Month: August 2019

Operation wool involves loading 16 tonnes of Herdwick wool using a forklift truck onto 4 lorries

Operation Wool Goes Large!

Posted on by Sally Phillips

We have completed our second year of our wool sourcing project ‘Operation Wool’! We collected about 16 tonnes of Herdwick wool (yes you read that correctly – 16 TONNES) directly from Cumbrian farms which will be used to create our wonderful draught excluders over the next year. Last year was our first year of Operation …

A Plant pot containing Chimney Sheeps felt shillies along with tree bark sheeps wool and rocks

Chimney Sheep Press 2019

Posted on by Sally Phillips

Sally on a quest to help save the planet- Cockermouth environmentalist takes over field to give it back to nature   A huge article in our local Times and Star – All about our brand new field! The seven acre field which is located in Bassenthwaite is going to serve as a wildlife haven in …