Thursday, 24 March 2011

Dear Dairy 24th March. Children at Play.....

What a stunning week our guests are having at Coombe Mill, with temperatures up to 16 degrees in the middle of the day, March really doesn't get much better than this! What really warms my heart is seeing families out on the farm together and enjoying the grounds and play areas, children find it so easy to make friends, shame we gain inhibitions with age!

The daily tractor rides are such a great way for everyone to meet, children and parents alike, it is then such a simple step to say "hi" later in the day in the play areas. Before you know it the children are like best friends and the adults enjoying a good exchange of ideas and chat too while the children dash around them.

Even my own children, who definitely take Coombe Mill for granted, our enjoying their time out on the farm playing this week. It's great to see them mucking in with the guests and showing them all their secret places!
One of the great features of Coombe Mill is freedom to explore all of our 30 acres and visit the animals at any time of the day. Newly made friends can often be found exploring together and petting the animals. If they time it right they can catch me heading out to feed Domino her lunchtime bottle and help out, or spot a new lamb just born!



We welcome guests all year round come rain or shine, just have a look on our web site at our availability or simply call us and we can help match your family needs to the best property for you. Worth keeping an eye on our special offers too, we have some cracking spring deals up at the moment if you can get away to enjoy this wonderful spring weather.

If you have a child with a birthday while you are here do let us know. Birthday children are always first up to drive the tractor and I can make lovely bespoke cakes to order with candles all in (at £6 they beat the supermarkets and are much more heathy). One of our children, Theo, turned 9 in the week, he is stretching out his birthday as they all do.... a cake on his birthday after his first riding lesson on our new shetland pony to be followed by a party here on Sunday.
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4 comments:

  1. Stella C27 March 2011 at 16:09

    Gorgeous pics, can't wait to visit you soon-hold onto that glorious weather for us!

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  2. Fiona at Coombe Mill28 March 2011 at 09:32

    Stella,
    The weather is still great, hope it lasts too, have been in the sea today - magic!!

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  3. The Shottons5 April 2011 at 13:15

    We can definitely vouch for Fiona's awesome cakes - one of ours turned two last week and the chocolate cake was delicious! =)

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  4. Coombe Mill - Fiona5 April 2011 at 14:55

    Thanks Guys they are my special patented healthy recipe, I had a banana cake in reception today which my children were eyeing up for pudding tonight, but it had sold when they got there! Chocolate cake back on the menu for tomorrow, birthday cake request for Thursday and then the Scouts have me baking for camp at the weekend. Never a dull moment!

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