Last year a friend of mine introduced me to this farm, we took the bus from Ipswich town and off we went with our three children 2 five years old and one toddler.
Today, we went again, Sept 28th, we have been having such wonderful weather we decided to go to different farms every weekend, before the weather gets too cold to enjoy outdoor activities for long periods of time.
The main area of the farm is wheelchair and push chair friendly and a disabled toilet and baby changing facilities are available in the Visitor’s Centre. It has changed since last year, the main picnic area now has a very original playground, the have piled up huge tractor rubber tyres and has built a tunnel. They call it the TellyTubby mountain; a scrambling hill for kids, with a hiding tunnel.
It was nearly midday when we arrived so we paid the entrance fee which included a bag of food to feed the animals and we headed to the picnic area. The children ate and then played happily whilst we had a chat and had lovely scones with cream and jam. The picnic area is enclosed so my friend’s son ( 3) walked around happily and she could relax without having to chase after him.
We then headed to the trail to see the animals, as soon as we walked in little goats came to greet us it was wonderful as they have them roaming around the trail and they are very friendly the children loved feeding them and looking at the other animals.
Almost at the end of the trail they have built a 3-Maze. A stack of straw bales which they have put together it form a tunnel maze There are a couple of entrances and I have to admit to be a bit scared to try it myself at first as it is quite dark but once you have done it once is quite a lot of fun and the children loved it!
Once they had enough of the maze we headed back to the main picnic area for another play, after a nice session of hide and seek we decided it was time to go home at around 4.00pm.
We had a great time, I was surprised there weren't many families around, the weather was nice and the playground and tunnel Maze are such original fun. Days like this are what the kids will fondly remember, old fashion fun, fresh air and laughter. Highly recommended.
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