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21/09/2024

in preparation for the twelfth night at Kensmyth

I hate taking everything down, knowing we will not see it again for another year. So I look at each piece of each Christmas and keep it back for the next one. Christmas cards are cut into labels and put away to use for the gift tags for next year, memories from the year before. […]

16/09/2024

September 2024 at Clay Meadow Alpaca in the Cotswolds

The promise of chilly frosts and cooler nights as September lands in 2024.. so glad we have our hay in! Feeding alpaca all year round at Kensmyth avoids the transition from grass to hay issues when needed because they are already used to it! Grazing sporadically across the plains from their origi...

16/09/2024

True colours at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow on the Cotswolds

I always love seeing the true colours come through after the alpaca have been shorn – that lovely conker colour known as mid brown in the alpaca world reminds me of the conkers to surely come this Autumn.. just to be clear he is actually a Rose Grey because of the new colours and […]

16/09/2024

Somebody had a birthday at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow

Happy birthday to the farm dog who can still run fast and round up livestock better than a sheepdog! Do not be fooled that she likes cooling down with part of an ice lolly – at 40kg and a dog that “holds” strangers at bay a Curly Coated Retriever is not to be messed […]

16/09/2024

New gates at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow and they are electric by jingo!

Finally we have electric gates at Kensmyth Alpaca entrance – takes a bit of getting used to and remembering the “flicker” pressing but looks nicer than before! the start of things to come.. Nearly there but no caps on pillars.. the end result

16/09/2024

Watching out for weeds at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow this Summer 2024

I cannot believe how many fields are full of ragwort out and about this year. Luckily we eradicated any sign at Kensmyth way back in 2012 but if you see it, remove it but it has to be including the roots and before seeding.. and as for Himalayan Balsom along the riverbanks, so pretty and […]

16/09/2024

IT outage all over the world and lights affected

Nothing like a major IT outage all over the world to put things in perspective.. Mitchell our youngest had jut taken off for a holiday in the USA when this broke out.. feeling it as a Mum! luckily all was well all round..

12/09/2024

Cria drop 2023 growing well – Kensmyth Alpaca at Clay Meadow in the Cotswolds

What can I say about the cria drop this year? Difficult to choose names for such fantastic colours – with the exception of the odd throwback which always happens in Alpaca (and he is still beautiful) our stud boys just keep on producing fantastic fleeces, conformation, temperaments and .. colours!

04/09/2024

Smile and the world smiles with you at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow

I think it is actually laugh and the whole world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone but I am going with “smile” because some people just do that for you. my son Mitchell when he clowns about and my best friend from childhood (we met when we were 11 so you do the […]

27/08/2024

Christmas Pressies learning curve at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow

I am lucky to have had some fantastic gifts from Clients, family and friends so please take this as an opportunity for me to thank you all again! I think each day of how blessed I am with such a great smorgasboard of friends from all walks of life and of all ages – long […]

18/08/2024

A rare day off at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow

It is not often we have a day off, let alone together so it was a joy to have a sunny day off and take a few things off my “Bucket List”.. this time to Visit Wales again, to eat Lobster again and to visit the seaside in September and finally, to visit a Castle.. […]

10/08/2024

Jack Frost strikes again…

with Saturday having visitors a plenty in the sunshine, Monday morning frost was a just stunning…

02/08/2024

wet, wet, wet at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow

you know how wet it is if Hubby has to take the horses into the orchard for a quick grass munch in order to keep the precious Alpaca paddocks clear of hoofprints!

24/07/2024

Birthing imminent at Kensmyth, Clay Meadow

Well with Alpaca we always know to look for signs of something different.. like an Alpaca taking itself off to be on its own.. or humming intermittently to its unborn cria inside. clever stuff – so that when in the herd the baby will know whose call is MUMs! so fascinating when they all […]

16/07/2024

Did you miss me?

we have been frenetically busy here in readiness for the wet weather and cold coming – yes, the true English January is well under way… in fact some of the sheep watching straw being loaded in readiness for lambing later in the year wondered if we had forgotten their tea…

16/07/2024

Cotswold life at Clay Meadow Alpaca farm – Kensmyth Alpaca

Sometimes you just have to take a day off after lugging heavy bales and take time out to enjoy what you have! With our own tiny stretch of the River Churn, even the dog can paddle!

16/07/2024

Getting Hay in at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow in the Cotswolds

Weather has been challenging for all crops this year but the Hay is no exception. I would not like to place bets on a good second crop of hay this year based on the wet weather earlier preventing the first crop being baled. Taking advantage of a dry break, farmers baled madly. So pleased we […]

08/07/2024

Cotswold reclamation in the Cotswolds – where else?

Well my husband just takes me to the best places does he not? In search of tiles for the new house being built we ventured to the Cotswold Reclamation Company and what an exciting adventure that was too.. inside and outside just masses of antique everything!

07/07/2024

Restaurants South Cerney from Kensmyth Alpaca in the Cotswolds

With South Cerney being the nearest village to the Alpaca farm, we often recommend restaurants that we have liked. Recently we visited the Elliott Arms which used to be more like a Beefeater type restaurant. Absolutely not now, very chic.. really enjoyed our meal there. Kidneys, smoked mackerel, big...

07/07/2024

July 2024 with a new Election hoving into view in the Cotswolds

Welcome July – what better than quintessential sheep in the Cotswolds – well Texels and Badger face !

07/07/2024

Shearing beauties at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow 2024

I do love a shorn Alpaca. Adorable though they are in full fleece, you realise just how small but athletic they are when shorn..

07/07/2024

Around the Cotswolds from Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow

Some of our followers will realise that in order to expand your knowledge, you actually have to travel. Funnily enough I have never been to Stroud or any of the little villages around it. the Daneway en route to Miserden serves fabulous coffee as Mum found out and the pub in Miserden is as quaint [....

21/06/2024

Cooking in the sunshine at Clay Meadow in April 2020

Bizarrely I decided to do some cooking and made a lasagne, an apple pie, a fruit milk jelly and then decided to BBQ – don’t you just love BBQ bananas with Cointreau and ice cream?

13/06/2024

Ocado vegetables do they come up to scratch or is it all supermarkets

I ordered tomatoes – yes I know it is not alpaca related but actually it was for Vegetarian clients – from Ocodo for the second attempt. My first order was okay but late and they promised a voucher that never arrived but the second order contained inedible tomatoes of which I had ordered quite a...

04/06/2024

Bye Bye Baby and good luck at Kensmyth Alpaca, Clay Meadow

Sometimes an Alpaca touches your heart and you want to keep it forever but sometimes letting go however painful is the best for the Alpaca and not your own feelings. She is an old fashioned alpaca and overweight and dips her feet in the water troughs and reverses when you want to catch her just […...

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Kensmyth Stud, Clay Meadow, Cirencester Road
Cirencester
GL76HU

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http://www.kensmyth.com/

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