Sheep causing problems
Aug. 18th, 2024 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heleninwalesI did get plenty of exercise yesterday because I mowed all the grass at the front of the house, but as it was fine this morning, I thought I'd walk part way to M's house for the Quaker meeting.
I drove round the by-pass to the old road (now a dead end at the old stone bridge) and parked in the little car park. I then walked up what we call the Golf Path and over the top of the hill to where the meeting is held.
Sheep problem 1a: Where I took this photo a few weeks ago, there was a small group of young sheep by the fence. One had its head through the sheep netting. I looked at it. The group were bleating, as though calling to the sheep in the field on the other side of the path and I wondered if the one with its head through the fence was stuck. However, sheep do put their heads through fences to eat the grass on the other side and I didn't want to be late for meeting, so I walked on by.
33/52 for the group 2024 Weekly Alphabet Challenge
This week's theme was: G is for Grasses
I passed this grassy field which I thought would do for the weekly photo.
Sheep problem 2: As I came over the top of the hill and started walking down the road towards the turning that leads to M's house, I was confronted by a group of five sheep walking up the hill towards me. It looked as though the had been heading down into town, then thought better of it and turned back. I didn't want to turn them again and send them back down towards the main road and I could see the entrance to a garden to my right. I thought that if I could slip in there, the sheep could go past me up the hill. Unfortunately, the sheep had the same idea and could run faster than I could, so they ran into the garden.
Feeling a little guilty that I had inadvertently herded a bunch of sheep into someone's garden, I continued to meeting. There were five of us and it was peaceful though time seemed to run slowly today. Perhaps because I was tired? Anyway, we had cups of tea and homemade cookies and caught up with one another's news.
A gate near M's house.
After meeting, heading back the way I'd come, I found the sheep were still in the garden and were busy nibbling the shrubs and plants as well as the grass. As the house seemed to be empty, I did briefly slip in through the gate and attempted to herd the sheep out, but only succeeded in moving them from one part of the garden to another. I gave up and left them to it. To be honest, even if I'd got them out, I had no idea where they'd come from and, even if I did know, I wouldn't have been able to herd them back on my own past various other open gates leading to succulent gardens.
Sheep problem 1b: Heading back down the footpath I discovered that the young sheep still had its head through the fence, so was definitely stuck. Fortunately I could just reach to put my hand on the top of its head and, after a bit of maneuvering, by pressing down and twisting slightly, the sheep suddenly found it could pull its head free. (Of course it had been trying to free itself by pulling straight back.) It gave a little bleat as it trotted off and I hope it was saying "Thank you!" in sheep.
I drove round the by-pass to the old road (now a dead end at the old stone bridge) and parked in the little car park. I then walked up what we call the Golf Path and over the top of the hill to where the meeting is held.
Sheep problem 1a: Where I took this photo a few weeks ago, there was a small group of young sheep by the fence. One had its head through the sheep netting. I looked at it. The group were bleating, as though calling to the sheep in the field on the other side of the path and I wondered if the one with its head through the fence was stuck. However, sheep do put their heads through fences to eat the grass on the other side and I didn't want to be late for meeting, so I walked on by.
33/52 for the group 2024 Weekly Alphabet Challenge
This week's theme was: G is for Grasses
I passed this grassy field which I thought would do for the weekly photo.
Sheep problem 2: As I came over the top of the hill and started walking down the road towards the turning that leads to M's house, I was confronted by a group of five sheep walking up the hill towards me. It looked as though the had been heading down into town, then thought better of it and turned back. I didn't want to turn them again and send them back down towards the main road and I could see the entrance to a garden to my right. I thought that if I could slip in there, the sheep could go past me up the hill. Unfortunately, the sheep had the same idea and could run faster than I could, so they ran into the garden.
Feeling a little guilty that I had inadvertently herded a bunch of sheep into someone's garden, I continued to meeting. There were five of us and it was peaceful though time seemed to run slowly today. Perhaps because I was tired? Anyway, we had cups of tea and homemade cookies and caught up with one another's news.
A gate near M's house.
After meeting, heading back the way I'd come, I found the sheep were still in the garden and were busy nibbling the shrubs and plants as well as the grass. As the house seemed to be empty, I did briefly slip in through the gate and attempted to herd the sheep out, but only succeeded in moving them from one part of the garden to another. I gave up and left them to it. To be honest, even if I'd got them out, I had no idea where they'd come from and, even if I did know, I wouldn't have been able to herd them back on my own past various other open gates leading to succulent gardens.
Sheep problem 1b: Heading back down the footpath I discovered that the young sheep still had its head through the fence, so was definitely stuck. Fortunately I could just reach to put my hand on the top of its head and, after a bit of maneuvering, by pressing down and twisting slightly, the sheep suddenly found it could pull its head free. (Of course it had been trying to free itself by pulling straight back.) It gave a little bleat as it trotted off and I hope it was saying "Thank you!" in sheep.
