Herdwick

I do think that Local food is really important to people.

I also think that, think about people that have walked 18 days on a trail and everyone's offered them Herdwick Lab.

and sausage and mash every night so that is the local food but uh you know I'm laughing but we do sometimes get comments from slightly traumatized guests who haven't been able to eat anything else for 18 days

maybe some vegetables would be good

told when he got those...

Herdwick said that.

I said, they're glad they're all about to die.

He said, well, one of them died this morning, I think he said.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Don't say that, because we're having a talk from Wetterly.

Oh, Herdwick?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The steep, wet, exposed terrain is unsuitable for crops, and often too harsh for cattle, but well suited to tough, hardy sheep.

Hill breeds such as the Scottish Blackface, the Swaledale and the Herdwick are adapted to survive on rough grazing with little shelter.

They are smaller and tougher than lowland breeds, and they can cope with wind, rain and snow that would trouble other sheep.

The herdwick is the native breed of the Lake District in Cumbria, in north-west England.

It is known for its hardiness, for its fleece, which is dark when the lambs are young and turns a grey or slate colour with age, and for its white face.

Herdwicks are also known for their strong attachment to their home ground.

Beatrix Potter, the author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, became a dedicated herdwick sheep breeder in the Lake District later in life.

She bought many farms there, worked to preserve the breed and the traditional farming way of life, and when...