Clandon Park, Guildford - Experience Days, Talks & Courses

LAMBING & SHEPHERDING EXPERIENCE DAYS

WITH

DAISY BAKER (The Travelling Shepherdess) 

& 

LADY ONSLOW 

28th March to 1st May 2024

At Clandon Park every one of our native rare breed sheep are vitally important to the survival of the Whitefaced Woodland critically endangered breed. According to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust Clandon Park have the largest double registered flock of these sheep in the World. 

For many years we have provided hundreds of veterinary students experience at Clandon Park and since 2023 we have been able to offer a similar opportunity to members of the public who have little or no prior knowledge but are keen to experience the life of a shepherd. 

Funds raised from “Experience” days go directly towards protecting this critically endangered breed at Clandon Park. 

Members of the public may attend these Experience Days between 28 March to 1st May 2024, from 9am to 5pm daily :

Full-Day Shepherding (with lambing Experience highly probable during these dates) £50.

2 Days or Weekend Shepherding (with highly likely hands-on Lambing Experience) £90.

5 Days Shepherding (with guaranteed hands-on Lambing Experience) £200

What's Included

• Lambing and Shepherding Experience for one person.
• Enjoy practical lessons and talk session daily with one of our qualified/highly experienced shepherds/instructors: Daisy Baker or Lady Onslow 
• Experience what it is like to work in our outstanding rural environment by assisting our shepherds care for our critically endangered sheep. 
• Learn to assist in the delivery of a new born lamb and you will name the lamb that you deliver. 
• Hot or cold drinks & snacks will be provided at regular break times (please provide your own packed lunch or use the Garden Centre Cafe at lunchtime)
• No prior experience required 
• Wellingtons and outdoor clothes will be required. 
• Veterinary overalls and latex free lambing gloves will be provided if you take part in lambing.      
• Participant guidelines  
• Open to adult persons of any age. 
• Participants will need to be fit enough to walk up a moderate slope to gain the most from the experience. If there is any serious health issues, the participant needs sign off from their GP that they are allowed to attend.
• Any health issues need to be raised at the point of booking
• The experience content and restrictions may vary 
• Please advise if you have any allergies, illness, disabilities or are pregnant prior to booking as restrictions apply.  

If helping this critically endangered native breed survive, and assisting our shepherds bring their new born lambs into this world really interests you, please book your dates with our shepherd Daisy as soon as possible as we limit places to six per day. 

You will receive a warm welcome from our team whether you attend on your own or with a friend. 

This is an extraordinarily fascinating farm experience that is like no other available to members of the public. 

We hope you enjoy a very memorable time at Clandon Park.

Bookings (only) Telephone:

07772902910

Email:

thetravellingshepherdess@gmail.com

CONSERVATION GRAZING...

NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER ?

LADY ONSLOW

MAY 2024-Afternoon 2pm-5pm

This will be the sixth time at Clandon Park. 6-15 members.

SHEEP SHEARING FOR THE UNINITIATED WITH DAISY BAKER - JUNE/JULY 2024 - 10 students/smallholders. Bookings will be taken from April 2024

AN INTRODUCTION TO SHEPHERDING 

DAISY BAKER (THE TRAVELLING SHEPHERDESS) & KIRSTEN STEGMANN (RVC FLOCKMASTER & ZOOLOGIST) 

10 places available. Bookings from April 2024

TRANFERWARE 1780-1840

With RICHARD HALLIDAY PhD

June 

Richard is an accomplished author and arguably the Worlds expert on British blue-printed  transferware.   He was born into a family of antiquarian book specialists and their name has long been associated  with the world of antiques. His late mother, the highly respected Transferware specialist Rosemary Halliday, introduced Richard to blue and white when he was a boy and he was immediately captivated. 

Further details of this exciting talk will be published here soon. 

June 

5.15 Meet at Clandon Park Livery Stables. 

Drive to the Stud and Quarantine Area. Soft drinks served.  

5.30 Part 1. Lecture by the Swimming Lake. 

6.30 10 minute break.

6.40 - 7.15pm Part 2

The Countess of Onslow BHSI. (Stablemanager) 

Lady Onslow was born in Leicestershire. She spent much of her youth on her fathers 600 acre farmland holding where land management, sustainable forestry management, livestock and arable farming and farm diversification projects such as as an Equestrian Centre and Stud were based. Apart from her long term  passion and important work involving the environment, she has gained over 30yrs experience in the management of stallions, mares and foals at the Stud (albeit it started out as an interesting hobby !) .  She first assisted in a complicated delivery of a foal when she was just 10yrs old. Her parents were visiting friends and she was 'home alone' when she noticed that one of the broodmares was behaving 'strangely'. She telephoned the local veterinary surgeon and was thrilled to be told by the vet that she had saved the lives of both the mare and the foal. From that day forth Lady Onslow assisted the veterinary surgeon on many occasions and over the years since has delivered more than 200 foals at her own Killowen Stud (soon to move to Clandon Park when it will be renamed as the Clandon Park Stud) 

Over the years of being present during the delivery of foals (and lambs, kids, piglets, calves and puppies !) she has been faced with many extraordinary circumstances, some highly humerous and a few genuinly rare emergencies when a veterinary surgeon has been urgently  required.

Lady Onslow's talk will cover the highlights of these special moments. 

This lively talk is not only suitable for horse owners who have a broodmare but also for all those who love and care for horses. Her shared experiences should also provide some valuable insight for veterinary students or young Equine Veterinary Surgeons just starting out on their career.

There will be places available for up to 30 delegates. 

Provisional Date July 

Kenton Rogers. MICFor., CEnv., MSc For, M.Arbor.A., FRGS.

Kenton is an forestry consultant and has worked in the industry for over fifteen years starting out as a field technician with Forest Research prior to obtaining a diploma in forest management from the National school of Forestry at Newton Rigg.

Since then Kenton has worked as Estate Forester for the Duke of Wellington.

He has been involved in high profile tree projects in Canada, Germany,  Cyprus and North Africa, for example, providing consultation on the  Global Forest Partnership project delivered by the World Bank and presenting on the conservation of rare conifers at the World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires.

Kenton is also a Trustee of the International Tree Foundation, a Chartered Environmentalist, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the co-founder of Treeconomics.

There will be places available for up to 60 students.

Full details will be published here this spring.

Provisional date July 

Jack Day BA, VetMB, M.R.C.V.S

Rossdales Veterinary Surgeon

Jack is originally from Leicester and qualified from the University of Cambridge in 2013. An established horseman, Jack is a former event rider, was Master of Cambridge University Draghounds for four seasons and now rides regularly in point-to-points. He is a Veterinary Surgeon at Rossdales in Newmarket specialising leg injuries and ailments that affect horses in training. Rossdales is the largest dedicated equine veterinary practice in the UK offering first opinion, referral and emergency veterinary services (24 hrs, 365 days a year).  Their Newmarket 'on the road' vets provide a first class service and clinical excellence to  racehorse trainers, stud farms and sport and leisure horse owners. Their world-renowned Equine Hospital and Diagnostic Centre provides specialist referral services for their clients and for referring veterinary surgeons throughout UK and Europe.

There will be places available for up to 30 students. 

Full details will be published here this spring.

August

John Humphries.

John Humphreys was born in Salford and studied at Rochdale College of Art, Gloucester College of Art and Design and The Royal Academy of Art. 

Having worked in the film industry he fuses fine art with his experience of special effects which creates sculpture that confuses the viewer.

His concern with distorted dimensions presents a fresh and interesting way of exploring sculpture. His sculpture is challenging conventional perceptions of space and hinting at a fourth dimension.

A fine art sculptor, his work in film and television includes projects such as Dr Who, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Rob Roy, Max Headroom and Alexander. He also created the alien for 'Alien Autopsy', the black and white film that launched worldwide controversy around a UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico. Humphreys' work is collected internationally by Mick Fleetwood and many other private collectors.

John Humphreys' work is a fusion of the mediums of film, figurative and abstract sculpture. His sculptures urge the onlooker to think like the artist; to resolve what is laid before them. They reference emotions like shock or trauma; situations that alter our state of mind and how we see things. We are forced to look harder and think more deeply.

There will be places available for up to 60 students.

Full details will be published here June 

May - July - October 

There will be places available for up to 30 students for each visit.

Further details for this years Autumn talks will be published here in August 

CLANDON PARK GETS CRAFTY 

EXCLUSIVE NEW CRAFT COURSES 

by 

RUTH SADDLER 

We are very excited to announce that Ruth will be taking a short break from her TV appearances so she can teach her skills to a limited number of Clandon Park visitors. 

Dates for her Clandon Park summer courses will be in June/July 

Maximum of 15 per course. 

Dates to be advised. Please message us if you wish to be sent info directly from Ruth as she would love to hear from you if you are keen to join her course