Faroese Sheep
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Faroese sheep are now a unique breed of sheep all their own. Their unique breed has been mixed with sheep imported from Iceland and the Scottish isles to boost their numbers during valleys of low numbers in the 17th century and later again in the 19th century, to engineer a sheep with more meat and better wool. The sheep wandered about freely and most bore no sign of ownership. The terrain, however, is unforgiving with deep crevasses and many steep cliff dropoffs, leaving little room for wandering beyond the farm proper. The week I was there, a young couple from France died in a fall into a crevasse; the husband was attempting to retrieve an unusual fern from the rim of the crevasse, started to slip in, the wife tried to rescue him and they both fell to their death.
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Sylvias wrote:
What a sad story Joe. Lovely scenery and set. 
I had been by that crevasse the day before the accident. It was heartbreaking to think of the young wife trying to save her husband there.
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Beautiful captures and rendering. Informative narrative. I like the Christmas lights on the shed - I hope that you enjoy the holidays - please keep on sharing.
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Ourspolair wrote:
Beautiful captures and rendering. Informative narrative. I like the Christmas lights on the shed - I hope that you enjoy the holidays - please keep on sharing.
Thanks very much. I’m wishing you happy holidays also.
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steve49 wrote:
Nice pics... tough place to live I bet.
Thanks. The people were very friendly and everyone spoke English. It was not as crowded with tourists as Iceland and Norway. The islands were subject to thick fog rolling in off the North Atlantic that necessitated sitting down on the trail until it passed; generally it would only be a ten to fifteen minute event.
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