Living in the Highlands

Sheep come in a range of sizes, shapes, colour and all have attitude as I discovered when asked to feed a couple of flocks sheep when our neighbour and crofter was away for a couple of days. Of course it just had to be the wet and windy and the sheep were hungry and impatient to get fed!

I did enjoy taking in the feed to the two flocks of sheep, one a group of rams (boy sheep without horns fortunately) and the others were sheep in lamb.

The pregnant sheep were very funny and all walked beside or behind me when I was walking down to their feed point in the middle of the field. One of them walked behind me nudging me along gently - telling me to get down to the feeding station and put out the feed.

A few pictures of the Sheep

Winter Feed

A few days later we had snow and the sheep definitely required the extra feed supplement as well as hay.

Winter Countryside

Snow changes the countryside, in many ways it becomes magical. The sheep probably do not appreciate it as it is more difficult for them to find and graze on grass.

Sheep in Caithness - Highlands of Scotland in Winter

Sheep with Attitude!

A couple of Scottish sheep with attitude!

Sheep Portrait

Tibby our semi-retired sheepdog 

I walk Tibby, the croft's sheepdog down to the local loch (Loch Watten) 2 to 3 times a day. This is also where the sheep are and thus all the pictures of sheep! Tibby is a Scottish collie and when her owner retired and we moved into their cottage - we sort of "inherited" Tibby; well we get to do all the good stuff - walking and playing with her without having the food or vet bills. It is a good relationship as we also have our own two dogs to look after.

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Scotland has some of the finest countryside, mountains and coastal areas in the world and we love living in Scotland, especially the Highlands. Enjoy Scotland.