With most new ventures things evolve and change, we started in 2011 with two Highland cows in calf bought locally from a neighbour. These produced one heifer and one bull calf, the heifer Elsie, is still on the Fold today. When it came round to putting the cows back in calf we decided to purchase a bull rather than go down the Artificial Insemination route. We purchased Dark Prince of Walton and ended up buying a number of heifers at the same time, as you do! Lilly, Peggy and Ellie. We joined the Highland Cattle Society and attended Sales in Oban along with starting to show our young stock. We later purchased Eoin Mhor 12th of Mottistone who has turned out to be a stock bull of the highest quality. This addition to the Fold improved the quality of stock being produced and set us on a course of producing show winning cattle. Our home bred Eoin Mhor 5th of Harris (Huggy Bear) has been really influential in establishing our fold as a breeder of high quality stock. More recently Ernie of Yarchester, by Black Prince from the Gilden Vale Fold, was purchased to breed with the offspring of Eoin Mhor 12th with the emphasis on producing larger framed animals. We also have a third bull bloodline, Alexander 1st of Harris, by another Mottistone bull, which has enabled us to grow the fold to over 40 animals with 20 breeding cows. The overall aim of Harris Fold is to produce quality, well-tempered Highland Cattle with the emphasis on a natural input. They are fed naturally on milk, grass and hay living in harmony with the local fauna. We are a Red Tractor certified producer and do have on occasions our home grown beef boxes for sale. We handle our cattle from an early age to promote good temperament, quietness and ease of handling. We take great pride in exhibiting our animals in the show ring and also when welcoming visitors and customers to the fold.