In your field: Dan Jones - "The loss of a sheepdog is heartbreaking. I recently lost my trusted collie, Blaze... We had built a trusted bond over countless hours of shared experiences"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme on the North Wales coast near Llandudno

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In your field: Dan Jones - "The loss of a sheepdog is heartbreaking. I recently lost my trusted collie, Blaze... We had built a trusted bond over countless hours of shared experiences"

Farming on the Great Orme presents its own challenges, one of which I enjoy is gathering. Although we are not a particularly high farm, at 200 meters, we often refer to the rocky cliffs and crags outside...

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