Little Miss Tiggy's May days

You’ll recall my telling you in a previous post April At Folly Farm that we as a family have annual passes and they have proved to be invaluable this month! We must have visited here most evenings after school with the boys asking to go the moment I collect them and with Tiggy asking each morning “zoo today mummy?”

A helping hand from her eldest brother Finlay to see the rhino or “whino” as Tiggy likes to call them.

We’ve had fun and laughter plus the children learn about the animals so it’s quite educational too and the boys often come out with facts that they’ve read from the information signs here or from chatting to the friendly staff.

Nose to nose with a lion.

Tiggy likes to watch the “mingos”.

One of our most loved areas is the lion enclosure, the children are totally fascinated and you can get up quite close to them, so close in fact that Tiggy was nose to nose with Hugo the lion and when he touched the glass with his paw Tiggy jumped but was quickly reassured by staff here that the toughened triple glazing glass meant that she was perfectly safe and we’ve spent quite some time here most evenings watching the lions feeding and chatting away to the staff about them.

Watching the meerkats at Folly Farm.

The park areas are a huge draw for the boys especially having been in school all day, they can let off some steam, tear about the place enjoying themselves and of course boys being boys they’re so competitive, even the tractors become a race to do the quickest lap and as always Tiggy’s quick to join in with them!

There’s also an amazing sand pit here, in fact there are two, but this one with the diggers is my tribe’s fave and occupied them all long enough for me to feed little Pip.

The concentration on Reuben’s face!

Tiggy loves watching the penguins and now there are Macaroni Penguins here too!

All in all Folly Farm is such a great place for families and what we’re especially looking forward to in May is meeting Peter Rabbit over the Bank Holiday weekend as having seen the film and read the books, Tiggy is a huge fan!

Tiggy and Finlay in the gift shop at Folly Farm.

Tiggy racing to the sand pit, and yes even “Dodo” gets to visit Folly Farm with Tiggy explaining to her doll about the animals as we go. Very sweet!