Countryside Live: Video - Amanda Owen hopes to 'inspire' people

Amanda Owen, aka The Yorkshire Shepherdess was the special guest on the first day of Countryside Live in Harrogate.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Oct 2018, 19:42 BST
Updated 20th Oct 2018, 20:48 BST

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Amanda Owen, aka the Yorkshire Shepherdess, looking at a Devon and Cornwall Longwool sheep with Ruth Dalton (right), field officer for the Rare Breeds Survival Trust at Countryside Live at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate. Picture by Gary Longbottom.Amanda Owen, aka the Yorkshire Shepherdess, looking at a Devon and Cornwall Longwool sheep with Ruth Dalton (right), field officer for the Rare Breeds Survival Trust at Countryside Live at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate. Picture by Gary Longbottom.
Amanda Owen, aka the Yorkshire Shepherdess, looking at a Devon and Cornwall Longwool sheep with Ruth Dalton (right), field officer for the Rare Breeds Survival Trust at Countryside Live at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate. Picture by Gary Longbottom.

In this video, she talks about how her two worlds, of farming and being in the public eye collide and how she hopes she inspires people with her tales of life as a mother-of-nine and farmer with 1,000 sheep in the upper reaches of the Yorkshire Dales.

There is more from Amanda is this report here, an interview with another guest, Olympian showjumper Geoff Billington here, plus a full rundown of the show from show director Charles Mills here.

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An extended interview with the Shepherdess will feature in The Yorkshire Post on Monday, alongside further, extended coverage from the two-day autumn showpiece at the Great Yorkshire Showground.

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Related topics:The Yorkshire ShepherdessAmanda OwenHarrogateYorkshire DalesGreat Yorkshire Showground