It’s #woolweek here in the UK and so we thought while people were celebrating the product, we’d celebrate the hard working farmers who look after the sheep all year round. Watch Tom and his clipping partner John on their first day of the shearing season at Belsay in Northumberland. It’s hot hard work but they make it look easy.

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