Dear mummy, on a beautiful sunny Autumn day we headed to Netley, Southampton in Hampshire, to pick some pumpkins for Halloween - but came away with a lot more than that! Pickwells had been recommended by a family friend and we visited on a quiet Monday morning during term time. It was great for a... Continue Reading →
Dear Mummy, we visited Miller's Ark recently on one of their Autumn open days and had a fantastic time. Miller’s Ark is a working farm based at Manor Farm off Blackstocks Lane, in Hook, Hampshire RG27 9PH. It’s really easy to get to and only a stones throw from the M3 and you can see the farm from the... Continue Reading →
Dear Mummy, you know how much I love playing with little figurines, so when a package came through the post addressed for me I was pleasantly surprised and eager to open it. The delivery was from Schleich and contained two toy sets of their new Farm Yard Animals for me to review! We visited the Schleich... Continue Reading →
Dear Mummy, we visited Jimmy's Farm over the weekend (25th & 26th July) for his Sausage and Beer Festival 2015. Jimmy Doherty is a TV personality and is best known for Channel 4's Food Unwrapped and a BBC2 series called ‘Jimmy’s Farm’. It was our first time to this festival on the outskirts of Ipswich and... Continue Reading →
Our family retreat in Yorkshire Dear mummy, it's that time of year when the weather is heating up and the days are getting longer. It's time we got away from the city! Daddy's stressed at work, you're bored with the routine and I'm climbing the walls, so we pack our bags and head.....North! Yes, ordinarily... Continue Reading →
Farmer Palmers winter experience. Who says you can't go to the farm in winter? Usually we wait until the Spring but on this occasion we brave the cold weather. Dear mummy, frost is on the car when we head off to Dorset to Farmer Palmers adventure farm. It's over an hour's journey from our house... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, it's nearly Halloween! Our favourite *cough* ....Mummy's favourite time of year! Our local farm, Manydown Farm just outside Basingstoke, Hampshire have a great range of children's activities this Halloween Half Term. It's £8.50 per adult and luckily we have a discount voucher from the newspaper mailers. As I'm under 2yrs I go free... Continue Reading →
Finkley Down Farm in the rain This is the second time we've visited Finkley Down Farm. The first time we spent the whole day exploring it in the hot sunshine. So today made a change....it's raining. Finkley Down Farm is not just a place where you can see animals they also have a wicked soft play... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, I've linked up with makedoandpush for her weekly #TWTWC linky. It's been a busy one this week and we've been out enjoying the sunshine. Great weather for Easter 🙂 we've TRIED to make paper mâché easter egg, taken a visit to my favourite soft play area, Bouncing Tots in Basingstoke. Daddy took me... Continue Reading →
Down on the (Manydown) farm. Saturday, April 12, 2014. Dear mummy, it's been murky all week and we've had more April showers to fill a whole year in just a week! It's a big risk going to the farm today. We peer out of the window and the sun is shining and the clouds are... Continue Reading →
Meanwhile......down on the farm..... Friday, March 14, 2014. Dear mummy, I have my farmyard animal Boden dress on and I am raring to go! It's late Friday afternoon and we head to our local National Trust haunt The Vyne. We've only got a couple of hours to spare before I go to grandma's house, so... Continue Reading →
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