On Friday we popped in to see our friends at the British Wool Marketing Board over at the South Molton depot. Look at all the fab woolly wool gathered from across the region… The board do an amazing job in taking in and collecting over 50 million kilos of fleece annually in the UK. They grade …
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From t’wool to t’matoes…
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We’ve a Spring in Our Step
It has been a miserable winter, wet, wet and more wet! Heartbreaking images of sheep up to their elbows in water, homes and businesses flooded and confused flowers blooming far too early. However, it’s *not* all doom and gloom! The days are lengthening – hurrah! And would you look at the light? These daffs are practically glowing! …
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Whiteface and Widecombe Fair
We’m off to Widecombe Fair on Tuesd’y next… It’s been an important date for Dartmoor folk for years – the second Tuesday of September (this year the 8th from 9am) – it was originally the main livestock event of the calendar. The earliest written account was in 1850 primarily for locally bred Whiteface Dartmoor sheep, …
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Annual Collection of Whiteface Dartmoor Wool
This is our 4th annual collection of beautiful Whiteface Dartmoor wool from our small producers across Dartmoor. It’s an opportunity to catch up with everyone, share stories and embrace all that is sheepy!! Andrew, our woolly champion, once again has offered to help us and as we take a break to munch …
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