:: Trot trot trot to the Shire Horse Centre on a toddler learning expedition:: Little Bird loves playing with his farm animals so an ideal day out to encourage the little man to get excited about communication. Lots of animal noises for mummy to make & to look mad as a hatter in the process to the other visitors.
:: Neigh!
:: Cute foals with curly tails having milk from their mum or just lazing & playing about.
:: Chug chug tractor
:: My great new bag that fits all my toddler stuff and camera in.
:: Baa!
:: Down to the lake for quack quacks.
:: The centre has lots of other animals too, otters, foxes, owls...... and a big barn with all their colourful rosettes displayed where you can learn more about the horses. 
:: Cheeky piglets oink oink in the farmyard where Little Bird watched some little girls running after them squealing but preferred the sanctuary of his pushchair.
:: The owner Alistair gave such an interesting talk all about the history of the horses and of his passion for the breed. Both my grandfathers had worked with the Shire horse, one in haulage and the other on the railways just before the 2nd World War. In fact the breed almost became extinct in the 50's as they were no longer used for such purposes.
:: It was an absolute joy to see my little boy running around the farm and nature trail so free spirited and have a few greedy hens chase him for food. He loves the outdoors and his muddy knees made me very happy.
6 comments:
What a lovely day and those horses are just magnificent! :-)
Couldn't your little one (or you!) get a ride on one? ;-)
Hello!
My girls experienced horses for the first time last week and it was such a thrill to see their excitement. What a lovely day out.
Happy weekend to you
Nina x
Sounds like a great day out I bet he had the best time.
What stunning photo's! Love the ones with just the blue depicted in them how do you do that? And the one of the man puffing away happy doing what he does, although I obviously have never met him feel that you have really capture him just perfectly.
Sounds a wonderful place to be no wonder your little guy was happy and carefree! I would of joined him!
MBB x
@C o w R o a d
No horse riding that day but one day I'd love to take the little man trekking!
@Mummy Boo Bear
Thank you. It's my camera that does that with the colour. You pick a colour in the scene that you want highlighted and it picks it out. I was pleased with the pic of that man, never captured smoke before. xx
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