Charlie the bull leaves the farm.

Charlie our old simmental bull is leaving the farm today. He has been a really good tempered old thing so we are quite glad that he isn`t going far.
In fact he is going to the adjoining farm. We have sold a belgian blue cow as well so he wont get upset travelling alone.
Julian a young farmer is buying him. He used to work for us so he knows Charlie and Star the cow well.
This morning I telephoned DEFRA and asked about getting a movement licience for a farm to farm transaction. Lorna downloaded it on the computer for me. It has been quite a worry not being able to sell animals in the last couple of months. I have also been waiting to buy some new rams. We had to use a couple of older rams we were going to sell in order to ensure that our lambing would begin in early January as usual. I am now hoping that three suffolk cross rams will be delivered tomorrow. The old boys are looking quite tired.