Speak Out Course

A snap of some of our wonderful Welsh Black Cattle enjoying their rolled barley



It's a beautiful, no glorious, spring day. I have just walked Turk, our trainee sheep dog, up the road, our Spaniel, Lady, accompanied us, going at 100 miles an hour, as Spaniels do, with her tail wagging all the time. Turk will just about walk steadily now on a short lead, which is good because with all this icy weather I have to be careful he dosen't pull me over. it was a difficult manoever at the cattle grid when he decided today, for the first time, to try to walk down the side, so I followed gingerly balancing, and he decided to jump the last half-...... so off I went as well!

I am having a lift to Dolau station at 11.30 to catch the train, ( mindfull of my carbon footprints!)first to Shrewsbury then to Birmingham then to Oakham in Leics, near Melton Mowbray, as tomorrow I am attending the first of a two day Speak Out Course organised and funded by LEAF.
I am staying at the Stilton Cheese Pub, which apparently is renowned for it's food, - so looking forward to that.
I have been told to take along a prop which will be relevant to my farm for a farm walk, ?.................... and to take some newspaper cutttings, not from the farming press, which are relevent to environment or farming so I am going armed with all these things, a large suitcase, containg boots for a farm walk, my handbag full of essential things for a train journey, reading book, newspaper, mobile phone, oh and two bars of Thortons Cakes, new at the garage this morning - well I have to keep abreast of food markets, - don't I?