2018

The 2017 Flock Book has now gone to the Printers and should be with members in the next month. The online version has been uploaded in the members area.

Agnes Winter writes “I volunteer at Fairfax House, a Georgian townhouse in York. Today I was helping in the library where there was a pile of mid-19th century newspapers. My eyes lighted on the front page of the one lying on top, the York Herald dated July 25th 1846. As everyone knows, the Wensleydale breed

We are running our Wensleydale photographic competition for a second year after the success of 2017. Entries shut 1st March. £25 to the winner and rosettes to 6th. The entries will be short-listed and then the top 6/8 placings will be decided by the members at AGM once again. By entering you are giving permission

The RBST is appealing to its supporters to write to their local MP and help highlight the importance of the UK’s heritage breeds (such as the Wensleydale Longwool) ahead of upcoming policy changes. Find out more information here including a template letter you can use to write to your local MP.

A reminder that Flock Book adverts need to be with the secretary by the 15th January for printing in the 2017 Flock Book. The costs are £100 full page £50 half page £30 quarter page. Adverts can be supplied as JPEG or for simple Flock adverts just supply some text and a picture and it