenshire. Unfortunately, the manager can't go to this one (this damned work interfering with showing, she was heard muttering) but there is an amazing 104 sheep entered so we hope you all have a fabulous day - and may the sun shine on you!</div>
Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-30902734953417255172017-06-27T21:11:00.001+01:002017-06-27T21:11:32.877+01:00Lockerbie Lamb returns to the Highland ShowWell, Lulu and me are just back from a fun-filled week at the Royal Highland Show - albeit a bit of a windy one!<br />
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After last year's partying, I was more prepared for this year's experience but it was definitely all a bit of a learning curve for Lulu.<br />
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As there are no classes for Coloured Ryelands at the show, Lulu lent her full backing to the five Broomwell Ryelands which travelled up to Ingliston on Wednesday.<br />
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Judging, as always, was on the first day of the show on Thursday and the manager's assistant LB was first into the ring with Bill (Sunday name Hunland Viscount).<br />
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Here she is in the ring<br />
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And here she is getting the first prize!<br />
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And so a great day started with all five sheep getting a rosette.<br />
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But pride of place went to Wallander when he won the championship!<br />
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Here's me and Lulu hanging out at the pen while the celebrations started<br />
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The following day the manager and LB did manage to see a bit of the show - and they took me and Lulu with them. Here we are setting off.<br />
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And guess where the first stop was - the gin bar!<br />
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Cocktails were good!<br />
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It was party time again at night when all the Ryeland dudes got together again for the now legendary cocktail party in the sheep lines.<br />
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Lulu and I joined in - but it turned out a bit traumatic for me when an alarming case of sheep worrying took place!<br />
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Yes, that's me in the jaws of a dog called Bear - but fortunately no damage was done!</div>
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Saturday was a bit quieter - someone said that might have been something to do with the aftermath of Colin's cocktails - some of which was served out of a fire extinguisher!<br />
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Wally had a lovely chilled out day, meeting his public !<br />
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On Sunday we were out and about again round the showground with the manager's friends Pam and Andrew and what an amazing trip it turned out to be.<br />
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Then Andrew introduced me to the winner of the leading showjumper award at the show - and the next thing I knew and was sitting with James Smith on his magnificent horse! Slightly terrified, I was, but thank you, James, for being such a good sport! (Lulu was very jealous!)<br />
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Next trip -Great Yorkshire Show, see ya!<br />
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<br />Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-66179791788762245052017-06-20T21:58:00.001+01:002017-06-20T21:58:22.772+01:00Lockerbie lamb goes over the borderMy next outing, along with cousin Lulu, was a wee trip over the border to the Cumberland County show.<br />
Assistant LB joined us this weekend but both LB and the manager were unusually quiet on the way down the road due to a late night the night before - apparently they had been to Nashville!<br />
Turns out, though it was a concert of that name, held in Glasgow, not the real deal!<br />
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Cumberland show was being held in a lovely new showground which definitely met the approval of the manager - she didn't have to reverse her trailer into a parking spot!<br />
The temperature was already soaring when we arrived at 8.30am and the sun shone all day long. This time tarpaulins were needed over the pens but not as more usually is the case to keep the sheep dry but to shade them from the sun.<br />
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This time I had three sheep to cheer on, while Lulu had four but and the end of the day honours were even again and amazingly Wallander and Whisper had repeated their feats from Lesmahagow winning the championships again.<br />
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The manager was also delighted to catch up with friends Sarah and Stan who brought along Vin Diesel (no,no, not the real one!) who was born at Broomwell and we were all delighted when he won a first prize in his class. </div>
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There was lots of hilarity during the judging when a couple of exhibitors took the wrong sheep into the ring but Laura W and David M didn't want me to mention that - oops! 😂😂</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So the show season has begun again and this year Lockerbie Lamb will once again writing a blog of his travels with the Broomwell Ryeland flock.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And this year he will be joined on his journeys by his cousin Lulu who has a particular interest in the fledgling Damson Brae Coloured Flock, also based here at Broomwell.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the trailer we had two Ryelands and four Coloured Ryelands and there was a bit or rivalry between me and my cousin as to who would do the best. I was flying the flag for the Broomwell Ryelands while she was supporting the Damson Brae Coloured Ryelands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Very happy to report that me and my cousin were equally happy after judging - and the manager was very happy. Broomwell Wallander won the Ryeland championship, repeating his success of last year.</span></div>
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Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-18566791286184107572017-05-13T17:24:00.000+01:002017-05-13T17:24:38.560+01:00Jen's StoryBefore Lockerbie Lamb reappears for the season with tales of his summer travels with the flock,<br />
Broomwell Ryelands would like to give a wee shout out to Jennifer.<br />
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Jen was born in 2007 and 10 years on she is still going strong and delivered her 14th lamb this year. Whilst I recognise that this is by no means anything unusual for Ryelands, she is just a bit of a favourite of mine, hence her moment in the spotlight.</div>
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She was sired by Broomwell Alleluiah, He was the first lamb born at Broomwell after the foot and mouth cull of 2001.</div>
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Jen's dam was a Keepings ewe from the flock of the late Malcolm Collins. </div>
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She was shown as a lamb, shearling and as a breeding ewe and was almost always among the prizes. She is a ewe bursting with character and even in her advancing years is still very much the boss of the flock. </div>
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So much so she had to be removed from one group of ewes last year as she took a dislike to two of her field-mates and made her feelings very clear!</div>
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In her fourteen lambs, she has given us a real variety: quite a few singles, one or two twin and a set of triplets. She has produced a couple of lovely coloured lambs in her time too.</div>
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For various reasons, I have not retained any of her lambs, something I was hoping to rectify this year so we anxiously awaited her as her due date approached </div>
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And bless her, she presented us with a lovely ewe lamb on March 15 - needless to say this will be a keeper.</div>
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It is likely that we will now retire Jen and let her enjoy a lovely retirement which she richly deserves.</div>
Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-85729117485465305702016-08-15T21:45:00.000+01:002016-08-15T21:45:34.319+01:00Lockerbie lamb - home and away<br />
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Next out of the summer was to our 'home event' at Dumfries Show, so no stupid o'clock early rises for this one, just a leisurely 6.30am rise!<br />
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The manager had spent the whole of the previous day preparing seven sheep for the event. There was supposed to have been eight, but when I asked - I was told 'Don't ask'! I think it was something to do with a sh***y backside (the lamb's, not the manager's, just to be clear!)<br />
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On the way through town we picked up the manager's daughter and her partner Sandy who, although he had no idea about it at this point, was to be asked to help out with the showing.<br />
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Press-ganged more like!<br />
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Which is somewhat ironic as he had just left a career in the Press two days before for pastures new!<br />
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There were over 100 Ryelands and Coloured Ryelands entered on the day so a busy day for judges Leah and Jack Turner, so I bagged myself a good ringside seat:<br />
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As judging of the two sections overlapped a wee bit, there was lots of to-ing and fro-ing and shouts of 'Can you help me out here', 'Can you take this one in?' 'Can anyone one help Pat out?' - and that's when Sandy got put into a white coat to help out our good friend Pat. Here he is in his show-ring debut, with Pat behind giving him words of encouragement, least I think they were!<br />
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Apparently there were two unusual features of the show - one was that the manager's other half came to the show (just about the only one he goes to in the year) and the other was that, for Dumfries, it was nice weather!</div>
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To prove it, here's a picture of Lucy wearing shades (and not concentrating of the judging!):</div>
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At the end of all the judging the manager and Lucy were well pleased to say the least with their prizes and here's a picture of their cheesy grins after winning the top two prizes in the Ryelands:</div>
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And here's one of Lucy gesticulating at the photographer after winning with Whisper, the coloured ewe lamb!</div>
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Honestly, I don't why he was getting a hard time - he was very nice to me and even took me back to the pen for a wee nap when I got a bit tired:<br />
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Winners have to go forward into the interbreed and it was funny to see all the handlers suddenly get embarrassed and tongued tied when being interviewed by the commentator! Here's the manager and also Coloured Ryeland champion owner Chris Smyth being interviewed:<br />
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Interbreed over (unsurprisingly no prizes here!) it was time for ice cream and a look round the rest of the show before finally packing up and heading for home with the day's prizes<br />
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<br />Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-15616022990401104612016-07-25T21:57:00.005+01:002016-07-25T22:04:01.743+01:00Lockerbie Lamb at the Great Yorkshire ShowHi guys,<br />
My next great adventure of the summer was a cross-border expedition - all the way to Harrogate to the Great Yorkshire Show.<br />
I could not believe it when the manager got me up at 4am (yes, 4am!) and by 4.30am we had six sheep loaded up and off we set.<br />
Just over three hours later we arrived - to be honest I slept most of the way as I got bored listening to Inspector Rebus, the manager's talking book.<br />
It was nice and quiet when we got there so we got the sheep unloaded and settled (with the help of a very nice Hampshire down man from Edinburgh who did a remarkable job of reversing the manager's trailer for her!)<br />
Our friends and neighbours the Lochlad Zwartbles team also arrived about the same time and Andy soon set about putting up his now famous 'erection'!!<br />
This is me, sitting in front of it<br />
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And this is me, making friends with the very handsome Mr Blenheim, star of the Lochlad team<br />
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Later in the day, the manager's friend, Debbie, arrived with her sheep and I had good fun watching the two of them put up Debbie's tent which was to be our home for the next few days. Actually they put it up without too much difficulty, so no pictures of any collapsed tents, I'm afraid.<br />
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As judging was the next day, a quiet night was talked of but that still seemed to allow for a few gins to be consumed as the sun went down!<br />
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Judging started about 10.30am with the Ryelands and then for the first time at this show apparently there were two classes for Coloured Ryelands so it was quite a long morning.<br />
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The manager was well pleased with her prizes - and this time Wallander led the way for the Broomwell gang, winning the ram lamb class.<br />
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Here is me pictured with some of the rosettes<br />
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Top award in the Ryelands on the day went very deservedly to Mr Hipps' shearling ram, and later in the show I got a chance to meet up with him and the very nice lady who was showing him, Jeanne:<br />
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There were lots of spectators from Scotland watching the judging - the manger was delighted to see Jim and Janet from Lanarkshire, Eddie and Janice from Fife and Diana all the way from Aberdeenshire - but she hopes they will come back next year and bring some sheep with them!<br />
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Obviously there were lots of celebrations after the judging....and again later....<br />
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On Wednesday, Debbie and the manger took me on a trip out of the showground, saying we were going on a shopping expedition. But no shops were involved - instead we went to look at sheep!<br />
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But I am assured that purchases were made - I'm just not very sure what they were but apparently all will become clear in a few weeks' time!<br />
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From then on, it was just a whirlwind of socialising - and I was introduced to Pimms and Prosecco when the manager met up with some friends from Lockerbie:<br />
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Then in the evening, it was barbecue time with Caz and the Dr, Anne and John and some very nice ladies with Kerry Hills whose name I can't quite remember - blame it on the Pimms!<br />
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This is me helping with the barbecuing - thankfully there were no lamb kebabs - that would have made me very uncomfortable!<br />
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I also met up with my friend Mr Jimmy Choo:<br />
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And Mr Hugo Boss:<br />
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Next day was the last day and we watched some judging called 'Wool on the Hoof':<br />
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And all the Ryeland supporters round the ring were delighted when Mr and Mrs Dodsworth won. Here is Trish with an armful of trophies:<br />
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I then went to visit the sheep belonging to our friends and barbecue hosts Caz and the Dr - but was a bit reluctant to get too close - as they had horns! (and scary eyes!)<br />
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I got a bit more up close and personal with Debbie's Talisker - but I knew I was safe with him as he originally came from Broomwell!<br />
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And here are some Yorkshire Ryeland friends I made:<br />
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And here's just a very cute picture (even though I am not in it) of a young visitor talking to Wallander:<br />
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So another great few days came to an end - except I had to endure another three hours of Inspector Rebus on the way home!<br />
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And then it was time for bed - Zzzz<br />
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See ya!<br />
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<br />Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-24213125022516385692016-07-07T22:09:00.000+01:002016-07-07T22:09:36.188+01:00Lockerbie Lamb at the Highland ShowWell, it's nearly two weeks since the Highland Show - and what an adventure that was for me!<br />
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This was quite different from the first two shows I had been to - for a start we were to be away from home for four nights - no one-day outing, this one.<br />
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The manager packed up the trailer and car with all the necessary items and equipment needed for this trip - and that seemed to involve quite a lot of bottles! And that should have been a warning to me - but more of that later!<br />
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After the five sheep we had with us were all settled in their (highly decorated) pens, knee deep in straw and all fed and watered, we checked in with our neighbours Pam and Andy who were kindly sharing their lovely luxurious camper van with us.<br />
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A few drinks were drunk on that first night - but all very respectable!<br />
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Next day, the manager spent the morning preparing the sheep for showing with me supervising (as kindly captured here by our friend Dom)<br />
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Then I took up position above the pens so I could get a good view and listen to all the banter going on between all the exhibitors - honestly, sometime I don't think they take this showing very seriously at all!<br />
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I was then joined by a mysterious guest who just appeared beside me on my perch for quite a while.<br />
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I think he said he was from near Newton Stewart - we had a grand chat before he had to go home with his people later in the day.<br />
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The serious business of the day began around lunchtime when the judging started and went on for about three hours. I just stayed where I was and watched all the to-ing and fro-ing from the pens to the rings and back again - rosettes appeared over the pens and everyone seemed happy with their awards,<br />
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Star turn in our pens was the shearling gimmer (which I am told is a one-year old female sheep!). The oddly named Vee was best female and reserve champion with the top title going to Eddie and Janice Henderson from Kinross with a very handsome ram lamb (Vee especially thought he was very handsome - bit of a crush going on there, methinks!)<br />
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This is Vee:<br />
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After the judging, everyone joined together to enjoy a great spread of food and drink, which was this year organised by Pat Maddock. The lady who had judged, Mrs Smilie-Gray, and her husband Steve joined in the gathering which went on for quite a while -until the bottles were empty!<br />
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The following night was where it all started to go a bit downhill!<br />
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Apparently the Ryeland gang have started to have a gathering on the Friday night - somewhat grandly referred to as a cocktail party - and this year's theme was 60-70-80s disco!<br />
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Well, yes there were cocktails (and concotions, eh Mr Arthur?) and yes, there was appropriate music, kindly supplied by Disco Steve Arkley and it definitely was a party!<br />
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Here's Pat and the manager in some disco pants, eighties shell suit and perm!<br />
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The 80s perm turned out to be quite a hit:<br />
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As you can see by this time in the evening not only did the wig get passed round, but so was I - talk about being used and abused, I am only just getting over the trauma! The would-be Dolly Partons pictured here are Mr Aitken, Mr Scott and the cocktail king himself Mr Arthur. Bet you never realised what you were letting yourself in for getting Ryeland sheep, eh Mr Scott?<br />
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No wonder Mrs Mitchell is looking a bit worried in the background!<br />
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Everyone partied on until darkness fell and that's when the glow sticks came out, modelled here by Mr Top Gun himself.<br />
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Actually it was a real fun night and here a few more snaps from the evening including, I think you will agree, a very 'special' one of our host, Andy:<br />
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The next day, the manager was joined by daughter Lucy and partner Sandy and they spent the day going round the show, but I needed to rest after the night before! One of the highlight for the two ladies apparently was a visit to a new feature of the show this year - a gin bar!<br />
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Saturday night was a quieter affair after the previous evening.<br />
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Then on Sunday something very exciting happened.<br />
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Vee teamed up with the Ryeland champion, who she had found out was called Wild Thing, and the two headed into the interbreed pairs where they competed against the champion male and females from all the breeds in the show. And they were absolutely thrilled to win reserve champions, coming second to a very smart pair of Hampshire Downs.<br />
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All the Ryeland supporters around the ring were very happy as apparently Ryelands have never won an interbreed prize at this show before. It's a good job everyone was driving home later in the day or I think the bottles would have been out again!<br />
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Here are Vee and Wild Thing together - wouldn't they make a lovely couple!?<br />
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What an end to a great show.<br />
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Next up, we are heading across the Border to the Great Yorkshire Show - can't wait as I am really getting in to this show malarky.<br />
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See ya!Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-75330491087302756212016-05-29T21:41:00.000+01:002016-08-15T22:05:23.662+01:00Lockerbie Lamb's blog<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi - I am Lockerbie Lamb and I joined the Broomwell Ryelands team on their first show outing of the season at Lesmahagow on Saturday.<br />
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I enjoyed my day so much so I think I will cadge a ride to all the shows they are going to this season.<br />
And I have decided to take over this show blog spot as the 'manager' really hasn't been very good at updating it at all.<br />
I will, however, still allow her to put sales posts up - but I'll probably have to remind her to do that too!<br />
Weather was lovely on Saturday - in fact, for us sheep it was almost too warm in the afternoon.<br />
I think I might be a lucky mascot as the Broomwell team had a great day and brought home a most unusual championship trophy. It was won by by one of the younger members of the team, the ram lamb called Broomwell Wallander (yes, the manager likes crime fiction).<br />
Anyway this is me with the trophy and all the day's rosettes.<br />
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Oh, and here's a picture of the manager with the winner and the judge. Mrs Joanne Fisher.<br />
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I'm just glad the manager's daughter was with us, cos she was actually the one who really looked after me.<br />
This is a picture of her showing one of the team - very friendly lot these Ryeland folk.<br />
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So, next outing is Stirling, which apparently is The Scottish Ryeland Show, so until then...I'll be seeing ewe!<br />
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This was a new venue for Ryelands and Coloured Ryelands so everyone was delighted with an entry of over 70 shee!p. They came from all over Scotland and the manager, helped once again by her daughter, seemed to enjoy meeting up with friends old and new.</div>
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Everyone seemed to be having fun, especially asking someone called Eddie how his Satnav was this time and what had happened to his white coat! (Can you spot him in this picture which was taken by ace photographer Dom?)</div>
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The judge was a lady called Barbara Webster from Fife and she had a busy day.</div>
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This is just one of the classes:<br />
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And at the end of the day, she chose as her champions a Ryeland Shearling ram from Andrew Hunter Blair and a Coloured ram lamb from Dom McEwan King and they are pictured here receiving their trophies from group chairman Chris Smyth<br />
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This weekend I went on another long road trip, this time with the manager and her friend Pat. No sheep other than me made the trip, yet we did go to another sheep show. Apparently the manager was judging Coloured Ryelands at The Royal Three Counties Show but no pictures of me at this one as the manager was concentrating on the job in hand apparently! It must have been very far away, cos I was in the car a looooooooong time!</div>
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Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-60975088187414147102013-10-04T15:08:00.001+01:002019-03-16T19:47:32.351+00:00JimOk - so he's not a Ryeland - but he does live with the Broomwell Ryelands.<br />
He is Jim, an April-born Bluefaced Leicester (twin to Rosie!) who is fully registered with the Bluefaced Leicester Society. He will be heading south next year to a new home in Staffordshire.<br />
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Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-62123062594845215282011-07-26T20:16:00.003+01:002011-09-10T13:01:13.639+01:00Shows 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEO_yGC1hjhbbOjGpZQgj7WUEHk_A6QDjSjeaCqVca9yyq2-KwCb517uf9mkSw6q4Zv1Lhh9QdPrOve_tSZ96bi9ixxuHnBicVN_I8ad4_L8wirXCWEm13tGb1tE1tv2Gy8KcIP6bUlQ/s1600/RHAS11RyelandChBrydon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEO_yGC1hjhbbOjGpZQgj7WUEHk_A6QDjSjeaCqVca9yyq2-KwCb517uf9mkSw6q4Zv1Lhh9QdPrOve_tSZ96bi9ixxuHnBicVN_I8ad4_L8wirXCWEm13tGb1tE1tv2Gy8KcIP6bUlQ/s320/RHAS11RyelandChBrydon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Broomwell Johnny Depp followed up his 2010 success at the Great Yorkshire Show by taking this year's Ryeland Championship at the Royal Highland Show in June. Also taking a first prize was 'stablemate' Reivesley Sylvia, a gimmer bred by Colin Silver, Old Meldrum, who joined the Broomwell flock after the Highland Show last year.<br />
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Johnny did not go to the Great Yorkshire Show, but one of his sons, Broomwell Paton, took second prize in the ram lamb class in his first ever show.<br />
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At a very, very wet Cumberland Show, Broomwell Jennifer, who had reared triplets this year, took the reserve championship and there were first prizes too for Reivesley Sylvia and Broomwell Piper, another of Johnny's sons. Once again, Johnny elected to stay at home in his field!<br />
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At Dumfries Show on August 6, it was Sylvia that took top honours, winning the breed championship. Reivesley Sylvia was bred by Colin Silver and her sire is Carden Horatio. There were also a first prize at Dumfries for Broomwell Piper.<br />
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The last show of the season was Moffat where Reivesley Sylvia and Broomwell Nomad (Buddy to his friends) represented the Broomwell flock in the the any other breed section, both winning first prizes in the native section. The following day Buddy joined his new owners, the Henderson family from Perthshire.Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-699474775277090732010-09-14T17:17:00.000+01:002019-03-16T20:03:17.876+00:00Moffat Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our show season ended with Moffat Show on August 28 where Broomwell Johnny Depp (pictured earlier in the summer at the Great Yorkshire Show) won the AO Pure Breed championship.Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-40517749622023653962010-08-11T20:18:00.000+01:002010-08-11T20:18:28.726+01:00Dumfries ShowThe home show for the Broomwell flock is Dumfries Show which this year took place on Saturday, August 7th.<br />
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Five sheep went to the show picking up two second prizes, two thirds and one fifth.Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-76396229245264244912010-07-18T13:50:00.000+01:002010-07-18T13:50:30.400+01:00Cumberland ShowThe Cumberland Show was held at the new venue of Carlisle Racecourse on July 17th, 2010.<br />
After his triumph at the Great Yorkshire Show, Broomwell Johnny Depp was given the day off, much preferring to be at home in the field!<br />
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The ewe lamb repeated her success at the Great Yorkshire show winning her class at Carlisle as did breeding ewe Broomwell Keira who went on to made reserve champion by judge Jeannie Scott.Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-78643087392344547892010-07-18T13:39:00.000+01:002010-07-18T13:39:39.745+01:00Great Yorkshire ShowThe Great Yorkshire Show, held at Harrogate July 13 to 15 2010, was a memorable one for the Broomwell flock.<br />
Senior ram Broomwell Johnny Depp was awarded first in the senior ram class, male champion and the breed championship.<br />
There was further excitement when the Princess Royal visited the ring at the end of the judging at the ewe lamb class and stopped to chat to many of the exhibitors and judge John Donovan. We were proud to be at the top of that class with a ewe lam by Broomwell Alleluiah taking the first prize.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp9cJA-qPYeDgggCNBMfzxc9pSAlwcJtBy747ulpsx4jXKmD03J4xoNX55GfZ6Q1bFsBNnCGRfpEHTJae8XgWQM0BFwD8uQb6Nvnl5ArETjIeSARV62B8pCBgOz8HWkOawhJiVSUKz6c/s1600/Front+page+SF-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp9cJA-qPYeDgggCNBMfzxc9pSAlwcJtBy747ulpsx4jXKmD03J4xoNX55GfZ6Q1bFsBNnCGRfpEHTJae8XgWQM0BFwD8uQb6Nvnl5ArETjIeSARV62B8pCBgOz8HWkOawhJiVSUKz6c/s400/Front+page+SF-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Other prizes included second place in the shearling ram class, third in the shearling ewe, fifth in the ram lambs, sixth in the breeding ewe class and second in the group of three.Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-15200073575746389802010-07-01T15:54:00.000+01:002010-07-01T15:54:48.215+01:00Royal Highland Show 2010Six sheep from the Broomwell flock competed at the Highland Show at Ingliston. Top prize winner was Broomwell Johnny Depp who was the winner of the senior ram class. The others won a second, a third and two fifth prizes.Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640885167752204459.post-7405273301248179762010-06-03T18:00:00.001+01:002010-07-01T15:59:46.279+01:00First show of the seasonThe first show of the season for the Broomwell Ryelands was at Lesmahagow where they competed in the Downs breeds section.<br />
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Gimmer Broomwell Lorna took the championship and twin lambs by Dolwen Flapjack won first prizes in their classes. The two-shear ram, Broomwell Korky, was second in his class.Broomwell Ryelandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02648485630342248342noreply@blogger.com0