You may think that as I am not keen on any animals, booking a farm holiday in North Devon was an odd choice. I admit I had my concerns before hand and hadn't even considered the need for wellies until my friend (who had recommended the cottages to us) told me not to forget them! Big man, in particular loves his animals and that is why we have spent the last week at Lower Hearson farm in Devon. 

We stayed in The Linhay which accommodates 5. It had everything we needed including a dishwasher, free wifi and a much needed washing machine. My boys just have to look at mud and they are covered in it! 

The best thing about Lower Hearson, however, is the warm welcome from Graeme the farmer. At 8.30am and 5pm each day the children can help feed the animals. This was fantastic and the boys wanted to do this on most days. There were baby chicks which seemed to double in size during the week!

Pigs.

And smaller pigs. Here we learnt that if you stroke a pigs tail it straightens. Who knew!

I managed to feed a sheep. Yes at the grand old age of 38 this was a first! It was rather wet and sloppy and I have no desire to repeat it. The boys, however, enjoyed the way it tickled!

On the final evening I even got to reach under a hen for an egg. An odd ambition to have, but I was very over excited to find one.

The boys had so much fun feeding the animals and even little man could tell you how many scoops of feed the pigs had. On Wednesday Graeme did a quiz around the gardens for the boys and then we got to eat some previous members of the farm at the sausage sizzle.

The boys also enjoyed the heated swimming pool and the large trampoline.

Lower Hearson Farm made a great base for exploring North Devon and we had some lovely days out that I will update you on soon.