good and sad news...

... all the goats have gone. Big time farmer from Boriad bought them all yesterday afternoon. All happened very fast, local man Shumango let them know sometime back, and they came over the back roads as soon as the earth tracks dried up enough for their trucky things. We even got good enough price, and the goats will have a lovely time with 24 other goats on limitless fields...
all for the best. We keep in touch with the buyer, we might just get one milking goat and a couple of lambs next spring... now we don't have to worry about running out of hay and hungry goats running amok while we are away.
as I mentioned, Alan's allergy was too bad this summer to work with hay, and it was too many goats, too much work for a lazy retired me. Enjoyed it, done it, got the tshirt... still feel sad and guilty... will go for a nice walk, it is sparkly day with sunshine and full autumn colours, I'll try to make a few arty photos...