Tour of Britain 2015 Stages and appropriate Sheep:
Day 1, Sunday Sept 6th, Beaumaris to Wrexham: Welsh breeds including Lleyn, Welsh Mountain and Black Welsh Mountain, Welsh Mule, Welsh Half-bred, Badger-faced, Balwen, Speckled-faced, Kerry Hill. (KH is from east mid-Wales but close enough, especially if you haven’t any other!) Also Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester and Border Leicester.
Day 2, Monday Sept 7th, Clitheroe to Colne: Rough Fell, Lonk. Also Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester and Swaledale.
Day 3, Tuesday Sept 8th, Cockermouth to Floors Castle, Kelso: Herdwick, Castlemilk Moorit, Border Leicester, Cheviots (both North Country and South Country), Scottish Blackface, Scotch Mule, Scotch Half-bred. Also Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester.
Day 4, Wednesday Sept 9th, Edinburgh to Blyth: Scottish Blackface, Scotch Mule, Border Leicester, Scotch Half-bred, Cheviots (as above), Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester.
Day 5, Thursday Sept 10th, Prudhoe to Penrith : Hexhamshire / Northumberland Blackface, Swaledale, North of England Mule (both Swaley Mule and Blackie Mule), Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester, Rough Fell, Herdwick.
Day 6, Friday Sept 11th, Stoke-on-Trent to Nottingham: Whitefaced Woodland, Lonk, Derbyshire Gritstone. Lincoln Longwool, Leicester Longwool to stretch a point.
Day 7, Saturday Sept 12th, Fakenham to Ipswich : Norfolk Horn, Suffolk, maybe Cambridge?
Day 8, Sunday Sept 13th, City of London: Romney, Southdown (stretching a point.) Also, not sheep but socio-geographically relevant, silk.
Day 1, Sunday Sept 6th, Beaumaris to Wrexham: Welsh breeds including Lleyn, Welsh Mountain and Black Welsh Mountain, Welsh Mule, Welsh Half-bred, Badger-faced, Balwen, Speckled-faced, Kerry Hill. (KH is from east mid-Wales but close enough, especially if you haven’t any other!) Also Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester and Border Leicester.
Day 2, Monday Sept 7th, Clitheroe to Colne: Rough Fell, Lonk. Also Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester and Swaledale.
Day 3, Tuesday Sept 8th, Cockermouth to Floors Castle, Kelso: Herdwick, Castlemilk Moorit, Border Leicester, Cheviots (both North Country and South Country), Scottish Blackface, Scotch Mule, Scotch Half-bred. Also Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester.
Day 4, Wednesday Sept 9th, Edinburgh to Blyth: Scottish Blackface, Scotch Mule, Border Leicester, Scotch Half-bred, Cheviots (as above), Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester.
Day 5, Thursday Sept 10th, Prudhoe to Penrith : Hexhamshire / Northumberland Blackface, Swaledale, North of England Mule (both Swaley Mule and Blackie Mule), Blue-Faced Leicester / Crossing Leicester, Rough Fell, Herdwick.
Day 6, Friday Sept 11th, Stoke-on-Trent to Nottingham: Whitefaced Woodland, Lonk, Derbyshire Gritstone. Lincoln Longwool, Leicester Longwool to stretch a point.
Day 7, Saturday Sept 12th, Fakenham to Ipswich : Norfolk Horn, Suffolk, maybe Cambridge?
Day 8, Sunday Sept 13th, City of London: Romney, Southdown (stretching a point.) Also, not sheep but socio-geographically relevant, silk.