Lotherton Hall, and Bird Garden

The African Crowned Crane has a bad hair day. Cool, don't you think?

A beautiful cloudless sky - in October!

Time for a bath!

Hard work this, posing all day for photographs.

Time for a quick snooze, for the Andean Goose.

A Mandarin Duck considers a triple somersault with a twist.

A backlit Lancashire rose - in Yorkshire.

Red deer grazing in the sunshine.

There's evidence of Ridge and Furrow cultivation in the park.

(We didn't see any of the evidence)

...and Lotherton Hall itself, bathed in sunshine.

Right. Which way to the Crooked Billet?

Three Bags Full

Three Bags Full, now officially open!!!



But what about an amble through the process of getting here?































From an empty shell....






....to a beautiful yarns & gifts shop.


Hand-crafted notelets, all featuring original sheepy photogaphs.




























Lucy the Lamb, the star of the show!

A room with a view.

The first knitters group work on their latest creations.

Some of the colourful yarns.

All deliveries are thoroughly checked,

to ensure quality is maintained.

Doesn't Kath look serious?

The brand new shop sign, featuring the sheep logo. Again, from an original photograph.

Wool returns to the Piece Hall.

Now, which is the way to the Ring o'Bells?

The elegant colonnades of the Piece Hall.

Opened in 1779, with over 300 individual rooms, from where manufacturers would display & sell their cloth.

Probably still Yorkshire's most important secular building.