Hi everyone. Thank you very much for stopping to read this post.
Back in 1997 I bought my very first two Border Leicester ewe lambs from an auction market in Scotland. I originally bought them to keep the grass down in our paddocks.
I had fallen in love with them at first sight. Their noble roman noses and long ears just clicked with me. It wasn't too much later when I added to my two little lambs, Martha and Minnie, named after Coronation Street characters. Mavis, Maud, Natalie and Raquel soon  came home with me to North Yorkshire. A big brave proud ram followed soon after, called Dennis and he liked his ladies.
Soon my little flock of Borders grew and grew. At that time there was a market place for breeding Border Leicesters and people respected the sheep as crossing sires. I had found out by this time that I could not bear to send any off for slaughter, so all the ladies and the boys who couldn't find a home, stayed at home.

The fleece grown by the sheep were awesome and we showed them all over the country, winning Championships as we went.
I discovered there was a market for the fleeces with hand spinners all over the world. This was how the sheep started to pay for their upkeep. I was working full time at that time, back in 2001, but got breast cancer and the company I worked for couldnt get rid of me fast enough, moving me from, one department to another, to finally get me out.
The only things that kept me going were the sheep. They are like large adorable dogs, full of personality, who come to call.


Once I left the company I took all the compensation I was given and bought a truck to pull my small trailer around, moving sheep from field to field, moving hay, straw and sheep feed around.
We now have 300+ Border Leicesters, which include 74 OAPs, who have their own fields and the own barns to come into in Winter. The breed itself is declining rapidly as these sheep are just no longer popular and we have the largest flock in the UK
The sheep do have big mouths and appetites and three years ago, I decided to get some wool processed from their fabulous fibre  and sell it on line and at shows. We have been building the  yarn brand slowly and steadily and now it sells all over the world.
Unfortunately at the moment, that's just not enough to cover all the bills, feed, vets, straw and hay. In May, the truck which is 12 years old, started to break down all the time, and despite paying many large bills at the dealers, it died a death a month ago, leaving us with no chance of it being repaired and nothing to do its job, of bringing sheep home from far away fields or generally moving them. We also can't move feedstuffs.
The weather here is awful and we are flooded and our fields are waterlogged. More bad weather is forcast soon.
There is nothing left to buy a new truck  which is absolutely necessary to look after these wonderful animals. I no longer work, apart from look after my sheep and receive only a pension from the state.

Please, please, can you find it within your hearts to help these beautiful animals by helping us fund a truck as quickly as possible? Your help will mean I can look after them in the way they need looking after.
Thank you.