Animal farm
It’s crazy how I’ve been on Gimsoy so long and have not been around the island. And since the weather’s been fantastic these few days, it was just the perfect time for a bicycle trip.
I took the route Unni had suggested which would take me round Hoven. It took me round the island, past the other houses in the area, through some wilderness, and past quite a number of farms as well.
There are 2 kinds of animals I’ve come to know. Those which turn and run when they see you and those which walk right over to check out who the hell it is that has come to visit.
Sheep are one of those animals which take flight the minute they see you. Lofot Lamb as they’d call it. Coz sheep in Lofoten spend their summers hanging out in the mountains and right around now, the farmers go out and about herding them back to the farm. But unlike cows which are stuck within the boundaries of an electrical fence, most sheep can roam wherever they want.
Once when I took Frode’s car back to the farm after my day off, a couple of sheep were standing right in the middle of the road. We hadn’t even come close and 100m before the car approached them, they started to run back to the field. And Frode said “isn’t it a little early to run?!”. See that’s how sheep are. And it was the same when I went by them on the bike as well. They see you coming from far, and one starts to run, and then all of them start running away. That explains why I’ve only got pictures of their butts.
Which was till I reached Rita’s farm. Rita is a friend of Unni’s and stays somewhere near the local shop. She has a day job but also raises sheep on the side. I got to her farm and decided that it might be best to get off the bike and creep up on the sheep on foot.
Great idea, coz this time round, they didn’t run away. So lucky me, it was time to take out the trusty old camera and snap away.
As you can see. Like the goats, sheep come in all sizes and colours. Leader sheep wear bells on their necks. Which goes ‘clang’ everytime they move their heads. So you can imagine it’s like standing in front off a field of wind chimes. If I were a sheep and had to wear something round my neck which goes ‘clang’ each time I chomp on the grass, I’d be pretty pissed with myself man.
Cows on the other hand are much friendlier. Unlike the sheep, they are highly curious and come to check out everything which approaches them or intrudes into their area. (see what happens when you put Mitzy, Graatas and the cows together...)
It's not just cows from this farm, cows from other farms are equally curious too!
Cows have gotta be higher on the ladder of animal intelligence than sheep.
Or perhaps I’m just biased. ;p
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oh and since we are on the topic of animals, thought i'd just throw this in...
Check out the black fox i spotted on the golf course on the way back!
I took the route Unni had suggested which would take me round Hoven. It took me round the island, past the other houses in the area, through some wilderness, and past quite a number of farms as well.
There are 2 kinds of animals I’ve come to know. Those which turn and run when they see you and those which walk right over to check out who the hell it is that has come to visit.
Sheep are one of those animals which take flight the minute they see you. Lofot Lamb as they’d call it. Coz sheep in Lofoten spend their summers hanging out in the mountains and right around now, the farmers go out and about herding them back to the farm. But unlike cows which are stuck within the boundaries of an electrical fence, most sheep can roam wherever they want.
Once when I took Frode’s car back to the farm after my day off, a couple of sheep were standing right in the middle of the road. We hadn’t even come close and 100m before the car approached them, they started to run back to the field. And Frode said “isn’t it a little early to run?!”. See that’s how sheep are. And it was the same when I went by them on the bike as well. They see you coming from far, and one starts to run, and then all of them start running away. That explains why I’ve only got pictures of their butts.
Which was till I reached Rita’s farm. Rita is a friend of Unni’s and stays somewhere near the local shop. She has a day job but also raises sheep on the side. I got to her farm and decided that it might be best to get off the bike and creep up on the sheep on foot.
Great idea, coz this time round, they didn’t run away. So lucky me, it was time to take out the trusty old camera and snap away.
As you can see. Like the goats, sheep come in all sizes and colours. Leader sheep wear bells on their necks. Which goes ‘clang’ everytime they move their heads. So you can imagine it’s like standing in front off a field of wind chimes. If I were a sheep and had to wear something round my neck which goes ‘clang’ each time I chomp on the grass, I’d be pretty pissed with myself man.
Cows on the other hand are much friendlier. Unlike the sheep, they are highly curious and come to check out everything which approaches them or intrudes into their area. (see what happens when you put Mitzy, Graatas and the cows together...)
It's not just cows from this farm, cows from other farms are equally curious too!
Cows have gotta be higher on the ladder of animal intelligence than sheep.
Or perhaps I’m just biased. ;p
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oh and since we are on the topic of animals, thought i'd just throw this in...
Check out the black fox i spotted on the golf course on the way back!
posted by Farmer Sam at 4:42 PM
2 Comments:
Er the series of cows-in-a-silent-row pics look like something out of a B- grade horror flick lor.
E.g. Invasion of the Body-snatchers.
Or even The Birds.
scary meh? i thought it was kinda cute, esp the one where all of them were looking at the cats. whalau you and your farm, countryside and horror movies imagination.
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