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    Shearing time!

    Aug 19, 2021 3 minutes

    I IMAGINE you have an idea of what shearing sheep is like, but if you have not clipped sheep yourself you will be well wide of the mark. It is noisy, smelly, hot, and is the hardest day’s work of the year. I want to thank my shearer, Helga Sinclair, for her skilled work.

    This year she clipped 232 sheep all by herself; she took the fleece off cleanly and she didn’t

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