Free entry on the morning of September 28th. Can that be right? Has Old Macdonald gone mad? Free entry between 10 am and 1 pm, surely not?

Well actually, the answer to those questions is yes, possibly, yes, no! Old Macdonald welcomed a rather unusual guest the other day, Muggy the Macmillan’s Cancer Support Mascot who came down to promote the charity’s very popular Biggest Coffee Morning campaign. And Muggy somehow persuaded Old Mac that on the 28th he would admit everyone free of charge for the morning in return for their making a donation to the Charity Appeal instead of their entry fee.

Then everyone could enjoy the farm for the morning, and of course buy a coffee in the cafe if they wished, whilst supporting an amazing cause. Muggy must be very persuasive, must be his caffeine content, so loads of people rushed down to the farm on the 28th and raised over £ 140 for this very worthwhile appeal. The weather was kind, and we hope everyone had as good a time on the day as we did. From what they were saying, we reckon they did!

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This October Old Macdonald is thrilled to take the pleasure of his farm out to east London so he will be opening Old Macdonald’s Country Fayre in Barking Road Recreation Ground in Newham. Open during the half term week, 27th October to 30th October, each day from 12 noon to 7 pm this is a taste of the country coming to the heart of the east end, and we thank Newham Council for agreeing to host this festival of family fun.

Pay just £1 entry and you can meet and greet your favourite farm characters as well as enjoy the Duck Race, Milking Cow, singing chickens and craft workshops for no extra charge (and the ducks, cow and chickens are not real so do not worry about their health, but they are great fun) as well as take part in craft workshops.

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Then, if you wish, you can buy tokens and enjoy lots of fun activities for children and their parents, such as the Wacky worm coaster, Pony Ride, Old Mac’s Tornado, the farm Merry go round, Swan Lake, the farm train and the children’s waveswinger and flying jets. Old Mac has laid on special family rates too so you can either buy tokens for just 50p each or save 25% and buy £25 worth of tokens for just £20.

Plus, every visitor will receive £10 off voucher for a child with a paying adult when they want to visit Old Macdonald’s Award Winning Farm in Brentwood, home of TOWIE and Old Macdonald too. Great value, great fun, see you in Barking Road Recreation Ground. The postcode is E6 2LW and Barking Road is between East Ham and the Barking A406 flyover.

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!)