VIDEO: 200 pregnant sheep moved from the top of a village in 90-year-tradition

This is the moment a parade of 200 ewes trotted from the top of a tiny village to lamb in a field below in a 90-year-old tradition that marks the start of spring.

The pregnant sheep on Hodgson’s farm in Askrigg in the Yorkshire Dales make the two-mile journey downhill over five days every year to move to a safe sheltered field to give birth to their lambs.

The journey through the steep village, which has a population of just 550, in North Yorkshire, is made in three stages to give the ewes, who are ready to drop, ample rest during their relocation.

The move causes such a spectacle that locals and tourists in the village, made famous by the 80s TV show All Creatures Great and Small, flock to the streets to watch the procession.