Want some of these? Come to Broughton yow sale tomorrow... #SheepOfTheDay

No Wasdale Head shepherds meet yesterday, sadly, so here's Paul & Craig Naylor with their champion last year #SheepOfTheDay

Wasdale Head shepherds meet cancelled in today's bad weather, so here's a couple from the Duddon valley on the way home. No #SheepOfTheDay 😢

Wasdale Head shepherds meet tomorrow. Can't promise the same weather as last year though #SheepOfTheDay

Tony Temple judging the old tups at Broughton mart #SheepOfTheDay

"In you go, lad." Another of Anthony Hartley's tups entering the sale ring at Broughton mart #SheepOfTheDay

Trying to catch a glimpse of #SheepOfTheDay at Broughton tup sale

Richard Ellwood with his owd tup, Broughton mart #SheepOfTheDay

Tony Temple and Laura Ward judging at Broughton tup sale t'other day #SheepOfTheDay

Arnold Lancaster admiring his yow, female champion at Eskdale Show #SheepOfTheDay

Arnold Lancaster taking no nonsense from the auctioneer at Broughton mart #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Cameron Bland, first prize Young Herdwick Breeder at Eskdale Show. Cam was so surprised, he let go of his sheep and it ran off - which should really have disqualified him from the award... #SheepOfTheDay

Joe Weir with the champion at Broughton tup sale yesterday, which sold for 3,000 gns #SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Joe Weir, champion at Broughton tup sale today with his shearling. Graham Lightfoot's 2-shear was reserve; Richard Ellwood had the best owd tup #SheepOfTheDay

"I don't care how you get here / Just get here if you can"
It's Broughton tup sale tomorrow, huge day in the Herdwick calendar #SheepOfTheDay

Thanks to @herdyuk.bsky.social for sponsoring the Herdwick World Championship yesterday at Eskdale Show. Congratulations too to Arnold Lancaster, his yow was female champion, and to Roger Brown, who seemed somewhat surprised to win the local championship
#SheepOfTheDay

Congratulations to Joe Weir and David Harrison, joint owners of the new World Champion Herdwick as decided at Eskdale Show today #SheepOfTheDay

Eskdale Show tomorrow - come and see the crowning of the new World Champion Herdwick #SheepOfTheDay

Edward's Rough Fell tups on their way to registration #SheepOfTheDay

It's also Rough Fell tup registration time, so the best of times twice over #SheepOfTheDay