" Jill"  wrote in message 
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> Following on from the tanning question -  does anyone have current 
> experience of getting skins from Slaughterhouse to tannery ?
> and similarly does anyone know what the situation is about Horns.
>
> We have some Jacobs mutton boys to go shortly - we need to start finding 
> out what the CURRENT state of play is.
> At the time we did the last lot they are changing the rules and it was 
> quite difficult to get them up to the tannery.
> It would be great to get the horns back too.
> We have folks very interested in them for working.
>
> -- 
> regards
> Jill Bowis
> www.kintaline.co.uk - where we are, what we do: Kintaline Plant and 
> Poultry Centre
> www.lorn.org.uk    Local Origins Rural Network - Local Producers Market & 
> Business/Community Network
> www.benderloch.org.uk/forum - Ardchattan Past and Present


My ewes got to the www.arranlamb.com company. Iain's great and he sends 
skins away himself. Details on his webpage. Worth a chat with him?

Dave
>

"Dave P"  wrote in message 
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> " Jill"  wrote in message 
> news:7iesvdF2ugqs1U1@mid.individual.net...
>> Following on from the tanning question -  does anyone have current 
>> experience of getting skins from Slaughterhouse to tannery ?
>> and similarly does anyone know what the situation is about Horns.
>>
>> We have some Jacobs mutton boys to go shortly - we need to start finding 
>> out what the CURRENT state of play is.
>> At the time we did the last lot they are changing the rules and it was 
>> quite difficult to get them up to the tannery.
>> It would be great to get the horns back too.
>> We have folks very interested in them for working.
>
> My ewes got to the www.arranlamb.com company. Iain's great and he sends 
> skins away himself. Details on his webpage. Worth a chat with him?

hmmm - not one that has been on the radar before, very interesting.
If I had thought about it I would have guessed you would have gone to Islay.
thanks for the heads up.


-- 
regards
Jill Bowis
www.kintaline.co.uk - where we are, what we do: Kintaline Plant and Poultry 
Centre
www.lorn.org.uk    Local Origins Rural Network - Local Producers Market & 
Business/Community Network
www.benderloch.org.uk/forum - Ardchattan Past and Present

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>>
>> My ewes got to the www.arranlamb.com company. Iain's great and he sends 
>> skins away himself. Details on his webpage. Worth a chat with him?
>
> hmmm - not one that has been on the radar before, very interesting.
> If I had thought about it I would have guessed you would have gone to 
> Islay.
> thanks for the heads up.
>
>
> -- 
> regards
> Jill Bowis
> www.kintaline.co.uk - where we are, what we do: Kintaline Plant and 
> Poultry Centre
> www.lorn.org.uk    Local Origins Rural Network - Local Producers Market & 
> Business/Community Network
> www.benderloch.org.uk/forum - Ardchattan Past and Present
>
>

With the Skipness to Lochranza ferry running until the end of the month its 
a cheaper option. He also posts boxes of butchered hogget away to my 
customers for me.

Dave

Dave P wrote:

>
> With the Skipness to Lochranza ferry running until the end of the
> month its a cheaper option. He also posts boxes of butchered hogget
> away to my customers for me.
>
> Dave

ooooh -- NICE service !!
Definately someone to contact for good ideas and such for LORN

thanks


-- 
regards
Jill Bowis
www.kintaline.co.uk - where we are, what we do: Kintaline Plant and Poultry 
Centre
www.lorn.org.uk    Local Origins Rural Network - Local Producers Market & 
Business/Community Network
www.benderloch.org.uk/forum - Ardchattan Past and Present