The Farmers Mart Dec-Jan 2020 - Issue 66 | Page 41

BARSTOW HALL FARM 41 • DEC/JAN 2020 DEDICATED TO DELIVERING A FIRST CLASS SERVICE Specialists in Accounting, Auditing and Taxation Services Whatever your needs, we can help the barker partnership would like to wish Steven and his family continued success for 2020 Andrew Taylor Thirsk Office Tel: [phone] Stephen Kay Ripon Office Tel: [phone] Stuart Strike Pateley Bridge Office Tel: [phone] David Thomas Harrogate Office Tel: [phone] Fiona Wilkinson Leyburn Office Tel: [phone] www.barkerpartnership.co.uk champion Texel and champion Suffolk. We are doing our bit to keep the sheep section going at Borrowby.’ Steven was very ill and was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 14 just prior to his first show at Osmotherley having bought his first pure Texels as a 13 year old at an in-lamb sale at Skipton. ‘I didn’t get to show them myself that day, but I had been adamant I was going to get to the show. I’d been in the high dependence unit at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough. When I got to James Cook and with them looking after me I rallied really quickly. They said to me that if I could learn to do my injections I could go home on the Wednesday before the show on the Saturday. We just got the sheep straight out of the field that year and dad showed them for me.’ ‘I have to inject myself with insulin five times a day for the rest of my life. If my bloods go wrong it gets harder for me and I have to stop what I’m doing. I’ve had times in the middle of showing when I’ve had to hand sheep over to dad when I know I’ve been getting drained. At those times I have no strength to hold them. It’s annoying at times but it hasn’t stopped me.’ ‘My girlfriend Charlotte (Blythman) helps me at a lot of the shows. She’s from West Auckland. Her parents showed Texels. We met at Stokesley Show.’ An Independent Practice PROVIDING CARE 24 HRS A DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR For the care of your Farm Animals, Pets, Exotic Animals & Horses Established over 50 years T: 01609 772036 E: [email protected] W: www.kebirvets.com 17A East Road, Northallerton, Dl6 1NP