Saturday at Grandad's Farm

We've come up to Scotland to stay on Grandma and Grandad's Shetland Pony Farm for a few days and get away from it all. Although we've unfortunately missed the very best of the gorgeous weather, it's still a very far cry from the last time we were here at Easter, when there were 8 foot snowdrifts in the back yard!

Grandma and Grandad planted hundreds of trees when they moved here 25 years ago, and now they have their own wood. It's a lovely place to play and it's full of wildlife. It also needs looking after, so while we're here we've been helping.

We've collected Ragwort - which is poisonous if the ponies eat it - and we've been repairing fences and taking rocks out of the stream.

The stream is very clear and absolutely teeming with all kinds of pond life....

We've been looking for different sorts of wildlife and we've found quite a few more interesting small creatures and clues about which creatures are here...

We've looked for trolls....

 .....but we didn't find any.... thankfully!

And kept our eyes open for snakes in 'logpile houses' - again we haven't yet found any and this is a good thing because there are Adders in this area....

Boy no.3 even had a go at driving the tractor and trailer...

And after our first full day here.....a little nap before tea....