We retired in 2007 and bought part of a converted barn with a little land just outside Whitby. We needed something to eat the grass in our field and wanted something that we would not need to eat ourselves so we bought five neutered male alpacas. We liked them so much that we decided to add some females and have a few babies and then we started taking them to shows. Our labour saving lawnmowers have now become an important part of our lives.