Poor Little Lorca!
Kym and James relax after a tough 3 days!
How wrong can one be! The shearing went like a dream and although we are still not keen on the shearing process, after the horrors of last year, this years experience was almost a pleasure.
Nigel and Ginny had invited over Kym and James Dixon, a young shearing couple from the UK, who due to their expertise and professionalism sailed through the shearing of all the alpacas in three days with time to spare!
In truth they had completed the majority of the 48 alpacas in the first day, so it made the shearing at the other two venues at Gaucin and Cordoba a walk in the park!
Whilst they work the summer months in the UK, they are both Australian from the city of Wollongong. They were a charming couple, who have only been married for just four years and have only been working together on the shearing circuit for less than 6 months! They are a fantastic team and we are delighted that they have agreed to come back again next year, to everyone’s peace of mind.
We had planned to travel to Gaucin for the shearing there, but unfortunately, Martina was acting very peculiarly after she had been sheared and had segregated herself from the rest of the herd. As she was 10 months into her pregnancy and obviously stressed by the shearing, we decided to stay and watch over her for the day. You’ll be pleased to know that she has now fully recovered from the ordeal and is back to her normal self. We now have the anxious wait for the birth of our second cria, which if all goes to plan, should be early in July!
We did join the shearers on the trip to Cordoba to shear Alan and Lorna’s two alpacas ‘Black Dancer’ and ‘Cassandra’ and what a great day we had.
It was good to see Alan and Lorna’s fantastic new house, which they are in the process of restoring. It’s absolutely full of character and it is going to look amazing once it is finished.
They laid on a superb barbecue lunch, which was the perfect way to finish this year’s shearing! Alan’s homemade burgers were delicious!
As you can see from the photographs, the alpacas due look very strange after they have been sheared! They all resemble ‘ET’
Nigel and Ginny had invited over Kym and James Dixon, a young shearing couple from the UK, who due to their expertise and professionalism sailed through the shearing of all the alpacas in three days with time to spare!
In truth they had completed the majority of the 48 alpacas in the first day, so it made the shearing at the other two venues at Gaucin and Cordoba a walk in the park!
Whilst they work the summer months in the UK, they are both Australian from the city of Wollongong. They were a charming couple, who have only been married for just four years and have only been working together on the shearing circuit for less than 6 months! They are a fantastic team and we are delighted that they have agreed to come back again next year, to everyone’s peace of mind.
We had planned to travel to Gaucin for the shearing there, but unfortunately, Martina was acting very peculiarly after she had been sheared and had segregated herself from the rest of the herd. As she was 10 months into her pregnancy and obviously stressed by the shearing, we decided to stay and watch over her for the day. You’ll be pleased to know that she has now fully recovered from the ordeal and is back to her normal self. We now have the anxious wait for the birth of our second cria, which if all goes to plan, should be early in July!
We did join the shearers on the trip to Cordoba to shear Alan and Lorna’s two alpacas ‘Black Dancer’ and ‘Cassandra’ and what a great day we had.
It was good to see Alan and Lorna’s fantastic new house, which they are in the process of restoring. It’s absolutely full of character and it is going to look amazing once it is finished.
They laid on a superb barbecue lunch, which was the perfect way to finish this year’s shearing! Alan’s homemade burgers were delicious!
As you can see from the photographs, the alpacas due look very strange after they have been sheared! They all resemble ‘ET’
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