Mick GarrattStand-off in Eskdale
A stand-off on the path below Harter Fell. The lead yow stood her ground until I raised the camera, then broke into a dash that set the rest of the flock thundering up the fell.
The Lakes is quintessential sheep country, and the sheep that defines it is the Herdwick. Black-faced, wiry, and stubborn, they seem as much a part of the fells as the rock and bracken. T ...
