We had to cancel our llama walk this morning due to the unpredictable Dartmoor weather. We woke up to torrential rain and when I was finally brave enough to look out of the window it was obvious that we wouldn't be going out on the moor, the mist was really thick and there was that heavy drizzle just to make it even more miserable.
I rang the customer to give them the option of starting later or postponing as our walks are supposed to be fun and I don't find walking around on the moor in the rain much fun and walking up there in the mist is just plain stupid and we don't do it.
The upshot of canceling the walk is we had a proper Sunday, no rush to feed up, I picked some veggies in the mist, put loads of veg in the freezer, did some ironing in front of the TV and even cooked a roast dinner. As we were eating our roast we realised that everything on the plate was our own produce, Potatos, carrots, turnips, french beans, courgettes and pork from our last lot of pigs........not bad and it tasted good as well.
We moved the young alpacas and Merlin into a paddock next to the trekking team in preparation to amalgamating the two groups which will give us more flexibility for walks and training. Merlin is at a stage now that he will benefit from being taken out with some of the older llamas as he will learn from them. We were really pleased with him this morning as he actually put his nose into the halter when we presented it to him........... quite a milestone really.
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