ALAN NEWBLE'S PERSONAL PAGE
SOME PICTURES OF THE PROJECT

This page sets out to give you some idea of the things we do and enjoy around this steading on which we live and work. It will take you to the animals and birds we live with, and care for, and the places that the casual visitor does not see, plus the work of maintenance going on with the help of some machinery. Round here, they say " He's got one field and needs TWO tractors!" but they know well that one is for maintenance and the other much-needed for demolition and lifting work.
Click on the thumb-nail views to get a real picture! The quality is not always what I would desire, but most have been taken with a digital camera, in a hurry! By the way, you don't have to look at all of them!

	This is the "Wee tractor" bought for mowing, and used for nearly everything!		This shows when my tractor shed was invaded by sheep and their lambs during the horrendous weather of March '06.
	The 135 doing the Spring harrowing of the pasture in April 06.		Another view of the harrowing showing the sheep, who were stangely reluctant to remove themselves from in front!
	Tractor with Fleming topper, bought from J.L.Douglas for keeping the field in trim.		We called her Adelaide, she was so aristocratic and always had her head in the air! Here with her twins in the Mill.
	The topper at work, taken from the new orchard by Jane in 2005.		Part of a stunning rainbow seen from above the house, just showing the reclaimed "Dairyman's cottage".
	One day in July 06 we found a wee bat on the concrete floor of the Mill. Here it is. The picture, right, shows it closer.		Wee bat in Jane's hand
	The wee burn (called Camrie Burn) seen in 2004 on a sunny day.		The stackyard seen in June 06. Colours have to be seen to be believed.
	Here is the burn with the "by-pass" for the Salmon going upstream. Sorry, but there are none now.		Provide a change of interest - the "big yin" a Case/International 685 4WD (about 90 hp) doing the rolling in 2006.
	Our enormous flock of hens (5) in their favourite place.		Hens, this time in the drive outside their run - and waiting for feedingtime!
	One day we were having coffee outside and saw this Dragonfly. We crept closer. . . . .		One ewe and lamb in the stackyard. So? Well, click on the thumb for the story.
	Ears, the lamb, hiding from us in the semi-wilderness that guards the burn.		Same lamb, this time escaping from the field into the stackyard.
	Last one of "Ears" as she is seen right away from Mum, consorting with hens!		Up near the top of the drive, one evening with a low sun.
	Another, same day as previous. A Hawthorne bush, past its best, and a Broom bush about at its best.		Back to the livestock. A wee lamb called "Fluffy" was rescued very cold and very wet from the field.
	This time the burn is very full. Taken in 2004 the year we moved in here.		Two calves from a neighbour were bottle-fed by Jane till old enough to go out. Here getting some supplementary!
	A close view of some Gorse. Could easily have been taken at home, but wasn't!! Taken at the neighbour's "Hill field" across.		The first calf we took on, called Hendrick. For the story, click the thumb.
	The Case on loader duty. Here picking up large rocks for moving to the "Dyking Mine"		Jane is here with her "Waifs and stays" department.
	Another view of the chickens. They are Welsummers (as the English spell it) a breed of Dutch origin from a village of that name.		More livestock - this time, the cat. Called Lady, said to be wild and sleeps around, but is soft as butter really.
	This was our first attempt at lamb-revival. Called "Scrap" he was fine at first. . . .		The water-mill turned into a lambing shed. Fitted with loft and stairs, really cosy and warm. Better than a frozen field.
	Another view of the maternity ward. Absolutely fascinating if you're into sheep.		Pen 1 (under the loft) with residents.
	The calf shed has new residents - Rosy and Robin both around 4 weeks at time of photo. Here having tea.		Back to "Scrap" who is seen here emerging from cover to try walking.
	Here is a view from half way up the field, looking back at the house. These views, for folk like us from the town, are stunning!		It occasionally snows. The view changes again (it does this all the time!)
	With the sun going around to the West, it changes again.		A favourite view from lower field. Looking north.
	Sun glinting on the burn, seen through the semi-wilderness that is gradually giving way to order.		A view never to be seen again! For details click the thumb.
	Tommy is an orphan who has special needs! Click for more.		Another view of the semi-wilderness.This one is near the boundary at the top.
	Trains pass all day. However, there are usually only two different ones, and these differ marginally by type and colour.		Lower down the burn from the above. Earlier, too, and shows a previous phase of the control programme.
	The "Waifs and strays" seen in the field. These are further identified in the main pic.		Sometimes I get asked to help a farmer with my tractor and topper. Here is one such, with a different view.
Want to see a wee video clip?	Click here for to see lambs suckling from the bottle.		Click here for the very latest - little Mickel at one week old! See the video, (Large file!) See baby swallow preening on fence - here.