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Hill Cheviot on a 10% gradient
Sheep on the roads are a feature of the Highlands, where they are allowed to roam free for much of the time.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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One man and his 4 dogs
Allan Mackay gathering sheep in the east shore of Loch Hope. His four dogs work as a team to get the sheep first into the pen, then into the trailer.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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One man and his 4 dogs
Allan Mackay gathering sheep in the east shore of Loch Hope. His four dogs work as a team to get the sheep first into the pen, then into the trailer.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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One man and his 4 dogs
Allan Mackay gathering sheep in the east shore of Loch Hope. His four dogs work as a team to get the sheep first into the pen, then into the trailer.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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One man and his 4 dogs
Allan Mackay gathering sheep in the east shore of Loch Hope. His four dogs work as a team to get the sheep first into the pen, then into the trailer.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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One man and his 4 dogs
Allan Mackay gathering sheep in the east shore of Loch Hope. His four dogs work as a team to get the sheep first into the pen, then into the trailer.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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Highland cow near Loch Hope
The Highland Cow has not been a commercial proposition for some years in the Highlands - but alternating the grazing with sheep improves the ground and (at least in theory) justifies their maintenance. About 15 of them live on the Hope Farm.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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Farm buildinngs at Melness
The Melness Farm buildings look out over the Kyle of Tongue, with Ben Loyal in the background. There has been a sheep farm here since the 18th Century.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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Farm buildinngs at Melness
The stone-built sheep buildings, with their fanks behind them, are being refurbished. The Hill Cheviot is an essential ingredient of the national flock - and the Melness sheep are famous for their hardiness.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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Farm buildinngs at Melness
The stone-built sheep buildings, with their fanks behind them, are being refurbished. The Hill Cheviot is an essential ingredient of the national flock - and the Melness sheep are famous for their hardiness.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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The sheep fanks at Melness Farm
"Fanks" is the Highland term for sheep enclosures. These stone-walled fanks, behind the Melness Farm buildings, have been in use since the 18th Century.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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Sheep shearing at Melness Farm
Allan Mackay and his assistant Gordon Macintosh sheared over 1,500 sheep during September 2009.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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Sheep shearing at Melness Farm
Allan Mackay and his assistant Gordon Macintosh sheared over 1,500 sheep during September 2009.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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The sheep sales at Lairg
For a few days each year, the small village of Lairg becomes the largest livestock market in Europe, as buyers flock to this specialist Hill Cheviot event.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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The sheep sales at Lairg
For a few days each year, the small village of Lairg becomes the largest livestock market in Europe, as buyers flock to this specialist Hill Cheviot event.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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The sheep sales at Lairg
For a few days each year, the small village of Lairg becomes the largest livestock market in Europe, as buyers flock to this specialist Hill Cheviot event.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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The sheep sales at Lairg
For a few days each year, the small village of Lairg becomes the largest livestock market in Europe, as buyers flock to this specialist Hill Cheviot event.
Photo by Nick Boileau. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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The sheep sales at Lairg
For a few days each year, the small village of Lairg becomes the largest livestock market in Europe, as buyers flock to this specialist Hill Cheviot event.
Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
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The sheep sales at Lairg
For a few days each year, the small village of Lairg becomes the largest livestock market in Europe, as buyers flock to this specialist Hill Cheviot event.
Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com
89740812JM016_FARMERS_GATHE.jpg
The sheep sales at Lairg
For a few days each year, the small village of Lairg becomes the largest livestock market in Europe, as buyers flock to this specialist Hill Cheviot event.
Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images. For reuse enquiries, please email LochHope@aol.com