In Search Of The Leicester Longwools...

I told you I'd be on a mission while in Williamsburg...to find the Leicester Longwool flock in Colonial Williamsburg (it's pronounces "Lester"). So Tuesday morning, I traveled down Richmond Road and into another century.

I started on Duke of Gloucester Street.
This is a view of the Palace Green with the Governor's Palace at the north end.
No Longwools here...
Then I was told at Prentis that the Longwools

were grazing behind Wetherburn's Tavern.
No Longwools there, either...

So, I tried to be creative and search the backstreets of Colonial Williamsburg.

I looked in paddocks and pastures and even lovely manicured lawns.
Still no Longwools...

Not in gardens...

Not down quiet and picturesque lanes...
No Leicester Longwools to be found.

What I did find was their beautiful and soft yarn. I was thrilled to find it. Half my mission for this trip complete. The woman behind the counter had told me where the Longwools should be grazing, but alas I didn't find them yesterday.

My Wednesday goal will be to find the flock. I'm going to "time travel" again in search of the elusive sheep. I'm not going back to the hotel until I find them.