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We started our small flock of Soay sheep by accident one year around 20 years ago when we rescued them from a friend who was moving to another part of the country and couldn’t take them with him. We needed a lawnmower for our paddocks so it seemed like a good idea at the time. The brief was “If you can catch them, you can have them.” – not easy when they were feral and roaming a 10 acre field but ...

Carpenters’ Barn sits in the grounds of Garth House in Pillerton Hersey and although smaller than the main dwelling probably enjoyed greater status in its heyday. The village was governed since Domesday times by the Manor, which still lies at the end of the driveway adjacent to ours, the one with the metal gate and tree-lined avenue. (Our drive is more humble, I doubt if the wooden 5 bar gate at t...