The Lost Flock

Author Jane Cooper Published by Chelsea Green Publishing ISBN 9781915294593 EAN 9781915294593 Bic Code TDPF|JBFU|JBSC|KNAC|TVHB|WNCF| Cover Paperback

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‘A windswept love letter?to Scotland’s heritage sheep and to the Orkney farming community too.’ Cal Flyn, author of?Islands of Abandonment The Lost Flock?is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland’s wildest islands to save them. It was Jane Cooper’s passion for knitting that led her to discover the world of rare-breed sheep and their wool. Through this, Jane uncovered the ‘Orkney Borerary’ – a unique group within the UK’s rarest breed of sheep, the Boreray, and one of the few surviving examples of primitive sheep in northern Europe. As her knowledge of this rarest of heritage breeds grew, she took the bold step to uproot her quiet suburban life in Newcastle and relocate to Orkney, embarking on a new adventure and life as farmer and shepherd. Jane was astonished to find that she was the sole custodian of this lost flock