Tampering with Gates

This past week we finished demolishing the last of the fencing and cut a path through an area of trees along the perimeter of the new fence line. We learnt how to hang a perfectly perpendicular gate despite very uneven ground! Yesterday we dagged and wormed the wethers on the common, and 'sheared' some of the scraggy Hebrideans. They had lost some wool naturally, and so we plucked the rest of their loose wool; a practice called sheep 'pulling'. Tonight we are trapping at Moorend common for National Moth Night and I am taking along the bat detector. Fingers crossed we get some good moths! Tomorrow I am going to set some more craneflies and go for a wander in the local area. We have a busy and exciting week ahead; surveying, fencing, drafting, shearing, and the chicks and calves are due!