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Sites we like
www.le.ac.uk/elh/newdishley/
The New Dishley Society website is a
fascinating insight into the life of Robert Bakewell, his
contemporaries and his students. Discover more about the man who
is acknowledged around the world as the man who was the main
pioneer in the breeding of improved farm livestock.
www.lavenderfleece.com/leicesterlongwools.html
Lavender Farm in Michigan USA, home of Laurie, Daryl, Amy,
Fiona, Mikaela and their horses, goats, chickens, dogs and
Leicester Longwool Sheep
Places to visit
www.fleecewithaltitude.co.uk
Slack House Farm, Ireshope, Weardale is within the North
Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty at an altitude of
almost 1300 feet. It is an award winning nine acre smallholding
committed to sustainability and the natural environment. Run by
Ellie Langley Slack House Farm offers Bed and Breakfast, and
Rural Courses for those with an interest in minimising their
environmental impact - a must visit for anyone visiting the
Pennines.
www.shipstonwoolfair.org
all the information about the
Shipston Wool Fair. There
are pictures from last year's fair and what's happening this
year. It looks great fun for all the family with lots to do and
see.
www.penarthganol.co.uk
for a traditional farmhouse bed and breakfast in a Grade II
listed farmstead in the Cothi Valley on the edge of the Cambrian
Mountains in Carmarthenshire
www.laxtonvisitorcentre.org.uk
Laxton is a Nottinghamshire
village, the only remaining working “open field” farming village
in Europe. The visitors centre is on the site of the Dovecote
Inn and there is various bed and breakfast accommodation
available in the village
Wool and Associated Products
www.forestfibres.co.uk
Everything you need from fleece and other raw fibres and
yarns to spinning wheels, looms and carders, peg looms and hand
spindles.
www.woolinitiative.com
High quality
textiles from rare breeds including Leicester Longwool
“ THE WOOLLY SHEPHERD “ company
are looking for fleeces in the South and Southwest
preferably. They are looking for wool of any quality
and colour, with immediate payment.
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