A seasonal activity that can be harsh, but also strangely therapeutic... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Lambing Season, by Kate O'Shaughnessy above.
Every morning, he wakes at 4.30 and every morning I wonder how he does it. It's April and I hear the familiar sounds of the zipping of the fleece jacket, and the whir of the kettle boiling – not for the luxury of a of coffee, but to thaw the frozen dew from the jeep window....
This essay appeared on the programme of March 1st - listen back here
