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Juliet Klottrup, “Bleak Bank Farm” “William Dawson of ‘Bleak Bank Farm’ is my neighbour, his family run a hill farm at the foot of Ingleborough Mountain, in the Yorkshire Dales which they have done for 100 years. I took this photograph on a mid-June morning. The Dawsons had been gathering their grazing sheep off the fell, which meant a 3AM milking start time before a mountain climb to meet neighbouring shepherds at the summit. The Dawsons shear their own sheep – this image to me represents the physical toil and attentive care they give to their flock. This is a yearly event that is done for the welfare of the animal. This Dalesbred fleece will be worthless against its synthetic competitor. My slice of England has infinite horizons, shadowy clouds rolling above green moorland, endless dry stone walls, pastures speckled white and black with grazing sheep and cows. When I think of the future of ‘My England’, I hope this sustainable heritage is supported and stays part of it.”

Photography Juliet Klottrup. Courtesy of Riposte