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It is Farmer Kev and one of his favourite old cows. She will have calved by now – on the fell! LAST week I travelled to Strudda Bank Farm near Calder Bridge. My first farm visit in over a year, writes Farmer columnist Adam Day. I’ve been going there every April for at least 26 years. During that time, I’ve watched a young farmer and his wife build a business and raise a family through good times and bad. Every year we take a trip up Cold Fell, where even in April, Kevin and Yvonne’s cattle graze. The views are spectacular from Snowdonia to Isle of Whithorn.

The annual Alston Moor Sale MY first attempt at selling prime sheep took place one Thursday morning at Lazonby Auction mart, in 1989, says Adam Day, Farmer columnist. The boss, Norman Little, was away on holiday, and I was entrusted with the job. His parting comment was “make sure you get them to Penrith prices, and no less”! In those days, the sheep trade hardly varied from day to day. There were no mobile phones and buyers rarely received a phone call on the auction phone. On this particular day in early May, there were 150 spring lambs to sell and only one buyer. Jared Faulder...

Alston Moor sale: Lazonby..Pic Stuart Walker AS a trainee auctioneer in my early twenties, I was fortunate that Norman Little took me under his wing at Lazonby Auction, writes Farmer columnist, Adam Day. Some Thursday mornings Norman would give me some time in the rostrum, a tiny enclosed wooden box above the ring. It could be a bleak place in mid- winter. Frozen fingers and toes, and a stream of steam from the auctioneer’s mouth. Our buyers warmed their hands in front of a large gas heater. We didn’t have too many buyers. Arthur Pooley was probably the largest and most influential ...

ON the last Saturday before Christmas 1993, Aspatria Rugby Club travelled to Plymouth to play a National League three fixture. I was on the team sheet in the front row, writes Adam Day, Farmer columnist and MD of The Farmer Network. We were very proud to represent both club and County at a level that no other Cumbrian club had ever achieved. We were determined to give a good account of ourselves. One hour before kick- off, the wind and rain lashed in from the English Channel. The pitch was water- logged and conditions were “Baltic”. It was time to go outside and warm- up. Our Sk...

ON the last Saturday before Christmas 1993, Aspatria Rugby Club travelled to Plymouth to play a National League three fixture. I was on the team…