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In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'A cold Leicester tup lamb sheltering behind a wall with no girls is a sad sight'

Well, the back end of the year is definitely here and it is cold and wet. We are currently trying to finish off tailing and dipping the ewes, but the weather here is playing havoc with our plans by bringing what must be the wettest stretch we have seen since February.

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In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'A cold Leicester tup lamb sheltering behind a wall with no girls is a sad sight'

Well, the back end of the year is definitely here and it is cold and wet. We are currently trying to finish off tailing and dipping the ewes, but the weather here is playing havoc with our plans by bringing...

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