Someone (who shall remain nameless) wanted more lambs. So here you are! This was a young lamb which had only recently been born, close to the water's edge in Stoer:
This mum and her lamb were right alongside an extremely historic site in the area. It is an ancient broch.
Although it is spring, the weather can sometimes turn quite cold and windy, and when that happens disused rabbit holes are ideal for sheltering in while resting:
And for those of you who want a change from lambs, this next photo explains my slight lateness for work on Saturday morning:
There is no hurrying these chaps along. I felt vulnerable enough in my car, but there was a poor motor cyclist behind me, who did eventually think that discretion was the better part of valour and he pulled over to wait until they'd made their way off the road into a field nearby. Some have tried to reassure me that they won't do me any harm, but those sharp horns scare me! Some of the eagle eyed among you may notice a rather unusual road sign. Frogs and toads are looked after well in this part of the world, and as this is a very busy crossing point for them drivers are urged to keep their speed down.
5 reactions
1 From Nan - 05/05/2009, 04:32
Thanks, too, for the history of the broch. Very fascinating. Of course I imagine fairies inhabit them...and fairies don't take kindly to torches. :O)
As for the cattle - not at all daunting unless you happen to be in a car behind them. Another reason to always have a WIP at hand, lots of definitions for gridlock. You just came up with another one.
I'm posting this and going back to look at the Ewe and her lamb.
2 From Anne - 05/05/2009, 08:18
3 From Fiona - 05/05/2009, 19:13
4 From Gill - 06/05/2009, 08:05
Here in Spain it's not cattle on the road but goats. The herder always moves them over but you still have to drive past slowly and I am always scared of catching one with the car. They usually have udders full of milk that are trailing on the road and a few babies trotting alon.
5 From sandy - 07/05/2009, 18:38