Friday, 2 May 2008

Thornton Hall Farm Country Park

Tim had the day off from school yesterday, so I thought we could find something fun to do. A friend of mine recommended a place called Thornton Hall Farm Country Park that was about a 40 minute drive away. She had gone there with her sons on a class trip, and said that they had a great time. What really sold me on it, is that she said there was a lot to do indoors. The way the weather has been lately (sunny, rainy, sunny, rainy,...), that was a necessity.

Anyway, we did have a lot of fun. The main barn had a huge slide that the kids both loved. There were so many animals, and they were all so cute! We saw baby goats (the picture makes it look a lot bigger than it really was),

bunnies, goats, llamas,and of course, baby lambs.
Some other highlights included seeing a new baby calf standing with his mama.
(Pardon the big pile of poo!)
And, I'm not sure why, but the farm had wallabies. It was so exciting spotting the joey in his mama's pouch!
However, the highlight of our day was when Tim got to feed a baby goat and a few baby lambs! It was a great day at the farm!

2 comments:

krista said...

How fun! I think I would have enjoyed the slide myself!

Moi said...

Rebecca - Your children are so darling. They are absolutely adorable. I'm SOOO excited to hear of your relocation plans after this stint in the UK. Now, if we could just convince the other Strykers to move there too, the whole clan would be within 1 hour's drive! Though, I guess New York is also your family's home base--that works! Talk to you soon. Much love, your cousin, Tara