Sheep, Knitting, and Nationalism.

Highland sheep have any number of horns, straight and crooked. They survive on poor land where regular sheep can't. These were on a small holding where we stayed. Moira was from the south of Scotland, and said her English husband is more accepted than she is, as the Southern Scots are resented for being brought in as shepherds, after the clearances 200 years ago. The adjacent croft had the Flag of Scotland flying.

 

 

Moira knits these lovely jumpers when she is not minding the sheep or the B&B.

Being a sheep isn't such hard work.

 

You even get to sit on a table while you're being clipped. Watch out for the ciggy ash though!!