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FG 180: The historic art of sheep gathering and shearing

Gathering sheep from the fell is an act steeped in tradition - and one mostly unchanged by time

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FG 180: The historic art of sheep gathering and shearing

Anyone who has witnessed flocks of sheep being gathered and brought down from the fells will know that this tradition is an art. Still thoroughly embedded in the upland communities, it may be an ancient...

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