Amanda Owen
THERE are lots of people like me,” says Amanda Owen, star of the documentary TV series Our Yorkshire Farm, which draws in millions of viewers each week. “I love hacking out, riding in a pair of wellies, just enjoying it. I’ve ridden a bit of side-saddle, but it’s never been my goal to do travers and renvers. I like something I can get on and go - I’m not going to spend time schooling it.”
She may be talking about her approach to riding but there are, of course, very few people like the Yorkshire Shepherdess, as Amanda is nicknamed. For those who don’t watch Our Yorkshire Farm, Amanda is the matriarch of Ravenseat Farm, wife to Clive, mother of nine, a shepherdess with 1,000 sheep to tend, 40 beef shorthorns, six dogs (sheepdogs and pet terriers) and four horses in various shapes and sizes.
The Owen brood live the sort of life many wish children could still live today.
In the middle of nowhere deep in the Yorkshire Dales, “screentime” isn’t a thing, smiling children willingly carry out their set chores and - most
