June 7th is Open Farm Sunday, and Old Macdonald’s Farm will be joining in this event where many traditional farms open their doors and admit the public, and whilst we always do that (or we would not last long in this business) for June 7th we are running a special petting day where we will focus on your farmyard friends just a little more.
Our sheep, goats, ducks, chickens and pigs will be available for you to meet even closer than usual, and you can learn about farming and cereal crops too as you visit us on that day. We always hope to be educational and fun, and June 7th will be no different, but we will add even more of a flavour of the farmyard to the day and join with our colleagues all around the country so hope you will join us for this special event. You will still find more unusual animals here, such as the Alpacas and Meerkats (and Alpacas are farmed in Britain anyway as you will learn) and have lots to do such as the Adventure Bridges and other entertainments, but learn about farming with us.
Plus there is another reason why you should put us in your diary for Open Farm Day because it coincides with our Local Heroes Day where we welcome staff from the Fire Service, the Police and the First Responders who will come and meet you and let us all climb into fire engines and sound police sirens! More about all this to come soon.
However there is even more for our visitors on this first weekend in June, when the summer will start in earnest (and we hope Ernest does not mind too much) because on June 6th we will enjoy another visit from Mr Punch and his long suffering, but feisty in this version, wife Judy with a modern take on a very traditional show. So come to the farm in June when our superb value for money day out will actually be unbeatable (as is Judy in this show too!)
Came up today. We were worried a bit about the weather (got up at 6 am heavy rain or what) had a great day – shame it did rain but heck this is England. We saw the two otters that made my day and my wife and daughter loved them too.
Pity the Fire Service and Ambulance could not make it . We were told by the polce dog unit that they were called to an accident so never mind and maybe another time. Makes a change seeing a police dog giving us the ball to throw so it can get it. Anyway my wife came up with another suggestion . We could see a space by the bridges ,next to the tractors and play area, that there are no kiddy swings for dads or guardians to push ther children in and after they have had their burger and chips we need to work it off gently-you know a little bit of gentle exercise does wonders. Of course you have most likely got that earmarked for something else.
Thanks again we had a great day will be up again sometime soon.
Regards