Annual Keswick May Tup Fair cancelled last year because of Covid-19
The green landscape is only broken by the magnificent sight of the Herdwick tups in their pens. Side by side they stand in full bloom, striking in their familiar brick-red chalky ‘reddell’ fleeces, a long-standing Herdwick tradition that leaves a russet band that has blended into the fleece. The red colour marks the rams out from the ewes I was told when attending my first-ever annual Keswick Tup Fair, some years ago. Hundreds of years ago shepherds chose this colour because it was the easiest to spot from the bottom of the fell. The smit marks also help farmers locate and identif...
Source: thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk