RANSHUMANCE—the seasonal movement of livestock—is a big deal in pastoralist cultures, I suppose because of nomadic peoples who move photogenically with their flocks and assorted tentage along ancient droving routes (). The first lambs arrived here for their winter seaside holiday last week. Our modern transport network means there is no need to walk and, as there are no wolves here (for the time being) and still a semblance of rural policing to deter rustlers, their shepherds don’t need
