Meet the Team

Meet the Malias, a first-generation farming family based on a sustainable farm in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, raising a variety of pedigree breeds including Highland and Dexter cows, Boer goats and Herdwick, Hebridean, Shropshire and Scottish Blackface sheep as well as 4 children. Which is where our fold name, MaHuRuCo, comes from, the first two letters of each child’s first name.

Visit the MaHuRuCo Highlands website

Ash’s fave coo: Wendreda Ruadh of Kelby

Alice's fave coo: Lily Alice of Luruha

THE MALIAS
The Coo Keepers.

A collage with two photos. The top photo shows a smiling man and woman in rain jackets, identified as Ash and Alice, with titles Mr. Farmer and Mrs. Farmer. The bottom photo shows four children in outdoor clothing on a boat, labeled Ruben, Corin, MaHeve, and Hugo. The collage is titled MaHuRuCo Family.

PAUL
The Cow Chaperone

Paul is our website and marketing manager, as well as a semi-professional photographer, whose love of Highland Cattle helped him battle depression after some tough years, losing his best friend and a business as well as going through a long drawn-out divorce. If he hasn’t got a camera in his hand he normally helps groom and keep the over-friendly cows occupied during the Peak Experiences.
Finding peace and destressing with ‘Highland Cow Therapy’. He decided to create Highland Cows of the Peak to champion the mental health benefits of being around the cows and out in nature. Hoping to help others and to let them know they are not alone.
It has also become a great community that shares a love of highlanders, helping people to meet, pet, and photograph these beautiful beasts safely.

Fave coo: The Bulls

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HARRY
Assistant Farm Manager

Harry helps with the everyday running of the farm, making sure all the animals are in the best of health.

He also has his own rare breed flock of Derbyshire Gritstones, in the Peak District moorlands. Bought back to one of the original founding flocks land from 1906.

Fave coo: Stubbs at a push. He prefers sheep!

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SHAN
The Cowgirl

Shan is one of our tour guides and farmers. Joined us from Horncastle Farm.

Fave coo: Lola aka Lizzie 3rd of Seam

Woman with long dark hair, wearing a gray beanie, brown jacket, and rubber boots, holding a red leash attached to a fluffy light brown mini highland cow, standing inside festively decorated space with Christmas trees, presents, and wreaths.

RICHARD
The Cowboy

Richard used to run his own gardening business but is now one of our tour guides and farmers.

Fave coo: Cannach 13th of Cnoc na Sith

A man standing next to a Highland cow inside a barn with a brick wall. The man is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a dark jacket, and jeans. The cow has long, shaggy reddish-brown fur and yellow ear tags. A neon sign on the wall reads 'Highland Cows of the Peak' with a stylized Highland cow head illustration in neon lights.

HELEN
The Calf Connoisseur

Helen is usually your guide for the Mini Moo Meet and Greets. She specialises in halter training and the well-being of the young weaned calves on the farm and has a decades experience at showing and looking after Highlands.

Fave coo: Claggorm 63rd of Glengarnock

A woman in a blue jacket and green rubber boots standing inside a farm building with a Highland cow on a leash. There are barrels in the background and a sign that reads 'Whirlow Hall Farm'.