Me and Hjördís went to meet the sheep, sheepdogs and shepherds today. Took the horsetrailer with me to drive the horses, which weren't needed anymore, back home. We had a saddle and Hjördís' riding gear with us as the plan was that she'd ride Embla back to Hólmavað from Hraunsrétt.
It looked like the herders gathered the majority of the sheep. While watching we saw Bensi's leadersheep Kvíka in front of the herd and most of the lambs and sheep coming looked quite well, a lot of fluffy woolen balls rolling downhill.
After having coffee I drove Katla and Vigri home and came back in time to see the herd approaching the gate uphill. There was a TV team from the United States, filming the roundup and they were happy to get a few tips to where the sheep would go and so on. Hjördís and me waited then for the herd at Hraunsrétt. It was quite fun to watch the sheep entering the area in a long, fluffy line. I even spottet Snilld with her 2 rams. She nearly caused a havoc when not entering through the last gate but turning around shortly before. In the end they made her go through.
Ingólfur and Hjördís then saddled up Embla and left with a group of riders in direction to Hólmavað. I was lucky enough to reach the last meadow they had to pass before them and become witness to a horserace between Bensi and Hjördís, which Hjördís on Embla of course won. A year ago I wouldn't have dared to dream about anything like this. It's great to see how much these two trust each other - a very special bond.