About 20 years ago we spent a week in the hamlet of Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire. We rented a house, Duncan and Stephen rented a car and we spent several days exploring Yorkshire. We visited the Wensleydale Creamery. Between the parking area and the visitors center we walked across a meadow with a small herd of sheep. It was my first encounter with our fluffy and fleecy friends. These sheep were used to seeing hundreds of people each day, and were very tame and friendly. They welcomed a nice scratch on the back of the neck. Growing up in the United States sheep were a very rare sight, I had never been near one before. I found them to be gentle, and fluffy.
I remember riding the train from Dublin to Galway in Ireland, everytime we passed a flock of sheep, I would go "bahh!" The older women sitting in the row in front of me, probably to this day thinks she was sitting in front of someone who had just been released from a mental hospital. Bahh!
We have a large collection of house sheep. They are quiet and easy to take care of, the perfect inanimate house pets and they get along perfectly with the flock of house penguins.
When you visit, feel free to give them a nice hug. Enjoy the fluffy, fleecy, Funky Friday.
You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it would make things easier to explain.
I like sheep but I've never been up close and personal with one. Oh, that sounds bad. I mean I've never really had anything to do with sheep. Lambs bouncing around can be funny.
ReplyDeleteSheep can be sweet.
DeleteI can think of one more "f" word which the residents of Pateley Bridge will be venting when they see that you have described their town of 2,210 citizens as a "hamlet". I guess you are looking a little sheepish now David!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have and are unfamiliar with, your hamlet, village, town, etc, distinctions. We use the words, but they don't carry any particular significance.
DeleteLiving in a small town of 5,455,000 is was a tiny town.
DeleteA hamlet is a very small settlement of maybe no more than half a dozen houses with no community facilities such as a shop, a school or most importantly in England at least - a church. The population of a hamlet will always be far less than one hundred.
DeleteSweet and fluffy photos. I love sheep, especially those used to human interactions. And YOUR sheep don’t ever smell funky.
ReplyDeleteThe joys of house sheep, they are so clean
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ReplyDeleteBahhhhhhhh!
DeleteI love the idea of you saying 'Baaaa' on the train; I imagine the people around you were quite taken aback!
ReplyDeleteAnd I like the crazy, personally. Those are my people.
You don't have to be crazy, but it could help.
DeleteSheep are rare in Canada too. But man, they're everywhere in Britain!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to a long train ride in early May.
DeleteThis post put a huge smile on my face.
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DeleteI guess I can't think of much to say about sheep but sounds like you enjoyed your trip!
ReplyDeleteThanks,
DeleteWhat a fun Friday post!
ReplyDeleteSo soft and cuddly.
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