Dawn and Martin Blackman farm at Harelawside. close to the village.

They joined the village in the Millenium year, 2000, when they came to Scotland from Peterborough, having farmed at Norman Cross with Martin's family.

Harelawside is a mixed farm of just over five hundred acres and now part of the Blackman family's group of farms.

Parts of the farm have picturesque steep sided valleys with a burn and waterfall running through them while other areas, on the hill top, are gently sloping. Some of the land is forested and a new plantation has recently been planted.

Dawn and Martin also have fifty breeding ewes with about a hundred lambs at foot.

Dawn's ten chickens and a cockerel can usually be seen during the day wandering the fields or scratching about in the yard and the two dogs, Martin's Springer Spaniel and Dawn's Jack Russell Terrier, are the best of friends and don't seem to bother the hens!

In his spare time, Martin is an excellent shot and a keen sportsman, taking part in Rough and Clay pigeon shooting as well as being a member of a local shooting syndicate.

Dawn, who is a trained nursery nurse,  is a regular volunteer with the Berwickshire Riding for the Disabled Group and also works part time for the Berwick Family Centre.

The farm is very attractive having a cluster of traditional stone buildings close to the house and the benefit of modern buildings behind them.

Mature trees surround the house with bluebells starting to bloom beneath them.

Dawn and Martin hope you've enjoyed this small tour of Harelawside Farm 

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