Irish woman moves to Scotland during Storm Gertrude to be with her man - and brings her cows

A young farm lass from Ballygowan, Co Down, had a difficult choice to make recently.

Some of Valerie’s cows at their new home in Scotland. Pic: ChrisMcCullough

Valerie Orr first met her Scottish boyfriend James Cameron in 2012 at the Castlewellan Show where she was showing her cow, Knowehead Jane, apparently an Irish Moiled breed.

James was a judge at the event and something sparked when their eyes met over the judging ring that day, so when they met again two years later at the Stirling Bull sales, the rest, as Valerie said, is history.