Spered Breizh Ouessants: Wet Wet Wet!

Welcome to the home of Spered Breizh Ouessants. The breed originates from the island of Ouessant, part of a tiny archipelago just off the north coast of Finistere, Brittany. The island of terror as it was known to some, was swept by the full force of the atlantic’s weather, the hardy sheep adapted to survive on poor grazing from salty clifftop meadows. It was the women of the island that raised the sheep, renowned for their black wool to weave into cloth known locally as berlinge and their meat with its sweet and delicate taste.

Bienvenue chez Spered Breizh Ouessants. La race est originaire de l’île d’’Ouessant qui fait parti d’un petit archipel au large du Finistère, Bretagne. L’île de l'épouvante comme c'était connu par certains était balayé par les intempéries de l’atlantique, ces moutons rustiques s'adaptaient à survivre sur les pâturages pauvres des falaises salées. C’était les femmes de l’île qui élevaient les moutons réputés pour leur laine noire à tisser « la berlinge » une étoffe régionale et leur viande avec un goût doux et délicat.

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mercredi 23 janvier 2013

Wet Wet Wet!

This beautiful fern is usually frosted to a crisp by this time of year and yet yesterday it was still untouched. Infact everywhere is still very green..... well in places where it hasn't turned to mud!

As with all of the sheep, for Soelie, getting wet is just one of those things.......................

Well, not ALL of the sheep! Lodicia as usual is doing her own thing:-) and whilst the rest of the sheep have wandered a couple of paddocks away and are getting wet, Lodicia is more often to be found using the shelter to its maximum effect and as dry as a bone!

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