11 August, 2010

Godstone Farm review

Godstone farm
So to celebrate Thomas' birthday we decided to take him to Godstone Farm (which is only about 15 minutes from our front door - not entirely sure why we haven't been there before)! After a few kids got ill with e.Coli last summer (oh yeah, that's probably why) the whole place is covered in signs like this one -
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
- warning that hand gels aren't much use compared with good old fashioned soap and water...so, forewarned, we passed through the entrance gate (Thomas absolutely fast asleep after his large breakfast at Redhill Aerodrome) and scratched our heads...I mean, doing the farm was going to be amusing enough for us, but frankly the thought of having to do it all over again when Thomas woke up did give us pause, so instead of walking around we went to one of the (quite expensive) cafes, the "Tea Room" and sat down for a drink, had a little poke around the shop, that sort of thing...when he did finally stir (didn't actually take that long) he absolutely *loved* it...we started off taking a little walk around the small animals-
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
- ducks, rabbits (that sort of thing), then around the Guinea pig village and small bird area -
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
- then the mouse house (which Flyingpops wouldn't go anywhere near) and little hens (which Thomas found fascinating) -
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
- checked out the bigger kids play barn -
Godstone farm
- and the soft play barn (and second cafe) -
Godstone farm
-saw some (very sleepy) baby piglets-
Godstone farm
-and then went to the petting area to meet some horses, ponies and (more) rabbits-
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
- and after touching we made sure we washed our hands (Thomas included) -
Godstone farm
Next up we went on the little tractor ride (which was 90p extra each)-
Godstone farm
-which takes you out around the back of the farm past one of the ponds (and lots more pigs and ducks and things in larger enclosures)-
Godstone farm
- and then we walked up the hill past the "Bomb Pond" excavated in a matter of seconds during World War 2 (and now home to lots of wildlife)-
Godstone farm
- we had to skip the nature trail as it wasn't suitable for buggies, so we headed straight to the (enormous) adventure playground-
Godstone farm
- which has probably the largest sand pit in the world -
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
- I can definitely see us coming here and eating a picnic, reading our books while Thomas just runs riot (in years to come), not that he doesn't run riot now, of course, but when he's old enough to look after himself...anyway, he had a go on everything Thomas-sized-
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
- then we found a quiet place to sit and eat our lunch (cheese and pickle rolls)-
Godstone farm
- went and did the Toddler bit of the soft play-
Godstone farm
- and finished off our day in the arts and crafts shed doing a bit of painting-
Godstone farm
Godstone farm
- a brilliant day, absolutely loads to see and do, I suppose we were there for about five hours but there was absolutely no chance of getting bored, a genuinely fun day out for all of us...we'll be back!

Loads more pictures from our visit here...

1 comment:

Flyingpops said...

a perfect day for our perfect little boy xxx