At the 130th anniversary of the Shipley Glen Tramway celebrations, there were a few other attractions in Thompson Lane Field. Altreka is a family run alpaca trekking centre in Baildon. They had brought along two of their alpacas for people to get to know. They seemed very patient and amenable to being walked around the field. I'm not sure I fancy taking a trek with an alpaca, to be honest. Sounds even harder to manage than a dog on a lead. At least my camera is well-behaved - and that's what I usually take trekking!
The Jowett cars were very well-behaved, lining up in an orderly manner. Jowett cars and vans were manufactured in Bradford between 1906 and 1954, designed initially as a lightweight vehicle that could cope easily with Bradford and Yorkshire's hilly terrain. The Bradford Industrial Museum has a number of the vehicles in its collection, though I think those shown were from a local enthusiasts' group.
Alpaca trekking has become more and more popular over the last 15 years or so. I have never tried it myself, but a friend of mine was given a walk as a birthday present (otherwise I doubt she would have done it) and absolutely fell in love with "her" alpaca, Ronny.
ReplyDeleteI 💙🩵 alpacas!
ReplyDeleteYep, learned something new again from you. Had never heard of Jowett vehicles...and apparently they were around for quite a long while...so there must be a lot of them out there! They do look very nice, and well cared for, these older ones. But of course 1954 was quite a ways back there!
ReplyDeleteThe alpacas are so cute.
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