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Bridget's Winter Blog
3 Dec 2023 Sunday

Bridget's Winter Blog

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We have done an “online sale”, well more than that we have packed up half a pig and sent it to Scotland. I say grandly “we” - I had some great intel on the Royal Mail and have learned a lot about insulation  - all...

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Bridget’s Blog – Escapes and...
3 Jun 2023 Saturday

Bridget’s Blog – Escapes and...

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It was a lively start to the last Bank Holiday of May with seven Highland cows walking up the A684 at 6.30am with West Witton in their sights. Luckily, they recognised home - or the bull smelt some interesting heifers - and they trotted through a...

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Bridget’s Spring Blog – Ginger...
25 Mar 2023 Saturday

Bridget’s Spring Blog – Ginger...

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Good news and bad - all the highlands have safely delivered their five calves. But with one heifer and four bull calves, we will only have one replacement for the herd in two-years’ time. Swinithwaite Highland Herd My...

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Bridget's November Blog -...
13 Nov 2022 Sunday

Bridget's November Blog -...

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It has taken an eight-hour power cut and a gentle nudge or two to put the latest farming and family news on a screen. The power cut The plumbers took up residency in August to tear out the old and broken hundred-year-old pipes and...

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