Lloyd Rowling

Today we visited Manor Farm, near Southampton. They were having a Woolly Weekend special with sheep shearing, wool spinning and various things all to do with wool.

Manor Farm over 500 years old and today is still a working farm run in the manner of the Victorians. There is a large courtyard with stable and enclosures for various farm animals, many running around freely, and lots of old equipment whose purpose I couldn’t even guess at. Then there is also the farm house, school area, pond and many fields to explore.

The Shepherds Caravan

Inside the caravan

The pigs were wonderful. Snowflake, a huge pig to say the least, was hungry and when she knew food was coming we thought she was going to jump out of her sty!

Snowflake

Other pigs and piglets were in the fields which we also saw being fed.

We saw a sheep being sheared which is something I’ve never seen before. It was a ram and didn’t want to be sheared so struggled all the way through! No pictures I’m afraid.

There were ducks, turkeys, chickens, geese and piglets all running freely around the farm. Wonderful! Ffion got to feed the birds and cuddle a baby rabbit and chick which made her day.

I also enjoyed the farm garden which grew some lovely flowers as well as the expected vegetable patch.

On the way out, we spotted this carved into the end of a fallen tree. Great!