Shearing Day
Una Cameron has sheared sheep all over the world. Caz Graham joins her in East Lothian as she prepares to try and set a new world record for speed shearing.
It’s every professional sheep shearer’s dream to hold a world record for speed shearing. So says Una Cameron, who’s been shearing on the international circuit for the last thirty years. This summer she’s hoping to become one herself, by shearing more than 458 sheep in nine hours. It’s a gruelling physical challenge and she’s being coached by a specialist trainer who’s worked with ten shearing world record holders in recent years.
Caz Graham joins Una and her team as they shear a flock of ewes at Michael Kerr’s farm in East Lothian. She hears about Una’s life on the road as a shearer in New Zealand and Australia, the thrill of international shearing competitions, and the skill involved in cleanly removing a fleece from a reluctant sheep. She also finds out how the preparation’s going for this summer’s word record challenge.
Produced and presented by Caz Graham
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- Sun 28 Jul 2024 06:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4