Auldwife’s Weblog – Tatties o’er the side

So much for spring ! Todays weather has been a bit of a sharp return to a winters evening.

The day started at 5am, got up to the rain pouring down. Got 9 batches of wild leavened bread started & left them for a cool slow first rise & headed off out to feed everyone & discovered 2 ewes going to lamb today. At this point I was thinking, rains ok, its supposed to clear just after lunch. First set of twins born at lunchtime, true enough, out came the sun so no need to worry about them.

After dinner tonight I headed off out on another day of hill lambing rota, this time Area2, up around the air strip & ward hill, normally a lovely walk, but by this time it was starting to blow up a gale with the offer of sleet among it. Got up to the bottom of ward hill & opted to stay at mid & lower levels, far to windy & wrong wind direction to climbing up over the hill & do the high area’s, had a lovely walk despite the wind, refreshing… Found quite a few sets of coloured twins, then headed back down to check on the other ewe that still had to lamb & do the evening feeding run.

Grey ewe had produced a healthy, but slightly on the small side set of twins but she wasnt really in the best place the field had to offer for lea from the wind, so picked up twins & walked mum over to the lea on the wall, they’ll all be fine & happy tucked in the corner there.

The last batch of bread is now slowly baking in the oven, the cookies I made at lunch time went down well with afternoon fly & i’ve an order for 9 doz eggs all packed, stamped & ready to deliver tomorrow.