Watch our video!

Here is a short video we made of the alpacas settling in at their lovely new home, and enjoying some of their first walks around the beautiful countryside.

Glasshouse Wedding!

We were asked by bride to be Juliette, if the alpacas would make a special appearance at the Glasshouse in Edinburgh, to surprise her wedding guests. This would involve them going up in a lift to the lawned deck on the roof of the Playhouse!…

LEADER funding approval

We are thrilled to be able to announce the opening of John Muir Alpacas! Thanks to the lovely folks at Tyne-Esk LEADER who have lent their support for this wonderful and rewarding project in the form of setup advise and a grant! The John…

Bridge training!

We're really getting the hang of this trekking business now! There's not much that fazes the boy on our walks, except for the odd barking dog and their irrational fear of bridges! So I've had them all in bridge training for the last few months.…

Shearing Day!

We had great fun learning how to shear our alpacas today, it's not as easy as it looks though! I'm a trained hair stylist so it goes without saying, I'm a dab hand with a pair of clippers and my husbands new job is to hold the alpacas still,…

Here comes the summer!

Finally Dunbar is living up to it's sunny reputation. The boys are loving the change in weather and enjoying sunny afternoon trips out and visits to the beach. #AlpacasInTraining #SunnyDunny    

The arrival!

They're here! The boys arrived today, unfortunately the weather was a wee bit wet but it didn't stop them setting in quickly. We're so excited to have them here. Now down to some trekking training through the woods! Here's some photos…

Hello Alpacas!

We went to meet our amazing new herd of Alpacas yesterday. They are incredibly cute and loveable! Some of them are still being weaned at the moment, so we'll have to hold tight until they're ready to make the trip over the border to sunny Scotland.…