Shear madness

TV shepherdess Amanda Owen on her new farm show, wayward goats and working with her ex-husband

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Amanda Owen is shepherding nine children, a herd of pregnant ewes and three unruly goats, all while overseeing a complex renovation and being mansplained to by her ex-husband Clive. On top of that, one of the goats has eaten her quad bike keys, there are several stalks of hay in her tousled brunette bun and she’s down to her crop top because of a spillage.

Standing in her rustic kitchen wearing just leggings and a tiny crop top, Amanda, 50, looks like she’s headed to the gym, however, there are no deadlifts or bicycle crunches for her.

Instead, she puts her toned figure down to “shovelling s**t” and “stress”.

“Definitely no core exercises,” laughs Amanda. “It's called run ragged and shovelling s**t.”

Amanda has filmed a new series of Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids, which follows farm life and the family’s joint efforts to renovate a centuries-old stone barn called Anty Johns.

“We're just getting the essentials like a roof, windows and a door,” explains Amanda.