Fell Pony Heritage Trust

The Fell Pony Heritage Trust is dedicated to the Fell Pony Hill Breeders whose commitment to the breed means semi-feral herds continue to roam the fells.

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

Fells on the Fell. Mares above Ullswater at Gowbarrow Hall farm. Fell ponies graze selectively, allowing plenty of habitats for all sorts of wildlife and maintaining pasture that takes in more carbon than mature pine forests. #fellponies #Lakedistrict #rarebreed #Cumbria #farming

[Adam Day FRAgS @lakesauctioneer]

Tonight i visit a Lake District farmer group.
No fancy presentations. Just going to turn my chair around and ask them how they are really doing?

Amidst all the new stuff, it is important that @farmernetwork1 asks these questions. Someone has to.

#farming #environment #balance

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

@lakesauctioneer From what I can see you have to own over 12500 acres before ELM payments are awarded, we conservation graze, breeding Fell ponies, maintaining pasture which sequesters more carbon than forestry and will get £8.00 per acre. This will kill small farms and smallholders.

[Ruth Chamberlain @RuthOnTheHoof]

Our native breeds are so hardy - look at this gorgeous #fellpony living high above the clouds. This natural hardiness makes natives the ideal choice for grazing schemes - but it is important not to neglect their welfare - if you enclose them, you’re responsible for them 🐴

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

Practical pony. Here in Tebay, Marnie shows how to do the shopping without a carbon footprint. Fell ponies are ideal for light haulage, cooperative and clever and a handy size for anyone to manage. #Fellponies #Cumbria #Sustainability #Lakedistrict #rarebreeds #nativeponies

[Ruth Chamberlain @RuthOnTheHoof]

Fell ponies above the clouds. When spending time with any breed in it’s native environment, you truly appreciate how special & specific they are to that area. From Exmoor to the Outer Hebrides, our native M&M ponies were developed to live, work, & thrive in tough surroundings

[Sally Barley 🐝🪲🦗🪶🐈🌳🌿🍄🌾🌻🚲🇧🇪🚴🏻‍♂️🇵🇸 @sallydjbarley]

@RuthOnTheHoof @heritage_fell Here’s my Fell mare LuneValley Holly with her tiny friend. She was a brilliant driver in her prime.

[Adam Day FRAgS @lakesauctioneer]

In these parts, farmers produce great food and work with nature every day. @farmernetwork1 is working with local conservationists to hold another cracking on farm event.

Hedges to benefit livestock, wildlife, water and Carbon. It's all about balance

#food #farming #environment

[Ruth Chamberlain @RuthOnTheHoof]

Greenholme Kingsman the Fell pony stallion. Isn’t he magnificent? It’s great to see a bay Fell pony too 🐴😁

[Alison O’Neill ~ Shepherdess @woolismybread]

The day ended much as it began .. final check round land .. with hailstorms… 🥶🌬🌧🐾🐾🌧🌬🌧🌬🌧🐑🌧🌬🌧🐾🌧🐑🌬🌧

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

Like most intelligent creatures, Fell ponies are full of curiosity. These two mares are sneaking up on a tractor as soon as the driver has left. This childlike curiosity and intelligence makes them ideal work companions. #Fellponies #Cumbria #farming #rarebreeds #sustainability

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

Fell ponies make ideal driving ponies. They form a deep bond and partnership with their drivers. Here is Marnie enjoying the sea at Silloth. #Fellponies #Cumbria #sustainability #ponies #rarebreeds #nativeponies

[Adam Day FRAgS @lakesauctioneer]

Yesterday i had a great day auctioneering at Penrith Mart in the largest machinery sale to date. Many hundreds of farmers came to buy, sell or just for for the craic and social. You are never lonely at an auction

Such an important part of rural life
#Cumbria #farming #community

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

Cumbria's Fell ponies, selective grazing leaves patches of rushes and long grass which protect small mammals, breeding birds and invertebrates. Obviously this little foal is sleepy after all that conservation grazing. #fellpony #sustainability #rarebreed #Cumbria #conservation

[Ullswater Felt Art @UllswaterFelt]

I am taking part in the #fortyfarms fair at @rheged next Saturday 10-3 https://t.co/VwMC1XYhZt

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

@flamingyam @HeppJ66 Penrith (North Lakes) station is a ten minute walk from Rheged. Stagecoach runs buses to this station. The big Fell pony shows are at Dalemain, sadly without transport links. I hope you can find a Fell-fan to give you a lift. It is quite shocking that there are so few links.

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

Libby Robinson is giving a talk on the future of Fell Ponies at the Rheged centre in Penrith, 19th. November, 3.30pm. #rarebreeds #Fellponies #RBST #FPHT

[Hannah Gardner @GardnerKHannah]

Its been brilliant working with the rangers from @NT_TheNorth @lakedistrictnpa @fixthefells to agree a new permissive bridleway which will improve access for horses through the Langstrath Valley, #Borrowdale #LakeDistrict #Horseback #PartnershipWorking @BritishHorse 🔽

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

Fell ponies are fabulous. Hardy, thrifty, intelligent & versatile: the true solar-powered ATV for the Twenty first century. Plus they have very wiffly noses.
#Fellpony #Cumbria #farming #Sustainability #cutebabies #nativepony #conservation #RBST #rarebreeds #LakeDistrict

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

@BuddiC7 Thankfully they are developing normally. Laddie is an idiot, like any other colt, and Grace is an angel, like her mother. They are big enough to wean next month, when they will be six months old.

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

Fell pony twins at 3 weeks old, they had a 1:10,000 chance of surviving; Gracie and Laddie, loving their lives in Cumbria. #fellponies #RBST #foals #cutebabies #conservation #nativebreed #Cumbria #nativeponies

[Fell Pony Heritage Trust @heritage_fell]

@RuthOnTheHoof Oooh, just got my calendar. Can't wait for March, that pony is magnificent.