After a long period of sunny weather through most of January, February arrived with a change. Gale force winds and torrential rain have lashed the county last week and the begining of this week, with the bad weather set to continue until the middle of this week. The weekend proved to be the exception, as the rain stopped and the wind eased allowing some model aircraft flying to take place on Rodborough Common, and the Belted Galloways to enjoy some quite grazing time, while allowing their thick wolley coats to dry out. You may well ask, What's a Belted Galloway? It's a rare breed owned and managed by the National Trust to help manage species-rich grasslands which are under threat from encroaching scrub. They originated in the exposed uplands of Galloway, in the south west of Scotland. They have a double coat of longer outer hairs to shed the rain, and a mossey undercoat to provide warmth. They are so hardy that they have been exported to areas of extreme climate such as Canada and Kenya to name two. If you want to know more, the area of the common that accomodates them has information boards where I copied this information from. Nailsworth.com is not really an authority on rare breeds!!

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