Check out this great little film about the rugged and often brutal reality of farming in the North Pennines. The film follows the life of tenant farmers Tom and Kay who breed sheep, obsessively hoping to breed the perfect one.
This film is a great way of rounding off a stay in the Lakes, as it really delves into the reality of farming in this part of the world and of course the cinematography captures the breath-taking beauty of the landscape, in all it’s rugged glory.
Throughout the movie the couple help birth, groom, nurture and sell their sheep – even when the odds often seem stacked against them.
The film is showing between Sat 13 - Sun 21 Feb 2016 at the Rheghed, Centre, Penrith, Cumbria at 16:00 each time. There is none of that big city pricing going on, tickets are a modest £6.50 for adults and £5 for concessions.
The reviews have been positive also: ”This intimate, but unflinching account of the travails of a North Pennine farming family captures the beauty of the changing seasons, while deftly conveying the graft involved in rearing sheep and cattle and the grimier realities of the rural economy." Empire