Sheep Patrol at Dunans 🐑

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on Feb 24, 2026

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Dear Lairds & Ladies,

Welcome to a dreich and mizzled end of February update! The castle seemed to glower at me today, asking me to get on with the restoration ... And I keep reassuring our venerable ruin that the planting of the new woodland is the first step on an inevitable progress towards a full restoration (see my video here for more).

In that vein, work continues on the planting, but four ewes were spotted on Monday - cue a sheep patrol from yours truly. Luckily I decided to use it as a chance for a slow run and turned on strava. The resulting 3D progress video gives a great idea of the fence line, the shape of the hill and the position of Dunans in the South-west corner. I link to the associated films, plus some new contributions from Sadie, who is thoroughly enjoying getting up onto the hill. But first is the snagging survey I conducted while making my curcumambulation of the ground, including location of the sheep and potential weaknesses in the fenceline.

I am assured the fencing will be complete next week, and given we now have plants in the ground, it had better be - I'll report on that next time.

Our 25% discount on Lady titles for Mother's Day continues although numbers are reducing quickly!

Warmest regards as ever,

Charles & Sadie

UPDATES:
Sheep Patrol

Reports, maps and sheep sightings!

Planting progress so far within the blue line. Other observations as points. To view the map on google maps, click here

And below the 4 errant ewes tucking into the grass on the hill as they have for generations unaware they are formally not welcome ...