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31/07/2026

Following on from the weekend’s interbreed pairs win at Leek, Robyn and Rapunzel were top of the shop again, winning the continental pairs followed by the overall championship at Nantwich.

Nantwich show always has plaques- something to adorn the boot room walls with.
This one is dinner plate size, and the usual tack nails will need to be upgraded
Next stop Ashover.

28/07/2026

27/07/2026

Nope. Not me. I was just sitting here chewing my cud, minding my own business and it fell down.

15/07/2026

As the baby heifer, Popcorn had a bit of a wait for her first calf, which arrived at the end of May. Welcome to Trailblazer, Navarone’s latest addition to the bull-heavy calf list. He’s a little cross to have been allocated to the heifer field, but doesn’t appear to be suffering too badly.

09/05/2026

Whilst Treacle is used to being weighed and tied up, this walking-around-the-yard thing is a completely new experience. She is not entirely sure she is happy with it, and decided to sit for a while until a discussion on the finer details was had.

After negotiations, it was agreed that she would stand up and walk back to the safety of the others. It was not agreed she would do this in a ladylike way, neither was it agreed she would do it again next week.

And no amount of kissing will change her mind.

05/05/2026

Popcorn is three weeks off her very first calving, and is pretty hacked off. She has the following queries, and would appreciate it if someone could provide some answers with all due haste.

Firstly, why is everyone else outside eating grass, and she is left in with only Navarone for company? He has terrible eating habits and snores. And he keeps looking at her.

Secondly, why did no one discuss the whole pregnancy thing in more detail? While she appreciates that her ‘get it here’ sign was certainly flashing, the consequences were not made clear. No one advised that getting up off the floor (or back down) would be nearly impossible or being comfortable would be out of the shed window for weeks. Or that her - let’s face it- glorious - shape would be replaced with a barrel. Her bump has its own postcode.

And what does ‘do you think it might be triplets’ mean? Because she’s heard it so many times in the past few weeks.

24/04/2026

Navarone out for a run in the sunshine.

14/04/2026

Show heifers Rapunzel and Robyn wondering why they are not running round the Big Field like all the others.