Lovely morning, hopefully we’ll have a few more winter days like this 😊

Took the ponies out today for a quiet walk on the lanes 😊

Another trip to cousin Emmie’s to check on the cattle 🐄

Our friend Isabelle is now stabled with us, her horse Ibbie is a Dutch warmblood, 15.2 and 11 years of age, she looks stunning!

We’ve just homed 8 Herdwicks! There’s 7 ewes and 1 tup, so hopefully we’ll be lambing in spring 😊

We took Paris and Apache to the gallops today, first time Apache has been!

Harvest time… we have got a rather large volume of apples, plums, pears and berries so it’s been a day of filling boxes, pulping and then using a traditional press to juice extract. Today’s science experiment is simple … what happens when to add yeast to 50 litres of apple juice and leave it to…

We had a super day at Thompson House, Cora and Elsie both rode Apache who was amazing, getting 3rd and 6th. The dogs won in the dog show and Flick took 2nd with dad riding 😊

The chicks are old enough now to go outside, we’ve made them a separate coop near the house, so they’re not bullied by the other 10 chickens in the woods. Chicken Jockey, Sydney and Cookie seem quite happy wandering about and having some freedom, I think perhaps these 3 will be more ‘pets’ than ‘egg…

Took the goats for a walk and the ponies for a canter today 👍