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A walk in the sunshine featuring goats, llamas and sheep

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At long last we have had some sun. It was a glorious day yesterday and I took Izzy, our three year old, out for a walk. We ended up strolling past the most exotic of farms and I just had to share some of the pictures I took.

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Izzy wasn’t too keen on going on a walk we came across these goats.

The funny thing is that Izzy was quite reluctant to go for a stroll at first. Soon after we got out of the car, she came face to face with some pygmy goats. It may not be clear what she is doing in the picture, but she was attempting to feed them. Please do not ask what the goat with the horns did to its companion seconds after I took this image. It certainly left Izzy looking a bit shocked.

Moving swiftly on, we then stumbled across some llamas, or “camels” as a slightly confused Izzy referred to them. I remember a time when llamas were a rarity on British farms. These days they seem to be everywhere and this particular herd had all been shorn. I assume this was for the fleece, what with the weather having been a bit meh until now.

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Izzy, making a valiant attempt to get the llamas to come over to her. Unfortunately it failed, possibly because she kept calling them “camels”.

Finally we came across some sheep. Izzy was particularly keen on these animals, I think because of the presence of the lambs.

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Izzy admiring some sheep. She is pointing at a lamb in the distance.

Shortly afterwards, it was time to get in the car and head off to collect older sister from school. I was glad to have got out into the sun with Izzy for a bit and she certainly enjoyed herself, despite her initial misgivings!

I’m linking this post to the #CountryKids linky hosted on the Coombe Mill blog. Do take a look to see how other families have enjoyed spending time outside recently.

Country Kids from Coombe Mill Family Farm Holidays Cornwall

23 thoughts on “A walk in the sunshine featuring goats, llamas and sheep”

  1. This sounds like a lovely walk. It’s amazing how engaged little ones suddenly become outdoors when they have something to interact with. You can get them to walk for miles!
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  2. If I didn’t know better I’d have thought you were at Coombe Mill! We know all about naughty goats here, there is a real pecking order in goat society and those lower down in goat society can get a head butting just for looking the wrong way. Our hand raised goats are by far the most friendly. I think your llamas could be alpaca, they look just like our Toffee and Caramel. I’d put money on them using the same shearer too, I wonder where he as got to as she still hasn’t got down to us yet this year. It certainly looks like and reluctance to go for a walk were soon overcome.

    1. Ah, yeah, could be alpaca. I spent some time in peru a few years ago and I always remember llama being about this size and alpaca slightly bigger, but now I’m not so sure! I can assure you ,however, we were not at Coombe Mill. maybe one day we will make it down to you.

    1. They certanly can turn a walk into an adventure and that’s what happened this time! Thanks for commenting Sara.

  3. So cute to see her so fascinated. You’re right about the llamas, i definitely didn’t see many as a child so I always find them really interesting now if I happen to see them somewhere!

    1. I spent a little time in Peru a few years ago so the sight of llamas or alpacas (….I have been told I may have mis-identified them!) always fascinates me.

  4. Please tell me how you explained what the goats are doing because I need to explain this to my son too when we saw what the pigeons was doing! I am so not ready for that talk yet!

    This looks like a lovely trip! That farm has got teh cutest animals covered. We have trips like this too where my son is not keen at first but will end up enjoying the trip! Always nice feeling when kids had fun isnt it? #countrykids

    1. Oh the goat talk. Well, that wasn’t too difficult given Izzy’s age. She thought they were fighting. When my eldest was about your sons age I had the sex talk (younger I think in fact). Sometimes you just have to persevere with these trips and kids end up enjoying them right?

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