Sunday 26 February 2017

Mayfield Alpaca Farm

We've been meaning to visit Mayfield Alpaca Farm all year to visit our adopted reindeer, Sven, and despite the best efforts of the weather to keep us away, we finally made it down this weekend! 


Though Sven was our main excuse reason for visiting, the farm is first and foremost a home for alpacas (as you may have gathered from the name), and we were more than happy to spend some time visiting the fluffy oddballs too! 


The adoption pack (a Christmas present for the other half) came with a certificate and fridge magnet featuring our boy Sven, as well as entry for two people to the farm and a couple of bags of alpaca feed. 


The greedy alpacas were very grateful for the feed - I thought they were gonna have that fence over at one point in their eagerness to get to the grub! At one point, one particularly impatient fella got so bored of waiting for Harry to pour some food into his spare hand and made a lunge for the full bag! It was a very close call...



Emily, who usually loves feeding animals (she once wouldn't leave a farm we visited before she had fed a little something to every single goat on site), was surprisingly wary of the alpacas. I think maybe because a couple like flashing their teeth at her.... 


.... but may be more to do with the fact that the first alpaca we met was a very slobbery eater, yuck! 


 
The alpacas were really wonderful - they are such funny, weird, cute animals! Our favourite though was this little guy below who just looked perpetually happy - isn't he a cheery looking chap? 



We made it nearly all the way around the farm and hadn't seen our pal Sven, so I was getting a little worried that he wouldn't be there - then, lo and behold, we spotted him and his pen-mate Elsa. What a relief! 


It's a funny thing, as he's just a reindeer minding his own business and doing reindeerish things, but Sven is a bit of a family celebrity and we were all very excited to meet him! 


There were some other lovely residents at Mayfield that we got to meet too. I love the tidgy little Shetland ponies... 


... but we were a bit more torn on the rheas, - they are interesting for sure but make a few of our number a little nervous. KC is obsessed with the notion that they are really dinosaurs and refuses to have anything to do with them.


We all loved the bunnies and guinea pigs though! 


There was even an indoor section for a number of small animals including rats, degus, birds and meerkats - like this chilled out fella trying to catch some rays while it rained outside! 


All winter afternoons out should finish with hot chocolate, so we headed to the on-site cafe for a sweet and warming treat before heading off home.


It costs just £3.50 to visit the farm for adults, and £1.50 for kids - or you can get tickets included in their adoption packs too!

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  1. TOO MUCH CUTE! I love this post, there are just so many lovely photos here, especially the meerkat having a nice lay down and the shetland ponies. I don't think I'll ever not love seeing photos of alpacas too, they're just so cute. Looks like you all had a lovely day out, the entrance prices for this place sound really reasonable too, and that hot chocolate looks so good! - Tasha

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    1. Thank you Natasha! All the animals were great but the alpacas just stole the show with their daft heads and fluffy hair!

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  2. Worlds cutest blog post of 2017 so far!
    Such stunning photos of such lush animals. I just want to bury my fingers in their crimped hair haha

    xo

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    1. Aww thank you! And I know what you mean - they look so snuggly!

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  3. How cute is he!!! How random to adopt an alpaca but at the same time so sweet :) x

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    1. haha now next time you are stuck for a present for someone you know, you have the answer! Who wouldn't want an alpaca? :D

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  4. Oh wow it looks like such a wonderful place to visit, Love the alpaca and Sven & Elsa! I adore bunnies too! Thanks so much for linking up to #ThePlacesWeWillGoLinky :)

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    1. The bunnies were actually adorable! They were right at the end of the farm circuit and you might have thought we'd be a bit 'animal-ed' out by then, but we were all very charmed by them!

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  5. The alpacas look so cute and quite friendly too. The entrance fee is cheap and it must be a lovely place to visit.

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    1. It was great value! You could by bags of feed for the animals for not very much too, which was loads of cheap entertainment!

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  6. What a fun activity to do with your family. Yes, I could see that Sven was impressed with all the attention. :) At least you got him to look at you!

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    1. haha we did have to wait for a while for that! :D

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