Enjoy the adventures of Icelandic sheep with troll given magic in their fleeces who come from beautiful Iceland to live on a farm attached to an old Manor House Poshington Hall in the beautiful fells of the Lake District of England. Their wool supports a small cottage industry of a knitting circle specialising in Icelandic wool.
The main characters are a pair of Icelandic Sheep called Hekla and Freya who have troll magic in their fleeces and a ram called Gunnar. Farmer Joe and his wife Beryl who belongs to a knitting circle. A helpful Icelandic troll called Lilts who was saved by the sheep and in return gave them magical fleeces.
Are the main characters based on real people?
No. But there’s a bit of me and my adventurous spirit in them as I believe that anything can be achieved if you put your mind to it. If I died tomorrow I don’t want to have too many regrets. You make your own ‘magic’ happen. My epitaph would be something like “She lived”.
Is the book based in a specific area?
The Lake District and Iceland. I have stayed in the Lake District many times and love the wide open spaces and the tranquility. I only recently visited Iceland by cruise ship because it’s itinerary circumnavigated the whole country. I just loved the stark beauty of Iceland with its dramatic scenery, coastline, waterfalls, thermal springs and legends of trolls. Drinking fresh water straight from a spring and I fell in love with the sheep and horses. There are similarities with the wildness of the Lake District and that of the Icelandic countryside so fresh and clean.
Is the story based on real events?
I have been drawing sheep and farm characters since I was about 11 and cartoons of my family which I’d give as Birthday and Christmas cards. I did start writing a story about the sheep, animals and the places I drew but never finished it until now, but the normal sheep became Icelandic sheep after my recent visit to Iceland. The cover drawings and illustrations in the books are all my own work (apart from the text).
Well, the Icelandic wool shortage was based on a pair of pure hand knitted Icelandic socks I bought from a small fishing community in Iceland. One got into the wash by accident and shrunk, so I was very cross and it took ages to find a similar pair on line, they were very expensive. I have done a lot of travelling and visiting Historic places and the volunteers I encounter at them are very typical of the characters Hazel and Julie the wardens at Poshington Hall in my book.
Was much research needed to write the book?
Not too much but I did read up about Icelandic sheep and about how many pairs of socks you could knit from a fleece what they ate etc. I knew about the dates of the American Civil War and tied it into the owner of Poshington Hall’s fortunes. Steam packet ships had started offering accommodation to paying passengers in the 1850’s from Liverpool so I dove-tailed it into my story. I have also taken a few cruises in my time and observed just how ‘sheeplike’ people can be on ships. The ‘human flock’ is more apparent in my third book ‘The Sheep of Poshington Hall Farm go on a cruise’. It will be out soon. I laughed writing it, so. I hope you do too reading it.
Is this book part of a series?
Yes. A trilogy to start with, but I already have 3 more in progress.
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The Sheep of Poshington Hall Farm’s Flying Visit To Iceland
Hekla and Freya live at Poshington Hall Farm in the Lake District. They look like many sheep with silly smiles, beautiful woollen fleeces and horns, but they are not. They are in fact Icelandic sheep that possess secret troll-given magical powers in their fleeces, and go on wonderful adventures. In this book, the sheep learn to fly, meet their friendly troll, and rescue some of their family from being eaten in Iceland.
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The Sheep of Poshington Hall Farm Go On A Cruise
In this book, the sheep go on a cruise and use their troll-given magic to help catch robbers.
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The Sheep of Poshington Hall Farm: The Trolls’ Knees-Up and Ghostly Goings-On
Hekla and Freya live at Poshington Hall Farm in the Lake District. They look like many sheep with silly smiles, beautiful woollen fleeces and horns, but they are not. They are in fact Icelandic sheep that possess secret troll-given magical powers in their fleeces and go on wonderful adventures.
In this book, the sheep join forces with the Spectral Army of Mungrisdale, their friendly Icelandic Lilts troll, and the ghosts of Poshington Hall to stop partying, greedy, flesh-eating trolls helping themselves to the sheep and residents of the Farm and Hall.
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The Sheep of Poshington Hall Farm: The Curse of the Witch and Odin’s Ravens
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Icelandic sheep Hekla and Freya have magical fleeces and live at Poshington Hall Farm. Join them on their latest new and exciting, but dangerous, adventure.
Accompanied by their friends and Odin’s ravens, they cross over the void from the fells of England’s Lake District to the realms of the Norse gods.
Their quest is to free Idunina, a beautiful Vanir woman, and their old friend the Icelandic Lilts troll, from a powerful wicked witch’s curse.
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