Latest fleece - Norfolk Horn from Gloucestershire!

In glorious sunny weather (more like May than Feb) I drove to the Forest of Dean this morning to pick up some rare breed fleeces from Lydia Barrett who has a smallholding there - she advertised the fleeces on Freecycle, so naturally I arranged to pick some up! She and Dave have a small flock of Norfolk Horn sheep - an interesting breed which has been re-created after becoming extinct. I don't know enough about genetics to understand how it was done, but the resulting sheep are very handsome - medium sized sheep, sturdy but with dainty feet and faces, elegant horns, and really rather nice fleece. See http://www.norfolkhornbreeders.co.uk for more details. As well as using the fleece as part of the Felting British Wool project, I am also planning to spin one of the fleeces - I have promised Lydia to send her some handspun yarn later in the year!