200 pregnant sheep moved from the top of a village in 90-year-tradition

This baaaaa-rmy footage shows a parade of 200 ewes trotting from the top of a tiny village to lamb in a field below in a 90-year-old tradition that marks the start of spring. The pregnant sheep on Hodgson's farm in Askrigg in the Yorkshire Dales make the two mile journey downhill over five days every year to move to a safe sheltered field to give birth to their lambs. The journey through the steep village, which has a population of just 550, in North Yorks., is made in three stages to give the ewes, who are ready to drop, ample rest during their relocation.The move causes such a spectacle that locals and tourists in the village, made famous by the 80s TV show All Creatures Great and Small, flock to the streets to watch the procession.