EAST ANGLIAN BELTED GALLOWAY GROUP SUMMER HERD WALK, HOLKHAM ESTATE NORFOLK 17TH AUGUST 2019 1PM ONWARDS

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EAST ANGLIAN BELTED GALLOWAY GROUP​

SUMMER HERD WALK, HOLKHAM ESTATE NORFOLK​

17TH AUGUST 2019 1PM ONWARDS

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By kind invitaion of Jon Smith, Livestock Manager at Holkham Estate and permission of the 8th Earl of Leicester Thomas Coke



A great opportunity to have a guided tour of the Estate’s herds including the Holkham Herd of Belted Galloways



Convening at the new cattle sheds at New Farm, Market Lane, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1SE

Programme​

1pm Brief introduction and welcome Jon Smith, Livestock Manager



Tour by tractor trailer to the marshes to see the commercial cattle, explanation of the livestock enterprises and about the nature reserve



Tour of Belted Galloway herd



On to the Museum and the Field to Fork exhibition including a film on Holkham farming



Return to New Farm



Approximately 5pm Hog Roast . A £5 food contribution to our hosts is suggested by the EABGG.

Joining instructions​

To be fair to our hosts, we would like to have firm numbers of guests who are attending ; especially for catering and planning the number of trailers required for the tours.



We may have to limit numbers if there is a large response and therefore your names will be accepted on a first come first served basis.



I am aware many of you have emailed interest in the past but if you could please now email to confirm names of your party attending and I will add your names to the acceptance list



WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO HOLKHAM

www.holkham.co.uk​

EABGG

As a new regional group affiliated to The Belted Galloway Cattle Society , we are delighted with the interest in the breed in our area and growing support for showing and our Regional events.



Find us on Facebook East Anglian Belted Galloway Group



Nicola Chapman and Jeremy Perkins



For any additional information please contact Group admin Jeremy Perkins on [email protected]

 

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East Anglian Belted Galloway Group Summer Herd Visit Holkham Saturday 17th August 2019

We are delighted with the response from folks wishing to attend our inaugural herd visit.

Tonight we reached 60 acceptances and will now operate a waiting list for any additional requests as our hosts have capacity for 60 on the tractor trailers
Nicola Chapman and I very much look forward to meeting so many Beltie friends on the 17th. When we first discussed the planning of potential events at our first informal meeting at Carr Farm in February we had no idea how much support we would gather for cattle showing fixtures or for events like Holkham

We have guests travelling from herds in mid Wales, Yorkshire and Worcestershire as well as butchers and others with a broader interest in the breed.

Nicola and I look forward to welcoming you all and thank all of the members of the East Anglian Belted Galloway Group for their support and enthusiasm

 

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When you gather at the new cattle sheds, the older ones alongside my father built. We used to farm there from the early '50s until he died and Holkham took the land in hand. We now farm 3 miles away, no more beef but Brown Swiss dairy cows.

 

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When you gather at the new cattle sheds, the older ones alongside my father built. We used to farm there from the early '50s until he died and Holkham took the land in hand. We now farm 3 miles away, no more beef but Brown Swiss dairy cows.

Why not come on the tour?

 

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Why not come on the tour?

We did their tour when they won the Aylsham Show Norfolk Farm Business competition this year - we managed to top Class 2

 

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Rather busy @JP1 but! they bought some of my Lincoln's for their nature reserve project so a report on how they are doing would be good! We were in that neck of the woods at a Tenant's farm looking at his Lincoln Herd 3 or 4 weeks ago. On the Blickling estate.
WB

 

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The Group were kindly invited to a herd visit to #Holkham on Saturday.

As guests of the 8th Earl of Leicester , we were greeted by #Holkhamfarming Manager James Beamish and for the entire day the Livestock team showed us the Belted Galloway herd, commercial suckler cows, new and impressive centralised cattle housing nearing completion , the nature reserves and ending with the #HolkhamHall #fieldtofork exhibition and a hog roast.

The Field to Fork Exhibition is a magnificent tribute to the groundbreaking agricultural heritage of the estate, celebrating the provenance of the food they produce and an essential and positive demonstration of the vision and tremendous investment that Holkham embodies. The bowler hats on display are the original that were styled and invented for the gamekeepers of Holkham

With over 70 attendees coming from as far afield as Cumbria, Yorkshire, Mid Wales, Hampshire and Worcestershire, it was a day to remember and we were blessed with the weather.

I have received so many messages of appreciation and it all belongs to Jon Smith, Livestock Manager at the Estate, to Billy, Andy, Henry and Julian who made us so welcome and gave their whole Saturday to us

Thank you

 

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great photos ......apart from that smarmy geezer in the sunglasses