A MESSAGE FROM THE SPONSORS

Today I entered "The Bear Pit", it was the location for a mini Nuffield conference at the Three Counties Show. As the Three Counties Agricultural society are part sponsoring me I was annoyed that I couldn't make it Yesterday as well.
More inspiration was drawn from the experiences of previouos Nuffield scholars and the best bit was the level of support and encouragement that they gave me afterwards.

Later whilst looking around the excellent show, I got chatting to a chap called Mike Bowles. It transpires that his wife Liz was a 2002 scholar and custodian of one of the top flocks of Shropshire sheep in the country. She was driving up from Devon and fortunately arrived in time for me to meet her in of all places the WI tea room. I knew that Shropshire sheep have a similar characteristic to Baby Doll sheep in that they don't strip bark or leaves from trees. Liz is just the contact I needed to help me find French growers who also run Shropshires.