Arkadia Alpaca
appreciation of the finer things in life
Category: Alpacas
Is it Spring at last?
A bit of February sunshine today was really appreciated by our South American creatures at GGF.
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Happy alpacas…
It was time today to introduce this year’s cria and their mums to the far meadow. Lots of excitement at the vast expanse of lush green grass was followed by exploratory galloping before the herd reformed to settle down for the night.
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Arkadia Alpacas at Canons Ashby Harvest Festival
After an extremely wet day on Saturday, the sun came out on Sunday and the alpacas (and the hand spun yarns) were a huge hit.
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Arkadia Alpacas at Canons Ashby
We’re just about packed up and ready to take the Arkadia Alpacas Roadshow to the Harvest Festival at Canons Ashby House this weekend. As well as alpacas on display, there will be demonstrations of how we card and spin the alpaca fibre to make… Continue Reading “Arkadia Alpacas at Canons Ashby”
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Naming Competition cria born (at last!!!)
Briza finally gave birth this afternoon to a striking little girl. We’re currently putting all the girl’s names you came up with in a hat (knitted from alpaca fibre of course). Watch this space to see if you’re the winner…
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Alpaca Walk and Felting Workshop – Aug 17th
This is the first time we’ve combined an alpaca walk & workshop using alpaca fibre – along with a treasure hunt & magic stick workshop for the younger members of the group – and it was a great success! Please watch our website for… Continue Reading “Alpaca Walk and Felting Workshop – Aug 17th”
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Another new arrival at Arkadia Alpacas
Fantasia gave birth this morning to a lovely grey boy – Phineas Potts. That’s two girls & two boys so far – three more crias expected…
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Paloma’s Promise
Toft Talini just gave birth to our latest arrival – a little girl we’ve named Paloma’s Promise. Her colouring is quite unexpected, but very beautiful.
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Who’s a big boy then?
No, it’s not an alpaca after a growth spurt, it’s Spinach the llama at Catanger Llamas. He’s a very handsome chap & looking good at a record 21 years old
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Two’s company
Our (nearly) matching pair of crias – Pinnacle Prince & Pinterry Princess, 4 & 7 days old now
