Somewhere I've wanted to go for a long time is Cefn Mably farm park - it's not far from where we live, it's not too big and by all accounts it's very popular. Now that Squidge can look around at things and take things in, I thought it would be the perfect time to take him there - he's already obsessed with looking at our cat, so he clearly likes looking at cute animals :)
It cost us £6 each for 2 adults, and Squidge (in a pram) was admitted for free. You first walk into a big canteen area, with an indoor play area for kids, and a couple of sofas. We headed straight for the animals. It's also worth noting we went on Easter Sunday at opening time (10am), by 11:30 am it was packed - there was a constant stream of people queuing to get in.
The first animals to greet us when we went in were 2 reindeer's, they looked very young and were very cute. Just beyond them were 2 sheep, each with a cute little lamb.
Here's one of the gorgeous little lambs - my second favourite animal after cats <3
This guy was awesome, he was really intrigued with Squidge and followed us as we walked around the cage :) I think this is a red parakeet?
There were also some little chicks under a lamp - by the time I took this picture they'd all gathered in a corner to sleep, how adorable!
They also had a range of rabbits. This was actually pretty sad as they were all unwanted pets and were looking to re-home them. So sad that they were unwanted :(
More lambs with their mummies, these looked much younger than the other ones (literally days old)
He was so happy looking at the animals - he kept smiling at them :) This was him smiling at goats.
They also had little kids there, OMG these were SO cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST LOOK AT THE CUTENESS!
Ignore the fact it's not in focus, I love how he was reaching out to them and the rabbit was reaching to him, so, so cute
Outside away from the indoor shelter were pony's and horses - part of their play paddock had a 'crashed' plane in it :)
This is the horse from the picture above - he's missing his left eye :( He had an infection in it which got out of control so he had to have it removed - his name was David :) He was really friendly, both Squidge and I gave him some smooths on the nose :)
There was also a combine harvester in a small enclosure that chickens and cockerels were flocking to - I managed to get this picture of a cockerel mid-song :)
Squidge and Daddy looking at the pigs
The pigs were lounging around - there were so many squiggly tails!
I love this photo of them - Daddy having his hand nommed, and it was seconds after one of the Donkey's on the right did a massive and very loud eee-oooorrr!
Fluffy Donkey ears :)
After wandering around the place, the little man needed a feed, so we headed back to the cafe, ordered some food for ourselves and set up for Squidge to have a bottle and some solids. The had a big stack of (IKEA?) high chairs to pick from, all were nice and clean.
He fitted in the chair pretty well considering he's still a bit small for them. We gave him cod, mashed potato, carrot and broccoli and he LOVED it! Our food was really good - fresh, what seemed like home made, the chips certainly were - and wasn't too expensive (I think we paid around £6 a meal).
On the way back we saw some awesome views so we just had to stop and take a picture!
After a fun-filled couple of hours, Squidge was wiped out
We had a really lovely time at Cefn Mably, I'd definitely take him back there when he's a little older as he got so much out of seeing the animals. Maybe when he's learned not to grab, and to smooth, that'd be a better time to take him back :) The staff were really friendly, the facilities were clean and the change room well thought out and prepared. Next stop, Folly Farm :)
I love Cefn Mably. It's a nice little farm and as you say not too expensive. I like the small area where you can sit and pet some of the animals.
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