Getting up early on a Sunday morning is bad enough without driving through torrential rain so bad that cars were pulling over and thunder and lightning that was shaking the truck! I was waiting for the phone to start ringing with participants dropping out left right and centre but luckily for me the Cornish lot are a hardy bunch and …

The Melview workshop usually signals the start of a heatwave and a very good time to cut hay! This year was no exception – we had lovely sunshine with just enough breeze to make it pleasant working conditions and enough keen participants to make it a great day. This is the third year we have kindly been invited to Paul …

Well I had been all excited about the amount of participants on the list for the North of Scotland workshop but things don’t always work out quite to plan but we still had a fabulous workshop none the less just on a slightly smaller scale. One young man had seen the YDP facebook page when in Australia and had literally …

It was nearly a whole new line up for the south east workshop this year and not only was it the first time at a new venue but three of the four trainers on the day had no experience of the YDP at all. However, they all had plenty of experience with stock and I soon drilled into them what …

Not too many miles on the clock for the last workshop with Devon being close to home territory for me. Inevitably, once someone volunteers for something they end up being called upon for many things and this is certainly the case for Ed and Claire Jones of the Rull herd at Cullompton. Not only have they hosted the workshop for …