Little Toe in the water....Fit-like fellow FWi-ers!
Hi all - just a quick post to tell you all about me. As the 'Bio' says I'm a Cattle breeder and enthusiast from the North East of Scotland.
It's a long way from England's North-east (Geordie-land!) and where I'm from cattle are king. The Aberdeen-Angus breed was founded here, (the name is a dead give away, yes!) still having a sizeable representation in the area, with a lot of quality pedigree herds producing stock that is being sought-after Europe-wide at present.My own background has come from 'feeding' cattle but when the commodity crash of the mid-nineties made them unviable our set-up changed slightly. Having established a career off-farm I now have a small herd of coos which I breed from and show. They're not blue-grey though - that particular affection comes from a song penned by a local celebrity to chapter the arrival of the continental-type cattle from Europe in the late-sixties / early seventies, when our native breeds fell out of favour amongst the cattle breeders of the time.
My intention meantime is to keep you all posted as to how our local shows are going up here as It's a favourite summer pastime of mine (and my family) to get out and about, show our cattle and meet friends, old and new, for a bit of fun. If the occasional beer can be squeezed in then all the better!
Enjoy - B-GCoos.