Category Archives: Farming

Back to Abnormality!

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Francis Pryor

It’s Sunday morning and for the first time in many weeks I’m not sitting down to write the last few chapters of my new book. Because they’re finished! Last night to celebrate we opened a bottle of Champagne which we … Continue reading →

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Back to Nature – Again!

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Francis Pryor

We are living through very strange times. Laying aside the political melt-down which has become part of everyday life in Britain, we also seem to have taken our eye off the climate change problem – what in the 1970s we … Continue reading →

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Hello to All This…

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Francis Pryor

And what do we start with? Why, sheep of course! I know what I said in my last blog post, but this is what we in Britain once used to be very good at, namely, compromise. I contacted two neighbouring … Continue reading →

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Good-bye to All That

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Francis Pryor

There are times when you have to pause and take stock. A year ago I had my prostate removed and six months before that I’d had a hip joint replaced. I guess it was Mother Nature’s way of telling me … Continue reading →

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Flaming June

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Francis Pryor

I know we English endlessly drone on about the weather, but sometimes it’s justified – and this year it most certainly is. I’ve just checked the farm diary and so far we’ve only had one millimetre of rain in June, … Continue reading →

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A Very Damp Lambing

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Francis Pryor

Breaking News! I have just received a letter from Mr. Tev ’Aho, who carried out the HoLEP procedure on my prostate. As I mentioned in my recent blog post, the material that was removed was subjected to a detailed inspection … Continue reading →

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Lambing’s Nearly Finished…

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Francis Pryor

I’m writing this on Tuesday, April 11th and we’re approaching the final week of lambing. Easter, late this year, is next weekend and we are down to just four ewes who haven’t yet lambed – and one of them, I’m … Continue reading →

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Freedom! Ewes and Lambs Released

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Francis Pryor

This is a very brief blog post to celebrate the release of the first batch of ewes and their lambs out of the barn and onto the lush green pasture of early April. It’s always a joyous (and yes, that’s … Continue reading →

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Katie, lambs and human frailty

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Francis Pryor

Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond…? I had to Google the names our weather forecasters have given the succession of storms that have lashed the British Isles this winter. We’ve just experienced storm Katie, which the Daily Mirror predicted would be an … Continue reading →

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Lambing, 2015: no two years are ever the same

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Francis Pryor

I’ll discuss the actual lambs and their mothers shortly, but I want to start with what you might think is a digression, but is nothing of the sort. In fact I sometimes think it’s the main reason I like to … Continue reading →

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