Unseasonably warm & pretty slippery. Took an hour even with the family’s assistance. 38 came to the rattled nuts, 6 remained at the top of the crater & another 17 WFW remained oblivious near gate 3, which has lost its fastening clip. Tricky for a sheep to get through the gate, more likely to get stuck in the middle. Tall tree (see photo, left side before Gate 2 along the fenced path- suspect a comedians added the 1?!) in danger of falling. All sheep well & happily munching.
Spoke to 2 lots of dog walkers. One had 2 black labs off the lead by Plum. She was from Nether Wallop, comes up frequently &, having passed the flock by Gate 3, presumed she’d passed them all. After standing corrected (I gently explained consequences) & chatting, we concluded Wallops’ village email, Parish Pump, might be worth informing of the location & quantity of sheep as many Wallopers use the Down apparently. Also mooted adding sheep numbers to the gates- although if one’s ignoring signage then why take notice of numbers?! Second couple walking outside the enclosure had one dog off the lead, & assured me both would be on when informed of the sheep location. They’re from Broughton but not on the village email.
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