Perk Number 1 - meeting lots of lovely readers and having a chat ... love a chat.

Perk Number 2 - having a peek at something I really want on the farm without H realising I'm working on a cunning plan.

I mean now that we've got this sheep flock, it seems that Alpacas are the perfect thing to protect them.

And here we were in Seymour with some of the most beautiful little Alpacas you've ever seen...

and me with a plan ...

... and the kids ...

and everyone knows there's no better recruits to a campaign than kids ...

Doe eyes on Alpaca faces, doe eyes on kids faces....

doe eyes on my face....

How long do you think it'll be before resistance is futile?

Even the Alpacas were whispering about coming home with us. Honest, they wanted to know if we were going to buy them ... we heard them .... really we did. It wasn't just the heat ... seriously