Talk:Drovers' road

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Droving in 1930s
Ken Watts, Droving in Wiltshire, apparently mentions droving of sheep still taking place in the 1930s. I don't have a copy yet but:

"In the prologue to his book, KGW tells a delightful story from the memoirs of Edith Olivier in the 1930s. She and her father were driving in a carriage from Wilton to Wilsford when they came across a flock of sheep spread on either side of the road.  Not recognising the breed, her father got down to talk to the shepherd, who was from Dorset and whose boss owned one of the only two flocks of this breed in the country.  Every year, part of each flock was exchanged with the other, which belonged to a Hertfordshire farmer.  [Breeding purposes?] The sheep were upset by train travel and there was too much traffic - even then - on the main roads, so the shepherd had for years driven them by lanes and byways in May...2mph for 3 weeks.  All along the route he knew fields where he could turn them in for the night and inns that would provide him with a bed.  When he reached Hertfordshire he would rest for a week or two then drive back to Dorset the sheep he had come to fetch." Winelight (talk) 15:26, 13 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Olivier's memoirs are "Without Knowing Mr. Walkley: Personal Memories by Edith Olivier ~ 1938" Winelight (talk) 15:29, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

"Drove" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drove&redirect=no Drove] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Duckmather (talk) 03:54, 6 May 2024 (UTC)