lambing update

Well everything got going last weekend, with two of the girls delivering healthy sets of twins on Friday 13th! Rosemary, who was due on friday, managed to hang on until Sunday afternoon and then required a trip to the vet in Cockermouth to get the lamb out safely - I struggle with heads that are turned backwards as there really is very little room to correctly position the lamb and keep it there for delivery. Mother and daughter are now doing fine and out in the field enjoying the beautiful spring weather and the juicy green grass.
The unscheduled delay in Rosemary's delivery foiled our plans to take the horses to do a dressage competition at Newton Rigg college near Penrith. They were both beautifully clean, Rachel had plaited their manes and tails and they were ready to be loaded onto the wagon when the lambing drama started. Fizz was not amused when he was finally put back in his stable an hour later when the trip to the vets became inevitable!
Another set of twins and a set of triplets have arrived since then and several are due this coming weekend. Unfortunately, people are saying the weather is not going to stay as nice as it is, but I guess we'll just wait and see.
Dancing Gate house is also coming on, with most of the bedroom furniture now here, several sets of curtains are now up and the beds are also all here. Bookings have started to come in, and our first week of letting is mid-May.