We were all up bright and breezy - well the children were anyway! A cooked breakfast of choice was eaten by all. Very nice. Today was the farm tour. we have been coming to Whirlow for a number of years now but have never managed to fit in the farm tour. We are so glad we did this year. It was wonderful. There are lambs galore. We all managed to stroke one and see them being tended to by the farmer, Pete. Did you know that during lambing season the farmer is up from 3a.m. most days. Rather him than us. The piglets were adorable but the calves were very smelly indeed. We all had our lunch together in the Farm House garden in the glorious sunshine. The rest of the day was split between farm jobs - oh yes we have to work!, and a lovely pony ride. The farm jobs included grooming the horses, guinea pigs and rabbits, and collecting the eggs before boxing them up and delivering them to the farm shop to be sold. We have all had a ride on Bracken the pony. She is a very gentle natured pony who is only just short of being a horse. She seemed very high to us when we were sat on her. We all had to wear a helmet and there was some wincing, in expectation of trapping our skin, when the chin straps were fastened.
It was shepherd's pie for tea followed by a beautiful home made jam sponge and custard. It was back up to the field for games after tea and then we all went back to The Barn to watch a dvd before retiring for the night. It has been a very full and tiring day today and we have all really enjoyed ourselves.
Wonder what's for breakfast in the morning.
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