Morning with Farmer Richard at Hall Hill Farm

As citizens of the U.S. scream and holler at each other via the social media, I take brief refuge most days at Hall Hill Farm in County Durham by tuning into Farmer Richard's daily video report. 

I'm partial to the Highland cattle, the sheep, the landscape --- and Farmer Richard's regional accent.

Hall Hill is a working farm in far northeast England, but also a tourist attraction aimed largely at youngsters and their parents. It reopened on July 18 as Britain got a grip on the coronavirus crisis and began cautiously to relax the restrictions that made progress possible.

Ann Darlington, a second-generation owner, is tourism manager; her brother, David Gibson, runs the working farm; and Ann's son, Richard Darlington, is both shepherd to the farm's large flock as well as the farm's public face via social media.

Here's Farmer Richard's encounter earlier this week with a new and unexpected arrival. Relax and watch.