WOBBLE the calf was one of the star attractions at a farm open day held near Okehampton this week.

East Okement Farm is not only one of the highest working farmsteads on Dartmoor, but one of the highest in England, and has been owned by the Cooper family since 1956.

Tuesday's visitors to the farm were able to visit the farm buildings, see the animals and learn about the traditional way of life for the farming community on Dartmoor.

When the Cooper family first moved to East Okement, the farmhouse had the luxury of an inside toilet as well as an outside one, and a telephone — but no mains electricity. The farm continues to use power from a generator, installed in 1966, which still forms a major part of the running of the farm today.

The farm produces meat from its hardy breeds of sheep and cattle, which are able to withstand the harsh conditions on the high grounds of Dartmoor. But life for young Wobble the calf started tenuously — born six weeks premature, he was only the size of a spaniel.

He was taken into the farmhouse and laid on newspapers in front of the Rayburn, where he was dried off with the hairdryer.

For two days he was fed with small amounts of milk using a lamb's stomach feeding tube, before graduating to a lamb's feeding bottle.

He stood for the first time at ten days old — very unsteadily — hence his name!