tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post6313675890557862916..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: The Sheep Trade.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-52542633517442989272008-03-26T17:39:00.000+01:002008-03-26T17:39:00.000+01:00I'm bloody hungry nowI'm bloody hungry nowBennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060185317575781641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-76568923933554125222008-03-24T20:29:00.000+01:002008-03-24T20:29:00.000+01:00Tales from the Sheep DipI got lost on my first car...Tales from the Sheep Dip<BR/><BR/>I got lost on my first car trip to Bath University. Figuring "I must be close"; I stopped and asked a man standing outside a house like he was scouting out and contemplating a break-in. The man listened to my question; seeing my earnest expression and sensing my growing despair (pre-sat-nav era), the man yelled, "I don't know where Bath is, never heard of the place. My face dropped, and then the man added, “BUT Baaaaattttthhhhhh is that way". <BR/><BR/>The man seemed to be hiding a laugh as he waved his large bloody maggot infested hand in the direction I was traveling. So I set off not knowing what my future held in the city of Baaaaattttthhhhhh. Even the sheep around Baaaaattttthhhhhh, Baaaaattttthhhhhh.Dr. Christopher Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066490027824527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-47359638621880160892008-03-24T20:28:00.000+01:002008-03-24T20:28:00.000+01:00Farmer Glyn stops his landrover, and winds down th...Farmer Glyn stops his landrover, and winds down the window to say "Hello" to the local vicar. In the back of his landrover is one of his breeding rams, which the vet has just diagnosed as impotent.<BR/><BR/>"Nice weather", says the Vicar.<BR/><BR/>"He will be when I get him home" says Farmer Glyn.<BR/><BR/>Note for townies - A wether is a castrated male sheep, over one year old. Some farmers keep one or two back for mutton.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-7069568917551847422008-03-24T19:49:00.000+01:002008-03-24T19:49:00.000+01:00That Glyn's been naughty again.Jenny Willott said:...That Glyn's been naughty again.<BR/><BR/>Jenny Willott said: <BR/><BR/>"He's been a baa'ad, baa'ad, boy and he mutton do it again."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-7178424648744154742008-03-24T18:30:00.000+01:002008-03-24T18:30:00.000+01:00sheep talk - ah well mutton grumblesheep talk - ah well mutton grumbleganesh familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417457977840628649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-85437222612552638242008-03-24T16:14:00.000+01:002008-03-24T16:14:00.000+01:00Chris - No idea. Now if you're asking about Lambit...Chris - No idea. Now if you're asking about Lambit, theer's a surprisingly good trade at the moment.<BR/><BR/>Frank - Don't think so. The problem with mutton, is that no-one has been eating it for years. It went out of fashion. Clearly its expensive to produce from clean sheep, because the sheep have to be kept for longer - unless its ewes that have bred. In which case there isn't the demand, except for Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi food. Prince Charles has been trying to support the mutton market, which is well suited to extensive farming.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-84740080696222372752008-03-24T15:32:00.000+01:002008-03-24T15:32:00.000+01:00with the arrival in the UK of people from the Indi...<I> with the arrival in the UK of people from the Indian sub-continent</I><BR/>Does this account for the difficulty in obtaining mutton, whose flavour I prefer to that of younger meat? I know of at least one organic farm which sells it direct via the Web, but the environmentally-unfriendly packaging and food miles involved have caused me to stop ordering from them.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-11867746071050276252008-03-24T14:41:00.000+01:002008-03-24T14:41:00.000+01:00You know what i think i learned more about farming...You know what i think i learned more about farming in this post than i have about politics in all your other posts! (put tongue firmly in mouth!)<BR/><BR/>Haha, in all serious i am far more wiser about the terminology of farming, so cheers.Southpaw Grammarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195993493927781388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-32945081664554276912008-03-24T14:14:00.000+01:002008-03-24T14:14:00.000+01:00Fascinating numbers game Glyn. How many pounds un...Fascinating numbers game Glyn. How many pounds under we would get as found for Lembit?Dr. Christopher Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066490027824527304noreply@blogger.com