James Rebanks, better known as @HerdyShepherd1, is a Lake District sheep farmer who’s continuing the ancient traditions of hill farming while reaching a new audience through social media. Here, he tells his story.
Some of the Herdwick sheep in Rebanks' flock.
James Rebanks
Penguin UK
James Rebanks' ancestors have been farming in the Lake District since the 1420s, and the methods he uses to shepherd and rear sheep would be recognisable to the Vikings.
But since the 40-year-old started posting pictures to his Twitter account in 2012, and after live-tweeting the arrival of sheepdog puppies in March, he's become an unlikely social media star (with 44,000 Twitter followers) and the author of a new book.
Here, he talks in his own words about sheepdogs, life on his Matterdale farm, and what the local landscape means to him.
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