A sharp Learning Curve!

 

This last weekend must surely be worthy of an entry in the record books  - even the annals of history!  No it’s not that we have had multiple alpaca births here – we are still waiting for more births.  No our pigs haven’t given birth either – well they wouldn’t would they as they are both boys! No the amazing news is that during this weekend when the English cricketers beat the Aussies to  gain  a 2 – 0 lead in the Ashes series, I actually learnt what the terms “a follow on” and “a night watchman” mean in cricket parlance.  What is more, as a result of my baking exploits for Wall Village Fete which took place last Saturday, Mike also learned the meaning of that well known culinary term “a traybake”!!!

 

Yes, it was the village fete last Saturday and we took Maximus and Octavian down for a stroll around amongst the crowds.  Fortunately, they were a lot better behaved than Hector was years ago when he tried to eat the garden produce and plants on the plant stall.

 I think that this scorching weather is actually delaying our alpaca births.  Alpacas so often put their pregnancies on hold if the weather is bad, but I’m beginning to think that they will do the same if the weather is really hot, as it has been recently.  I’ve decided that against all the evidence in previous years, global warming is definitely here in Northumberland.

We had a few more matings to catch up with this evening and it was a good opportunity to check out all the girls.  Some of whom looked as if they were ready to go to a music festival given the amount of greenery adorning their top knots!