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If you have an idea for an event, please let Karen know.
Thursday 8th August
Okehampton Show (NOT a DASH event)
Look out for the DASH stand at Okehampton Show. www.okehamptonshow.co.uk
Sunday 11th August
Meet 10.30am for 11am start
Dizzy Dairy - Sheep’s Cheese - Tour and Tasting (limited places)
This DASH event is only open to members.
£2.50pp
Rob and Katie are based at Dizzard Farm, Dizzard, Bude, in North Cornwall.
Rob has been a sheep farmer all his life and Katie for 10 years.
In September 2023 they decided to diversify, breeding their milking sheep, so they could milk the sheep and produce Sheep’s Cheese.
They have started to mature their first batch of cheeses and have just released their range of soft, semi-soft and hard Sheep’s Cheeses, available to purchase.
Katie and Rob have kindly offered to give us a tour of the farm in it’s idyllic setting and of their small dairy. We can meet the sheep, see the milking parlour, view the cheese production room where Katie will explain the cheesemaking process, and hear all about their journey.
Due to regulations set by the Food Standards Agency we will not be able to see actual cheese making in progress. There will also be a brief health questionnaire to fill out on arrival.
Cheeses will be available to taste and purchase!
Thursday 22nd August
Holsworthy and Stratton Show (NOT a DASH event)
Look out for the DASH stand at Holsworthy and Stratton Show. www.holsworthyandstrattonagriculturalshow.co.uk
Wednesday 11th September
Meet for 11am start
Torview Wines - Tour, Wine Tasting, Sheep’s Fleece Project, Bring a Picnic
This DASH event is only open to members.
£7.50pp
Beara Farm, Sheepwash
Tim will give us a guided tour of his vineyard followed by a tasting of his wines. Wines will be available to purchase!
With the help of some sheep fleece donated by DASH membership secretary, Kate, they are also looking at replicating some of the research done at a Welsh Vineyard. Here, they found that by putting fleece between the vines there were benefits such as: increasing soil nutrients, reducing pests, and increasing moisture retention; all of which helped increase the sugar content of the grapes and thus produced a better wine.
Fleeces have been put around the vines and they will start collecting data, hoping for some definitive results next year.Tim has kindly agreed, for anyone wishing to do so, to allow us to stay on and have a picnic whilst admiring the views.