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Fab’uary, March and April’s madness- Its a hat trick !

by Grobdale of Girthon
13 May 202011 July 2023

The last few months have been very full on, what with the spectacular apocalytic, pandemic that has hit the world .then a drought.. then a moorland bush fire !! sounds biblical doesn’t it .

But not a mention here of the ‘C’ word I promise .

This is my catch up blog because it seems the whole world has conspired against me and my date with a laptop once a month…

They won 3 times it seems but now I need to empty my thoughts out online sorry .

Ginger the best colour ever..

by Grobdale of Girthon
5 July 201911 July 2023

June is the best month as far as our favourite ginger is concerned as it means all her favourite things .. Cake , friends , presents and chocolate .

We always celebrate a birthday and it generally lasts more than a day, shame the cake didn’t last as long .

A surprise visit from our besties also went down a treat too.. we love you guys.

June 13th was Nora’s due date , and we had planned for Andy to be home for the early days , we couldn’t have planned it better as he had only been home maybe an hour when Nora went into labour !

We camped out in lambing shed to be rewarded in the early hours with the birth of

9 healthy happy piglets ..

As first timers we were quite nervous , there was so much that could go wrong however Nora was a true textbook pig and did everything according to what we had read .

Thanks Google

Nora has turned out to be a fabulous mum looking after her litter .. we clearly brought her up well .

What a fat pig ! how rude ..

by Grobdale of Girthon
1 June 201911 July 2023

Nora was looking fairly pregnant by NORA BREAKFAST IN BED the Beginning of May, she was (if it was a baby bump) in her final trimester and looking pretty