Bill Robertson

Oh I’m so glad you found that Quinn, and not just because it deflects a load of questions!

#SheepOfTheDay

Been winning a long time, has Vic!

Raisbeck Pinfold, with its Andy Goldsworthy cone, sits, as you might expect, next to Rais Beck close to Pinfold Bridge #SheepOfTheDay

Vic in his shed, keeping an eye on #SheepOfTheDay

Swaledales. Indignant about everything all the time

Job done: #SheepOfTheDay gathered and waiting to be sorted

All part of a plot to tempt you back…

I’m amazed that they just stand there quite placidly and take it!

Checking a Herdwick tup's most important attributes: test!cles, teeth and legs #SheepOfTheDay

Bobsy checking the business end of a Herdwick tup #SheepOfTheDay

Thanks Martin, beautifully put!

Men looking at sheep: Herdwick tup registration, Eskdale #SheepOfTheDay

Muker Show, Horticulture Class 199, 1 flower and 1 vegetable shown together. Both to be grown by the exhibitor. NB this class not eligible for £5 special prize for best flower exhibit

Ruth Dalton judging the AOB class at Grayrigg Show #SheepOfTheDay

Looking back through the mist to Tan Hill show last year #SheepOfTheDay

The casual demeanour of a man whose Rough Fell tups have (of course) passed inspection and who is now just waiting for the paperwork to be completed #SheepOfTheDay

and one for @lakesstiles.bsky.social - ere you go Nobby, while I dry off in the ODG

Last view of the slate quarry before it was obscured by the rain

Heading up onto Lingmoor and enjoying fleeting sunshine on t’way

Bringing the Swaledales in over the beck, Farndale #SheepOfTheDay

Mark Potter, champion mischief-maker, Patterdale Show #SheepOfTheDay

Thanks Anja! It's such a privilege to be there on days like that

Tom Postlethwaite gathering the Herdwicks in Eskdale on a grand morning to be out #SheepOfTheDay

The end of a long day of Herdwick tup inspections #SheepOfTheDay

Ian Grisedale judging at Millom & Broughton Show #SheepOfTheDay

#SheepOfTheDay

Very much my pleasure!

Couple more snapshots from a fabulous day on the fells

Sorry Quinn, didn't mean to rub it in!