Glasgow 6°c
Towards the end of Kelso Ram Sale, while in the course of…
Serendipity isn’t a word used much in everyday conversation. It…
John Elliot, my great grandfather, was quite a whizz kid.
ON THE hottest day since 1884, I was honoured to judge the sheep…
Although no longer personally lambing ewes and calving cows,…
The year-end accounts always tell their story.
THE blandishments dangled in front of our eyes by those…
SOMETIMES the words are taken out of your mouth. This time it was…
DOUG NIVEN, stimulated by the exceptional winter weather we are…
Few things have surprised me less than the wonderful spell of winter…
When we were kids we had lamb for lunch every day. It was home-bred…
‘Promise me you will always remember, you’re braver than you…
'Every year the days go faster. A harvest more is a harvest less'.
The makers of waterproofs claim that there is no such thing as bad…
For the first time in a while, heather moorland has been number one…
A FRIEND recently loaned me three little books called ‘Glory Hill…
Some years ago, talking to my neighbour, Ken Smith, about his…
With so much talk of ‘The Beast from the East’, it doesn’t…
'O wad some power the giftie gie us, to see oorsels as others see us'
