Woodlands Farm visit

Finding ourselves in that 'neck of the woods' yesterday we decided to drop in on Lily's brother and sister-in-law at Woodlands Farm (www.woodlandsfarm.co.uk) It's a bit off the beaten track so took a little finding - along miles of very bendy fenland roads lined with the sort of dykes that one imagines many people must have 'mysteriously' disappeared in over the years!

But find them we did: along the "Organic Trail" just beyond the orchard and the organic turkeys!

We couldn't actually see them when we located their pen - that Curly Pig information board was a bit of a give-away. Typical pigs - they were fast asleep in their rather salubrious house. But we made lots of "here we are pig" noises and soon they came running over to say Hello!

Apart from making the most of an opportunity to have a bit of a back scratch, they were keen to hear all the news from Rectoryreserve and gave us the low down on Woodlands farm in return:- lots of fresh fruit and veg. to eat; visitors like London buses (all at once then none at all for ages); plenty of space to run around in and a very nice pad thank you..... and if they wanted to go walk-about they could probably organise that too---- but no point in that really when everything necessary is already to hand. Mind you, we mentioned the orchard was just a stones' throw away across that dyke and perhaps that was a mistake................................

All in all they looked very well and happy and, we thought, rather larger than Lily.... perhaps we should be feeding her a little more . Doubtless she'd have no complaint about that!!!!