Neil & Lynda Perkins and family live on Dinas Island Farm on the Pembrokeshire Coast. They have 1500 ewes, of which 800 are pure Lleyn sheep. The other 700 are a mixed flock of mules and Suffolk cross mules. They bought their first Lleyn ewes in 2006 and are gradually turning the flock to be entirely Lleyn. To achieve this they are using a pedigree ram on all the Lleyn ewes and retaining the best ewe lambs.

The ewes’ lamb towards the beginning of April and lambs are sold from the end of June to December. All the lambs are finished on grass without the use of any concentrates.

In addition to this they are contract rearing dairy heifers for a local farmer. They currently have approximately 300 heifers up to 12 months in age, but are aiming for 350. The heifers are reared using computerised calf rearing system.

The farm is 600 acres in total with 400 acres of productive grass with the other 200 acres comprising of environmental areas such as woodland and wetlands. Although the farm is not farmed organically, many organic principles are followed to ensure maximum results form the land available.

DAY PLAN

We will meet at Dinas Island Farm at 1.30pm for our tour of the farm. As you can tell there is plenty to see and learn as well as enjoying the outstanding views from the Pembrokeshire coastline.

Following our tour we have kindly been offered a cup of tea before we leave at approximately 5pm.

DIRECTIONS

From Fishguard
Take the A487 towards Cardigan
Approximately 4 miles outside Fishguard, at Dinas, there is a turning to the left towards PWLL GWAELOD.
Take the left opposite the shop. You go past the Ship Aground pub and the church and follow the road to Pwll Gwaelod. When you get to the beach you drive past the car park and follow the private road to reach the farm.

From Cardigan
Take the A487 towards Fishguard.
Approximately 14 miles from Cardigan, after going through Newport, in the village of Dinas there is a turning to the right towards PWLL GWAELOD.
Take the right opposite the shop. You go past the Ship Aground pub and the church and follow the road to Pwll Gwaelod. When you get to the beach you drive past the car park and follow the private road to reach the farm.
For those with Sat Nav systems the postcode is SA42 OSE.

If you wish to attend please give me a ring, text or email, just to let me know that you are coming so that I can have a rough idea of numbers for the day.
We would like to make the day as successful as possible so if there is anybody you can think of who would like to attend, be they a past, present or future member or other please bring them along. The more the merrier.

Bethan Vaughan (Flock 699)

01348 881380

07870 824585

llysyrawel@hotmail.com