The locals were waiting for her to fail, but instead they came to admire Christine Fernyhough, who learned to ride and muster on horseback and dag and drench her own sheep.
Lesley Porter lost her family in a car accident at the age of five, and was then shunted from one relative to another for the next six years. She finally found solace at a horse riding school. Her experience inspired her to set up her own farm to help other children.