craftyhunnypie Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 (edited) Yes we went out today, packed up some ham salad baguettes, with homemade salad cream, a couple of hot cross buns & some cans of pop. We went to a place in Stoke called Finny Gardens. If you live round here & have children, take them! It's free, it's a park & it has a small animal farm in it called City Farm. It has chickens that wander freely - it's lovely. It also has pigs, cows, goats, Llamas, rabbits, parrots, cockatiels, budgies, ferrets & a couple of Turkeys! It is really lovely & well looked after & their is a warden there to stop children being horrible to the animals. We fell in love with a white silkie who had 3 chicks, one chick found a worm & was running round like crazy. There was also frizzles & a gorgeous double laced Barnavelder, plus lots more. It just made me want more chooks. It is just off Leek road, Bucknall. Further up the road, on the right we found a Crown carvery pub called The Ashbank - so we sat in the beer garden & had a beer (well I did, as OH drove). It was really lovely to be out in the sunshine & see chickens etc. I loved it! Even though a pigeon pood on my t shirt & I had to change into just my hooded top. Emma.x Edited April 12, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Sounds lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Your 7 year old would love it. You can feed the animals fruit & veg. I think there was a place you could buy food for the animals from, or take your own. The cockatiels will eat from your fingers, very tame & so will some of the chickens. Think it's open until 5pm. There is a hut to buy drinks & ice cream from - but it's fun to pack a picnic. It's not far from City dogs home either, so you could also look there after - I didn't dare. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Sounds idylic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 What a great day out And you had fab weather! Ours has been rubbish all day Love your pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Looks even better than I had imagined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Sunshine! It's been raining and dull all day down south! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie the Moocher Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I'm down south Patricia, we've had sunny spells today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Looks good- will give it a try sometime. The bank holiday weather up north has been beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 looks great - just my sort of place, and I love picnics. The turkey is absolutely gorgeous, love him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 That looks fab. Glad you enjoyed it off to google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 Here is City Farm within Finny Gardens http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/environment/animals/city-farm/ Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
