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Sheep magazine archive 1: issues 3-9

Lefty online magazine, issue 3: October 2015 to issue 9: April 2016

Lefty online magazine, issue 3: October 2015 to issue 9: April 2016

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LITERALLY<br />

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SHEEP<br />

in the road<br />

22<br />

Words: Wooly Jumper<br />

Photographs: Rudi Thoemmes<br />

So here’s to sheep in the road! I meet these<br />

sheep regularly on the back of the Matson<br />

estate on the edge of Gloucester. Through the<br />

generations these sheep have learnt and shared<br />

their route from their local field, across common<br />

land and into the heart of Matson by the main<br />

shops.<br />

They know the best grazing spots and as<br />

established neighbours of old have no concern<br />

about popping into lots of gardens to nibble<br />

your hedge or munch on your marigolds! Every<br />

garden gate is pushed open as the marauding<br />

Matson sheep eat their fill. They are<br />

SHEEP IN THE ROAD : NUMBER 3<br />

Photograph: Rudi Thoemmes

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