Every dog has its day, and that day will soon arrive for Rob the sheepdog.
A picture of Rob peering through a fence will feature in an outdoor exhibition by photographer Joanne Coates, who spent a year documenting life on an isolated County Durham hill farm. The exhibition celebrating upland farming will be on show in Upper Teesdale as part of a natural heritage programme, backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Paul and Jen Johnson, tenant farmers on the Raby Estate, welcomed Joanne to their farm, Herdship. The resulting photographs are on show in the landscape high in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a short distance down the dale in the field at the Langdon Beck Hotel until June 4. Entry is free and there is parking at the hotel.
