Andy Woodburn - Blackface Sheep, Thieves on the farm and mental health

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

At the bottom right of this video, there's a rectangular symbol with some lines - this will activate subtitles. The settings icon next to it, lets you go into a subtitles menu and select your preference. The one called English - United Kingdom are subs we have put together to help people with this episode. The ones called English - auto generated, are youtube's attempt at understanding us - which isn't super well! Do use them if you''re having difficulty this ep, we do get very broadly Scottish / Ayrshire in this one!

[@jacquelineslavich591]

So great to watch a show where the folk conducting the interview are genuinely listening to the guest and not just waiting to ask the next prepared question.

[@leofsige]

I love how Cammy's accent gets thicker as he gets more excited! Absolutely delightful! ❤

[@lyndamurphy3276]

What a lovely man , really enjoyed this podcast with Andy . I now understand as a non farming person , but just someone who loves watching all things farming . Why so many farmers hold this man in such high regards . Thanks Andy , you done amazing .

[@elainegatenby80]

What a lovely man and so funny. His stories are fantastic. Hope he comes back again.

[@77bountiful]

What an amazing man and what a life he's had, and is still having. Thanks for this Cammy and Iona 🥰🥰

[@margobrown6140]

Jings.... I'm away to lie down for about a week. What a man & what a podcast. & a great message to finish on.

[@heatherallum]

Speaking of what was a highlight, my highlight was watching the faces of Cammy and Iona as Andy Woodburn spoke. You both reflected the respect and adired his wisdom. That was a joy to watch

[@huntersmith9573]

Legend of a guy if there was more Andy Woodburns in the world it would be a better place

[@emmett1739]

Legend .Netherwood, Auldhouseburn and Crossflatt, the holy Trinity of Blackface breeding, and I guess Muirkirk also seems to be a bit of a Bermuda triangle for producing and holding great characters with a great sense of humour. What a gentleman , you can tell from those hands that he has seen and lived through hard times and I'd bet the only time he wheeled an empty wheel barrow was when it was new.

[@sarahfalconer1071]

Epic episode folks, what a laugh! 😂 Took a while to turn my ear but once switched on it was a fabulous listen, fair cheered me up ❤

[@moiramiskimming41]

Oh Cammy and Iona i could listen to him all day .Some great stories .Great banter

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

So could we! It was top notch.

[@buzzard732]

I remember a while back, Cammy saying "We'll have to get Big Andy Woodburn in, it'll be some laugh"!! Not Wrong!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Muirkirk is Nailing It!! Thank you so much Iona and Cammy!👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻 p.s Get well soon big fella!!👌🏻❤️🐑

[@katesterling8915]

What a great podcast. A fantastic lovely man. Such a laugh and brilliant stories 👏🐑🙂🐄

[@buzzard732]

Best Yet!! No Offence Iona. Your Dad was Amazing too!!😂 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️🐑

[@ninarobinson2912]

What a life! Really great guest, thank you.

[@LindaMulvey-uz8el]

Thanks

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Thanks Linda!!

[@LindaMulvey-uz8el]

@@FedByFarmersPodcast more than welcome!! 🥰

[@elainegatenby80]

Oh my goodness I have only been listening for 20 minutes and I have tears running down my face with laughter. Andy is amazing. So looking forward to hearing/seeing the rest of podcast. What a great guest. Well done Cammy and Iona for getting him to come and chat😅

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Our pleasure!

[@julieuhey2501]

Completely enjoyed this podcast. What an interesting man, and great story teller. Thank you.

[@brigidconroy2111]

Another podcast with great humor and wisdom How is it that sheep find such great caregivers???Andy is definitely a character and a gentleman

[@judelinton]

Excellent interview again guys, I invested in a wool duvet they are brilliant, farmers are missing a trick especially here in Muirkirk a wee industry could employ a lot of locals

[@StevenFisher-j4g]

Absolutely great podcast could listen to him for hours

[@kristinefrew3069]

What an absolute gem of a man, cute! Fantastic episode ❤

[@carolinehumphrey7882]

Great podcast, really interesting and lots of laughs, as well as the serious side of farming. Loved your comments on Muirkirk folk, they are very special people. My Mum hails from Muirkirk and grandparents lived there for most of their lives. I have the best memories of most of my school holidays and Christmases spent there. I made many friends and loved all the time I spent there. It was great to recall the names of the various farms that we walked past and through many times.

[@amandagoodman2980]

Another fantastic podcast with another amazing man. Andy has several books to write about his life! Thanks again Iona, Cammy and Andy, loved it. 💕

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sallychambers7783]

Loved that man. What tales he had to tell. More please 😉

[@bridgetjarvis6413]

What a lovely man. A very interesting life. Could not find the subtitles. But coming from Norfolk I could understand very well. 🤣🤣

[@workmax6526]

That was just brilliant. The stories were great and open and honesty even better. Anyone else think the moles took the shotgun as revenge! 🙂

[@johnharbinson5998]

Andy judged the interbreed at Limavady a few year ago and and put my beltex reserve interbreed champion and my lambs interbreed pairs champion. Had a few drinks and story's with him in the bar after a real gentleman and character . Great podcast 😂

[@lornahutchens4598]

What a man.. Brilliant podcast

[@lorraine4182]

What a true gentleman hardworking farmer

[@colinharvey638]

Know Andy, from my time working for R.G. Angus of Ladykirk Estate. I done fencing up at muirkirk away back in the 80s. Me and another guy done a fence up the back of Linburn farm in 1987 and a good stretch of it is still standing. Andy’s Farm was always mega tidy that was the first thing I noticed. Great guy. Regards Colin Harvey

[@swiftyscotsman]

Loved this episode, what a character old andy is eh. Keep up the good work all, cant wait to see more.

[@brigidconroy2111]

Could you convince the Muirkirkians to come back on a regular basis You have had some fabulous guests Couldn’t rank them but your Blackie sheep Legends are just fabulous to listen to genuine, gregarious, generous gentlemen

[@Michelle-n2l]

I’m from Australia and thoroughly enjoy you interviews

[@ChrisClark-ym2ir]

What a chap, loved this althou I listened to it whilst driving and not too clever when your laughing so much. Iona you crack me up. 😂

[@paulineweir7742]

What a podcast that man is amazing OMG so funny but so real, , I suffer from mental health that's a true gentleman, that man's a legend well done Cammy and Iona I never miss a podcast and I love the sheep game.❤

[@barbalbers8920]

First class podcast!

[@neil3352]

Such a funny man. 😂😂 great message at the end re mental health!

[@LindaMulvey-uz8el]

That was some podcast with Andy, sad at times, and very funny also!! he is sum guy 🤣😂could listen to his funny stories all day😂😂😂!! Thanks Cammy and Iona for another fantastic podcast 👏🥰🥰🥰

[@miltonofbuchanan]

Pure gold, what a legend.

[@jacklow5591]

Excellent interview, Andy is a Legend, will be hard for you 2 to top this one,😂

[@cullensandrew]

Brilliant podcast

[@GarryMcginn]

Fantastic and funny .. I'm a Muirkirk man

[@johnferguson1680]

Best advice for depression I've seen on screen, almost word for word with the advice i try and give others and i had a big dose of it before it got fashionable!?! It never got fashionable, I'm being facetious but awareness is far better now. There's a triggering point in everybody, its different for us all and it can be the strangest of things, mine was battling fraud within renewables and banks when folk were abusing their positions for self gain who, when confronted, tried to ruin me! Human parasites are far worse than real parasites especially if they wear a suit and think thy can manipulate things but not all suits are parasites! I was spread too thin at the time and that was the straw that broke the camals back, in agriculture its so easy to find ourselves spread too thin with modern day pressures through no fault of the individual but we expect folk to be honest at the end of the day as that's what most people in agriculture are but that's changing too.Dinae knock it until ye try out for yerself but don't go there willingly as it can be the most debilitating thing that you'll EVER be faced with! I go out of my way to try and help others locally and as Andy says talking to the right person or people is a great thing but wanting to be helped is a must, theres nothing more infuriating than someone staring the issues in the face, having their issues effect other people, being offered help in their situation and pretending its not happening! I tried to help a guy out who was obviously struggling, i was completely beat with him and eventually advised him to get help, he came to my door and told me he had been to the doctor and got pills "great now your next target has to be getting off them as theyre only a steadying factor until you get yourself sorted out, bit like a sticking plaster!" He looked at me as if it was me who was daft, some people you just cant help and they are carriers of the disease! If someone had come to me and said "Are you OK" at the right time I'd have thought I'd won a gold watch but it never happened then, I'm glad to say with awareness it would happen now. There's life thereafter, different maybe, but its what you make of it! I quote lines from Dougie McLean's Caledonia as often as i can, " lost some friends i needed losing, made others on the way!" A fair few people distanced themselves from me but i got support from people i never thought would ever bother with me and its amazing how some of my worst critics have had a wee set back or two since and have found out first hand what living with the "black dog" is like! Keep the awareness going, ive lost too many friends and relations to the scurge of depression, i was lucky, i came out the other side, dented, bashed, bruised and tainted but many dont! Were all guity of bottling things up but awareness has helped folk realise they're not alone but when your down that hole you think you are very alone! A friend said to me after my debacle "what have you got to be depressed about?" I never spoke to him for 4 years after that until he found out for himself, we're back on track now but there's many former so called friends i just cant be annoyed with now. Its easy to judge and the judges dont always get it right but dont judge if you cant put yourself in the ring! I was asked to do a bit of counselling when i was getting some myself but declined as for as much as could help the genuine people i could put others the wrong way, any fool can tell you what you want to hear, not everybody tells you what you need to hear and hearing is very different to listening! Theres often only one chance at this and awareness is certainly helping people perhaps being prepared for it but if ever there's a case of prevention being better than cure this is the one! Mental health in the NHS is woefully short of where it has to be and it is bogged down by people looking for a crutch to lean on so they can remain on the benefit system! With awareness there's other help out there that is far quicker and effective, depression, in my opinion, needs hit hard at the right time once its at the critical stage, prevention is better than reaching that stage. I wouldnt have put this in print if i hadnt heard Andy speak so openly and frankly about his particular experience, every word rang a chord! Been on the wrong side of the law many times for being correct and was told by a Sheriff back in 1986 "unfortunately although morally correct in this instance Mr Freguson, you are legally wrong, i fine you £250!" That statement has followed me all my life! I got fined £1200 for ensuring the above person i was trying to help was clearly hearing what Ihad to say about him abusing my trust, my generosity and my farm by having him by the throat so he understood the depth of feeling only for him to have been recording it and then running to Plod! Plod sent out 4 of their finest the next day with blue lights ablaze, not one of them fit to deal with the situation had i not calmed down considerably whereby not so long ago the local Bobbie would have phoned and requested I visit the station for a reprimand as he would have known the background.Some peope you just cant help and with modern practices nae wonder folk go a wee bit daft!?! Daft is everywhere nowadays, legislation and the folk administering it are like the logic and the orderly's in One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest!

[@wendygarrett2578]

Omg. The guy is fantastic.

[@roadrunnercrazy]

That was brilliant.👍

[@bt23456]

Loved listening to him

[@bernardbritton152]

Excellent

[@brigidconroy2111]

Cammy and Iona you did a great job on the subtitles ❤

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

It was our editor! She spent days at it.

[@shazybean131]

What gentleman and a scholar - not you Cammy 😅. Thank you Mr Andy, what a life you’ve lived.

[@peterwild9459]

Great pod !!! Had to wear sunglasses, the glare from cammies white thighs were distracting hahaha

[@grahammclaren7252]

Brilliant stuff Andy yer some man ser

[@carolspeir701]

Well done Dad 💙

[@jamesmason8944]

Was hoping Andy would tell the story of him and the late Thomas Murray going to Smithfield Show and bringing home a load of bulls, which he managed to turn a good penny on. He is such a character.

[@GarryMcginn]

Fantastic and funny podcast I'm a Muirkirk man

[@andrewfielding1185]

Great podcast 👍

[@craigpaterson2572]

The one Iv been waiting for what a guy

[@RedStag-r5m]

enjoyable and interesting.

[@LogoMonkey]

Bloody brilliant

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

beautiful land!

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

you guys are a hoot!🦌💌❤️🐑👍

[@venturesoutside-ht8sm]

Interesting interview

[@katieroberts1900]

Legend

[@vindeljay]

Well I pride myself in being able to understand the Scottish accent, but I couldn't this time. Great stories what I did hear.

[@MaureenBand]

Thank you all for a fantastic podcast 👏

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brigidconroy2111]

QUESTION What do moles do we had them in dairy stable they were useful Now groundhogs/woodchucks made burrows in a field HUGE mess

[@johnbaxter3832]

You’ve had some fantastic interviews, but Andy is just the cream o the crop …

[@VictoriaVerberg]

What does he mean by “flushing” the cow?

[@BrendanRutledge-v9c]

Great job look after yourself cammy and keep Iowna laughing

[@heaneydarren53heaney14]

He couldn't have said a truer from someone who's suffers from depression

[@casperbenj]

I so want to listen/watch the whole podcast but think I will need sub-titles. Me ear is just not catching most of what Andy is saying. First guest you have had on that I am struggling with the accent.

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

At the bottom right of this video, there's a rectangular symbol with some lines - this will activate subtitles. The settings icon next to it, lets you go into a subtitles menu and select your preference. The one called 'English - United Kingdom' is subs we have put together to help people with this episode. The one called English - auto generated, is youtube's attempt at understanding us - which isn't super well! Do use them if you''re having difficulty this ep, we do get very broadly Scottish / Ayrshire in this one!

[@casperbenj]

@@FedByFarmersPodcast I turned on CC but it did not work. Probably need to change settings to "English - UK" as you suggested. It's probably defaulted to English - Canada or USA. thanks

[@ChristineJones-yu2pq]

@@casperbenj Listened to it with sub titles. Worked really well although some of the sun titles were a bit suspect lol. Now I’ve discovered it will leave it on as some times I was going back to try to discover what made Cammy and Iona laugh so much.

[@ChristineJones-yu2pq]

Hilarious. I discovered subtitles which really helped but even then the subtitles had trouble with some of the words. Love your podcasts and this one was one of the best. 🫶

[@GarryMcginn]

Fantastic and funny .. I'm a Muirkirk man

[@GarryMcginn]

Fantastic and funny .. I'm a Muirkirk man