This post probably isn't for you if you are a strict vegan! I’m most definitely a meat eater. I know there are a lot of good arguments for and against eating meat, I’m afraid I love the taste just too much to contemplate giving it up. My Mum is a strict vegetarian and has been since she was fifteen, so we’re used to veggie food although she did cook meat for us, but she eats dairy and wears leather.
Up
until about 2 years ago my parents had a couple of sheepskin rugs in their
house. One on the floor in front of the television and from childhood right up
until they gave them away, I use to lie on it when watching TV. Here’s a good
old 80’s photo (hence the poor quality) of my brother and me doing just that!
My
boss, Pete, keeps sheep on his small holding for breeding and to sell the meat.
They are all the same breed, Lleyn which originated in the Lleyn Peninsula in
North Wales. http://www.lleynsheep.com/ He sells the ewes for breeding and
the males (wethers) for meat when they are old enough. Until then he gives them
everything they could want on his orchard/farm in North Somerset overlooking
the Avon Valley. Here's a picture of me helping to feed some of the ewes:
Last year I went over to his during lambing season just in
time to see twins being born. Unfortunately the first did not come out
smoothly, it took over an hour and was quite traumatic but the second popped
straight out no problem. They were both fine and healthy though. This is a
picture of the first lamb:
