Old MacDonald had a Farm!
Sunday afternoon saw us (me and my folks) at the Tatton Park (Cheshire) farm yard looking at all the rare breeds of farm animals they had there. It was a lovely visit and I got my full of stroking animals and chatting to them, I even tickled some pigs noses (varsity friends will know what I am talking about). So, here are some photos to show you what we saw...
(Left) This is "Blue" the male Clydesdale horse. Nice and friendly and got a good scratch and pat from all visitors!
(Right) This is a Clydesdale foal and it is seven weeks old... it is not a little foal! It was already reaching shoulder height of adult humans!
(Left) And this is Mom... very relaxed lady considering her foal had been taken "away" from her for the first time and was surrounded by people - she was watching very carefully though to make sure no harm came to her youngster (it was off to the right of the picture).
(Right) This is a Red Poll. Didn't stroke these as they were not that friendly (or just fed up with people) so weren't standing by the fences...
(Left) Some piglets. There were a number of different pig breeds in the pens but we only managed to get photos of these pink ones, can't recall their names as I was too busy stroking them and tickling their noses. There was a really friendly black pig that came over to the fence rather rapidly and lifted its nose up to me to get a scratch. Aaah cute!
(Right) A sheep - these guys were confused and couldn't decide if they wanted to be friendly or not. Approached us for a sniff and stuck their heads through the fence to get a tickle but then retracted as soon as the hand came near... typical sheep really!
And finally the donkeys (Left). Donkeys always look so sad! But these ones were pretty friendly and I manage to give one a good stroke and tickly behind the ear.
Then it was off to wash the hands as they were pretty mucky by now. Oh but the fun of the visit was worth dirty hands. After a last wander around the farm yard, we headed off to the gardens to have a look at the flowers and then it was time for heading home. A good day in all, so thanks Mum and Dad for the treat.
(Left) This is "Blue" the male Clydesdale horse. Nice and friendly and got a good scratch and pat from all visitors!
(Right) This is a Clydesdale foal and it is seven weeks old... it is not a little foal! It was already reaching shoulder height of adult humans!
(Left) And this is Mom... very relaxed lady considering her foal had been taken "away" from her for the first time and was surrounded by people - she was watching very carefully though to make sure no harm came to her youngster (it was off to the right of the picture).
(Right) This is a Red Poll. Didn't stroke these as they were not that friendly (or just fed up with people) so weren't standing by the fences...
(Left) Some piglets. There were a number of different pig breeds in the pens but we only managed to get photos of these pink ones, can't recall their names as I was too busy stroking them and tickling their noses. There was a really friendly black pig that came over to the fence rather rapidly and lifted its nose up to me to get a scratch. Aaah cute!
(Right) A sheep - these guys were confused and couldn't decide if they wanted to be friendly or not. Approached us for a sniff and stuck their heads through the fence to get a tickle but then retracted as soon as the hand came near... typical sheep really!
And finally the donkeys (Left). Donkeys always look so sad! But these ones were pretty friendly and I manage to give one a good stroke and tickly behind the ear.Then it was off to wash the hands as they were pretty mucky by now. Oh but the fun of the visit was worth dirty hands. After a last wander around the farm yard, we headed off to the gardens to have a look at the flowers and then it was time for heading home. A good day in all, so thanks Mum and Dad for the treat.
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