European Gardening: Would I be...........?, 1 by Terri1948

Terri1948 wrote:
This is a picture of two of the Swaledale sheep who keep the village greens and roadsides shorn. They roam the moors picking greenery where they can find it and sheltering wherever they can get when the weather turns mean (and it happens quickly out on the moors). They're a very hardy breed of sheep, perhaps not the prettiest but they certainly deserve a place in our hearts simply because of the conditions they endure. There have been sheep roaming the moors for centuries and it's only during recent years that they've been threatened, by rustlers and by the sheer speed with which the motor vehicles cross the moors. It's a terrible thing to drive over during the Spring months and see the dead lambs lying beside the roads. It's certainly a sign of the times. I heard one sheep farmer telling a newscaster that before long the moors will have no sheep roaming and will become a dumping ground. He could well be right if things continue in the same vein.