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🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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0:00.0 | Check one, two, one, two, one two, check one two. |
0:05.0 | Hey, this is that side in. I'm Nate Hedgey. |
0:08.0 | And right now I am starting to buy a bunch of sheep. |
0:16.0 | So a few months ago, I was standing on a hill in northwest Ireland. |
0:22.6 | And it was like everything I expected the emerald aisle to look like. |
0:27.6 | Soft green grass, a rainbow at one point, and of course, a farmer tending to his flock. |
0:34.6 | Sometimes it can be tedious, but it's lovely when the first lamb arrives. |
0:39.3 | You know it's all worth it. |
0:41.1 | This muddy, steep hill is Justin Warnock's backyard. |
0:45.4 | He drives up here every morning on a quad bike. |
0:48.0 | That's what the Irish call a four-wheeler, |
0:49.7 | and shovels out some pellets for the sheep. |
0:54.8 | It's a nice day today, but we've been up here blowing snow and sleet and rain, wind. |
0:59.7 | We get a lot of that here, but it's beautiful. |
1:02.9 | You can see the Atlantic Ocean, the Dundigar Mountains, so you have a great view from here. |
1:08.1 | This is a view that Irish farmers like Justin have been looking at for a very, very long time. |
1:15.5 | There are Gaelic surnames and traditions that date back to the time of the Roman Empire. |
1:21.0 | People have been tending livestock here since before King Tut ruled ancient Egypt. |
1:26.7 | These iconic rolling hills, they're not just for Instagram. |
1:30.7 | They are a part of Ireland's soul. Our DNA is here. There's no doubt about that. My family |
1:37.7 | have been around here for over three 400 years in the Canock area, so, you know, so we're well-bedded in. |
1:43.6 | Well-bedded in, I like that. |
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