Widecombe Fair

They say the best things come in small packages and this week was no exception to this rule. Collecting the eggs the other morning I subconsciously noticed an additional set of ears peeping out behind our “Jenny” donkey called Aston. On closer inspection I was delighted to see that she had just given birth to the most beautiful little baby.


As the father is called Martin, there was really only one name for this little chap and DB7 it is, or “DB” for short. He is absolutely gorgeous and although only a few days old, very inquisitive already.

Martin, randy as usual, has had his amorous activity curtailed for a while as Aston is otherwise pre-occupied with her new baby and he is therefore to be found sulking in the corner of the field.

DB had his first “photo-call” this afternoon when the well known animal and wildlife photographer Richard Austin came over with film crew in tow to snap away. Suitably intrigued by all the attention DB obliged and I am eagerly waiting to see the results.

The famous Widecombe Fair took place last week and was a great success. We had sold out of the rather large pig that was put on a spit – in just under an hour and could easily have sold another whole one on top. Just as well we had brought a BBQ along to cook some sausages and burgers too. We also offered a “guess the weight” competition for two of our little weaner pigs, although Sebastian was at pains to point out that the decision on who was going to have the winning guess was going to be determined by a decent bra size, so there was really no point at all in a man entering!


Bertie and his Dartmoor Pony Rodney teamed up again for the leading rein classes and yet again was put to shame by “Mrs Matching Pig-tails” and her daughter who obviously put a great deal more effort into entering these events than we do. He did manage a few rosettes though and they both looked great in their combined “Pirate outfits” for the Fancy Dress with Rodney sporting a rather dashing flag from his derriere!

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