Archive for December, 2008

Our price pledge for 2009, then let us look back on a great year in 2008

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

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Here at Old Macdonald’s Farm we look forward to 2009 and thought we might have a quick run through some of the highlights of a fantastic 2008, then look forward to the year ahead.

We are delighted to say that we are now open every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. so do come down and visit us at any time. However we are well aware that now more than ever you want and need value for money when you plan a day out for the family, so just consider what value for money we offer. We believe our entry fees are bargain prices, giving a cheap and low cost day out but superb quality with entertainment and education too. These are fun days for all as our thousands of visitors will confirm, and for even better value please look at our annual season tickets and off peak special passes too, as on this website.

We realise that the credit crunch is still likely to be with us for some time so here are our price promises to you all:

We will keep our entrance prices at great value for all with everything including in your entry fee and no hidden surprises once you are inside.

We will make sure your farmyard friends continue to be well looked after and will be adding new members to our family too.

We will offer our email list special offers right through the year.

Our Annual Passes, including Special Value Passes, will always be on offer to you.

We will provide great value for schools and special units throughout the year.

We will continue our award winning work on the environment as this cannot be forgotten just because times are a bit tough for us all.

We believe that we can provide the very best in a family day out, so for more information read on to see what an exciting year we had in 2008, and our priorities for 2009. Whilst you can read all about these elsewhere on our website, continue with this article for a precis of some of the high-points! (more…)

We at Old Macdonald’s hope you had a Merry Christmas

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

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Santa joined with his two newest friends here at Old Macdonald’s Farm to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As you can see Santa is with Tommy the Turkey who he rescued from becoming Sunday Dinner, and Tommy’s best friend Henrietta the Chicken, who may have been supper, to wish you all the best. Santa has now sleighed back to his home in Lapland for a couple of weeks holiday before he starts to prepare for Christmas 2009!

All your farm friends look forward to seeing you in the New Year, and do not forget the Farm is open every day up to January 4th and then in January we only open on Saturdays and Sundays to allow Old Macdonald to carry out some very important renovations to improve the living conditions for your favourites, and also to bring in some new facilities for you (you will love the new picnic tables. Just wait and see).

So if you had the Christmas you deserve, we wish you all the best for 2009 and look forward to seeing you on your next visit.

December arrives……hope you will too

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

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So December appears with snow, frost and lots and lots of fun at Old Macdonald’s Farm. First of all we have Santa for you, with two beautiful reindeer, and you will find him here on 6th and 7th December, then every day from 13th December right through to the 23rd after which he will jet back to Lapland, in an environmentally friendly way of course, to wrap presents for all the children and then deliver them all around the World on the night of Christmas Eve. We will bring more December news soon, but if you want to visit Santa at the Farm and would like to book a time then please email soon to oldmacdonalds@btconnect.com and tell us your preferred dates and times so we can put you in his diary, and tell us about the children who want to come too so we can make sure he knows all about them!

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Also just a quick word of praise for the lovely Jess who works here (shown with Darren and Annie, and just to avoid any doubt, Darren is holding Annie, who is the Eagle Owl! Jess is the young woman shown)

Jess has taken the brave, and slightly mad, decision to do a major parachute jump for charity on behalf of Barts Hospital and we at Old Macdonalds are sponsoring her so invite you to as well. She is going to jump 10,000 feet, but you will be pleased to learn she will be strapped not only to a Parachute but also to someone who knows what they are doing, so if you would like to sponsor her too then again email us at oldmacdonalds@btconnect.comand we will put you in touch with her. She will freefall 5,000 feet and then the chute will open. This is being written by someone who wants a safety net to change a light bulb, so rather Jess than me, and to be honest even Annie the Eagle Owl did not seem keen to join in.

Enough for now, more soon, but do not forget to visit Santa at the farm. On the days he is here, you can pop in without making a prior booking any day after 2 pm so do not let the children miss out!