Day out to farmer Palmer's
On Friday the 8th of May we went to farmer palmer's, it was a planned trip for Theodore's birthday! (Caspers best friend and my best friends son)
I personally had never been before but had heard brilliant things about the place, and we had the best day ever!
admission was £8 for us adults and free for the children which isn't bad really, we arrived at about 10.30 so not long after the park had opened and was it was a school day it wasn't rammed which is always good when you have under 2's :)
the kids ran straight for the haystack slide area! which they loved :)
next up was the goat feeding time, the staff were funny and really didn't wait around which is good when you have toddlers that HATE sitting still..
next we took the kids for a play in the park area...
Love this part, as its sandy my clumsy boy cant hurt himself.. always a worry when i take him to a park, again there was lots to do so he really had fun in this part of the farm.
then was time for the bumpy tractor ride. this was £1 per adult and lasted around 5 minutes ...
the kids especially loved the tractor ride, was fun and again the staff do really help with anything especially as there is someone to stay behind and watch your strollers ect :)
after the tractor ride we decided to have some lunch, the kids has really tired themselves out and i think us parents were tired too.
there is a cafe which sells hot food but we didn't know what the costing would be like, we opted for a packed lunch and a seat at the picnic benches, there is no shortage so we didn't have to worry about not having anywhere to sit.
we then after out lunch decided to have a go on the Go kart's, they come with two seats (parent and child) and there is also a little track to race them round, the boys loved it! especially the little ones :)
i even had a go and ended up not wanting to come off! it wasn't our only go on the go kart's but it was time to go feed the sheep so didn't want to miss out on that!
we then went off and fed the sheep.. sadly i didnt get any pictures of this part as i was saving my battery on my phone, again a lovely activity to take part in the boys loved watching the sheep race around and they were very gentle so Casper was at ease as he isnt always keen on big animals.
we then went on the bouncy castle which i think the adults preferred more that then littlies!
as it wasn't busy there was only the adults and Casper and Theodore on the bouncy castle which was nice as the kids got to spend as much time as they wanted on there :)
we then went to feed the pigs, again a lovely activity to take part in and the boys loved stroking the pigs... Casper and Theodore were following the pigs around and as the animals are so used to humans we didn't have to worry about any sorts of incidents and we all had a lovely and very safe time :)
the big boys then too the littlies back on the tractor ride as it was the second ride of the day, us mummies recharged with a drink in the cafe where we discovered lots of reasonably priced cakes and food.. we were good though but them cakes did look lovely! :)
another quick go on the go kart's and then it was off inside as it started to drizzle!
we then took the boys in the indoor soft play area- it was clean and very safe with a gate for an exit that little hands couldn't open.
i didn't take any photos of the soft play as the boys were to busy zooming around but as the farm is aimed at 8 years and under the soft play had something to tiny babies all the way up to bigger kids , the boys loved the slides and then started to become tiresome.
before we left the the adults decided they wanted to go on the bigger bouncy castle on the way out! lots of silly videos and silliness later the kids were exhausted and we thought it was the perfect time to leave which was around 3.30 as we left there was a gift shop but as we plan on coming back we didn't buy an souvenirs- what i did see was reasonably priced so we will be sure to pick something up next time.
we really enjoyed our day at farmer palmer's and for that reason we will go again
i would rate it 8/10 only because we didn't try the food- when we go back if the food is nice i will rate it higher.
also the toilets were clean and there was around 2
two baby changes which is always good. the cafe had plenty of high chairs and even a small play area for the kids to play while you ate- it was also next to the larger soft play which is ideal if you have bigger kids so you can enjoy a coffee while they play! :)
cant wait to return to farmer Palmer's.
if you are in Dorset- especially near Poole i would recommend a visit- i will leave a link to the website down below
until next time!
take care :)
-Leona Charissa ❤️
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