Two women and their dogs
It is a traditional sport that tends to conjure up images of old men in cloth hats wandering the fells making the hillsides ring to the shrieks of their whistles.
But now sheepdog trials is making inroads into flatter terrain as two women launch their own answer to one man and his dog - in the Fens.
Sarah Jenkins and Claire Neal have set-up what is believed to be East Anglia’s first sheepdog school - complete with sheep - at Wormegay, near King’s Lynn.
Spurred on by the success of the BBC programme of the same name and the demise of foxhunting, it appears a new wave of canine-lovers are buying border collies to try out this most traditional of sports for themselves.
“The industry has moved on as people have more leisure time and realise there is access to land where they can train regularly,” said Ms Jenkins.
“People want to know more about sheep dogs, there is this whole heritage attraction to it.
“We are talking about a dog that knows more about sheep than we are ever going to know.”
Ms Jenkins, who has represented England at sheepdog trials and judges in events at home and abroad, works sheep with apparent ease.
Whistling vigorously as her dog Flynn scampers across the field, she insists anyone can learn the art and improve their dog’s behaviour beyond measure.
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