TRADITION: the ‘sheep’ at Mainsgill Farm Shop with owner Maria Henshaw
MOTORISTS on the A66 are in for a festive surprise this Christmas.
Staff at Mainsgill Farm Shop and Tearooms, at East Layton, near Richmond, have created an 8ft-high shepherd, a 6ft collie and 30 sheep – all out of bales of hay – which can be seen from the road.
Maria Henshaw, who runs the business with her husband, Andrew, said: “Each year we have a different Christmas theme, and this year it’s ‘While shepherds watch their flocks by night’. It really helps to cheer people up amid all the gloom.”
She said her nine-year-old daughter, Rachel, came up with the theme.
Mainsgill Farm Shop and Tearooms is open daily from 9am-5pm. For more details, call 01325-718860.
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