Saturday, March 6, 2010

Farewell Wales


Who else could be the farewell face of Wales but a sheep!


Fresh air and frosty hill tops. I may not look cold but the ground is frozen solid!!!

After a week of amazing Welsh weather, hospitality countryside we now move on to Washington DC.


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No singing in the valleys....just ice


Nuffield Wales threw us a farewell dinner in this "small country house" Now owned by the Uni it once housed an extensive art collection. Gregynog Hall, Tregynon, Newtown




Frosty morn at John & Sarah Yeomans (Nuff Sch), Llwyn y Brain
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Friday, March 5, 2010


Another aspect of sheep. Rowan, Dave, Ian, Balls & John Yeomans
Now thats a harvestore.


Big Welsh dairy cows


Spectacular countryside on the English boarder
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Wales Supermarkets & Fish


Somewhere in the distance is Mt Snowdon, "On a good day this is one of the be views in Wales"


Next stop the BIG BOYS. 36% of the UK supermarket trade.


Finally some fish for Marty


Newtown's new Tesco only a baby at 7 days old
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Thursday, March 4, 2010

More Sheep-Well I guess it is Wales




Rams at Innovis – breeding technologies, a Nuffield scholar working to improve the Welsh Sheep flock.
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Sheep Sheep Dead and Alive


After a morning at the Dunbia Abattoir, Llanybydder we got to see the other end of the opperation.


Dolaucothi Estate Lamb, ewes just about to drop lambs. Very impressive lamb marketing program.

Want a farm stay in a Welsh Valley? Looks good to me.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

First stop a Dairy!!

Forty hrs since the last sleep we arrived at our first visit, an Organic dairy at Chepsworth in England on the Wales boarder.

I'm not sure if Ian aka "Kiwi" thought these english cows were on the nose.
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