I have been wanting to visit Yeo Valley Farm for ages now. Having been invited on previous occasions but had to decline for various reasons, I was determined I would make it on Tuesday to a special event held there in partnership with the Woodland Trust. ** Yeo Valley is a company which cares about the environment in which it resides in and they want to help preserve our British woodlands too.
Sadly for Jenson he was not able to join Burton and I on our little day out, as he has had an upset tummy and I didnt want to spend my day forever changing nappies! Moving on……so I dropped him at my Mum’s en route. Burton and I arrived at Yeo Valley headquarters in the beautiful rolling Somerset countryside, and I fell in love with its setting and its visitors area at first sight. Everything about the parts of the building I saw was just beautiful and well thought out. And the views – wow they were just breath taking! We had been invited to participate in some outdoors activities with some other South West blogging Mum’s and their children, some of which I have met before aswell as some new faces. It is always lovely catching up with those I speak to virtually so often, and meeting some new bloggers who live in my part of the country.
Anyway, after a short coach ride to one of its rennovated barns, we were told some history about the area’s landscape to begin with. Then we all got stuck into some fun activities – a leaf treasure hunt, looking for mini beasts (bugs and insects), making some fairy wands and building some mini shelters which could have housed some elves and fairies! Our guide for the day (whose name I have forgotten – eeeek sorry) was very knowledegable and we were lucky with the weather too as it had rained on my journey to Blagdon, but for our visit the sun shone down on us 🙂
Oh and I did I mention the yummy food we were provided with? Mmmmm I have to admit that I had been looking forward to sampling it all morning while we were outside doing our nature activities! And when we got back to HQ we were rewarded with a slice of homemade cake, hot tea or ice cream, and a goodie cool bag filled with some yogurt to take home and enjoy!! All the fresh air ensured Burton slept back to Grandma’s house too!
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Thank you Yeo Valley for a fun day out and I look forward to visiting again soon 🙂
** Tree’s are important to Yeo Valley which is why they have pledged to plant 10,000 trees. They are currently offering consumers a chance to win a tree – see special promotional packs for more detailsTrees are so important to us. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the Woodland Trust to plant 10,000 trees and help preserve Britain’s woodland. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the Woodland Trust to plant 10,000 trees and help preserve Britain’s woodland
I was invited to attend this event with my children (which ended up being child!) and we were provided with complimentary food and a goodie bag to take home and my petrol costs were paid for too. I was not asked to write about this day out, but I want to because we had such a lovely visit and Yeo Valley and The Woodland Trust are great companies to write about.
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It was such a lovely day and we were so lucky with the weather. I missed out on those swatch books though – they look great for taking out and about.
we were very lucky werent we? you should ask for some swatch books, i am sure Gemma would send some on to you x x
Lovely pics Jenny and it was Les, but I did have to check with someone! So lovely to see you and next time must chat for longer 🙂
What a lovely opportunity you had. Love the wand.
thank you it was a great day x
thanks Viv and i would never have remembered it was Les!!! it was lovely to finally chat to you after all this time – hopefully it wont be too long until we can do it again x
Awwww a Mummy and Burton date day. It sounds like a really fun day and looks like such a great place to visit.
Sorry about Jensons upset tummy, I hope he is ok now xx
It was such a lovely opportunity – feel very lucky to have had such a great day (good company too!) love your photos.
it was and i cannot wait to go back such a wonderful company to be involved with. I agree about the good company 🙂
thanks Gemma x x
It was in the end Lauren which was actually really nice to spend some time with just him. It was a lovely place to visit and yummy food too. Jenson still has it – 4 days now 🙁 xx
What a wonderful day we had, and it’s always lovely to see you and your lovely boy.
Lovely photos! It was a lovely day, I can’t believe I went to the wrong place and missed out on the milkshake and cookies though! x
Shame about Jenson but I bet it was nice having some quality time with Burton – looks a fab day.
Aw I hope wee Jenson is feeling better. What a fab day out with Burton though, he certainly looks like he really enjoyed himself. I love the exhausted sleeping picture, always a sign of a good day 🙂
This looks lovely – I really like the fairy wand and the beautiful photo of you both through the fairy flower ring seemed to sum up your day! 🙂
It looks like a great day in lovely company with a scrummy looking meal too. I’m loving the natural photo frame. I wonder if we could create that at Coombe Mill? Hope Jenson’s tummy was soon better, what a shame for him to miss out on the fun.
Sounds like a lovely day – the photos are great! I’m sorry Jenson was ill, hope he’s feeling better soon. It is nice to just spend one on one time though, doesn’t happen very often 🙂 Looks like Burton had a lovely time x
I’ve often bought Yeo valley and never thought about or read about the origin, how naive of me. I’m going to do a bit more reading on it!
Yum yum!
That looks like such a fun day out. Very rewarding piece of cake at the end too! x
That looks like such a brilliant day out. And that cake looks so yum
Yeo valley look like they do brilliant days outs, looks like a mini adventure on the day. Lovely photos and even the lunch looks great!
oo cake…
Wow, what an amazing day out. I wish we lived near this place, sounds fabulous!
It was such a lovely day! your pictures are great. Burton’s rain coat was really cool too! 🙂 xx
It was a great day, wasn’t it? The boys really enjoyed the leaf and bug hunt, far more than I thought they would! Beautiful picture of you and Burton in the flower ring!
It was such a great day, and so nice to meet you and Burton! Love those photos of the three of them studying the tree, so cute! x