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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 5h

Richard Ellwood with his owd tup, Broughton mart #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's that time of year again: Herdwick tup registration time. The best of times #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Make them stand out? Yeah, we can do that #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

After marking it's bath time for #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Jonny and Nathan Bland marking Herdwick yows in Borrowdale. "We want the shearlings to be easy to spot so they don't get tupped by mistake" #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Craig bringing a few yows in to Nook Farm, Borrowdale, late in the day #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Another view of #SheepOfTheDay heading down Sourmilk Gill to Seathwaite Farm

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Gathering the Herdwicks off Base Brown and taking them down to Seathwaite Farm #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Herdwicks being Herdwicks, while the Ryelands stand patiently in line waiting to be led to the judge one by one #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Rob Steadman judging the Rough Fells and Kevin Wrathall judging the Herdwicks @WcaShow yesterday, thanks to both. #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Tup inspection time for the Herdwicks #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You can't show Dutch Spotted sheep unless you're wearing Dutch Spotted socks, rules are rules #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There's always time to debate the finer points of a Herdwick tup, whatever the weather #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Rough Fell sheep leaving Kentmere Show as the storm begins to clear #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Isaac Benson choosing the champion Herdwick at Kentmere, just as the thunder began #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Rough Fells got the worst of the weather at Kentmere Show on Sunday cos there were so many of them. Everyone else had finished judging by the time the rain arrived #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Last of the sun on Kentmere Show, just before the show started and the cloud closed in #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Coaching young Isaac in the art of sheep-showing. A story in four parts: aim big, but start small #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Congratulations to Adam Wear, overall champion at the always-lovely Matterdale & St Johns sheep show today with his 2-shear Herdwick tup #SheepOfTheDay

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Deborah Cole @decole.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just arrived in #NewMexico, @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social ’s latest. Looking forward to enjoying it soon then tucking it in among my growing collection of her works. Such a funny, empathetic & insightful writer. Not to be missed! #FewAndFarBetween

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Patterdale Show tomorrow! Or more accurately, Matterdale and St Johns Sheep Show, part of Patterdale Dog Day. But yeah #SheepOfTheDay

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Deborah Cole @decole.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

From fuzzy micro to fuzzy macro, #tarantula migration/#LunarEclipse2026 day outside #SantaFeNM.

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Steven Baines, champion at Ennerdale Show yesterday, trying to keep up with all the handshakes #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks to Isaac Benson for judging the herdies, and to Geoff & Carol Marwood who judged the interbreed championship and chose Steven's yow as the best sheep on the field

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Congratulations to Steven Baines, champion Herdwick, and Leigh Whitaker, reserve, at a slightly damp Ennerdale Show today #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ennerdale Show tomorrow! Come and see some of the handsomest Herdwicks in the west #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ian Mallinson (right) judging the Rough Fells at Ravenstonedale Show yesterday #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Congratulations to Ian Grisedale, champion Herdwick, and Thomas Rigg, reserve, at Ravenstonedale Show today. Thanks to Isaac Dixon for judging and for submitting to Jean Wilson's scrutiny afterwards #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Congratulations to Rob Steadman, champion Rough Fell, and Jonny Capstick (and son Josh), reserve, at Ravenstonedale Show today Also #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Congratulations to George Harryman, Herdwick champion at Hawkshead today with his shearling tup, and to Matthew Powell, reserve with his yow Joint #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Congratulations to Wendy & Stephen Dickinson, their owd tup was champion Rough Fell at Hawkshead today, and to Megan Harrison Bower & Jake Biles, reserve Joint #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Jean Wilson #QueenOfHerdwicks scrutinising the judge's decisions at Cartmel Show (the judge being grandson Scott). She'll put him right later #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Thanks to Shaun Richardson for not only judging the Herdwicks at Appleby Show yesterday, but even keeping his official Herdwick breeders tie on the whole sweltering time #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Herdwicks at Appleby Show today were entirely a family affair between Ian Grisedale and Vicki Edgar, with daughter Heather trying to divide her help evenly... Joint #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Congratulations to Jonny Capstick, his gimmer shearling was champion Rough Fell at Appleby today in the Rough Fell breeders centenary year (hence posh rosettes) Joint #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Appleby Show tomorrow. Obstreperous Rough Fells and lots more #SheepOfTheDay

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Bill Robertson @billplumtree.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In a change to our advertised programme:

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