A Typical Longlands Day

9.30 – 10.00  Arrival. 

• Meet up for everyone in the Roundhouse

• Drinks and snacks

• Planning the day

 

Every day is different, and it changes with the seasons, so you might be:

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On the farm

• Driving the ‘buggy’, our All Terrain Vehicle,

• Checking the stock, taking hay to cows or sheep outside

• Helping to set up sheep handling equipment and vaccinate lambs

 

Back at base in the Roundhouse

• Tending the guinea pigs

• Helping to prepare lunch

• Art/craft sessions

 

Lunch break

• We share home cooked, often home-grown food

• Or you can bring your own lunch if you prefer

 

Mechanics and Fabrication

• Learning motor maintenance

• Repairing farm machinery and equipment

• Working on a construction project

 

With the Ponies

• Grooming and tacking up

• Practising riding skills, often checking livestock around the farm

• Pony care, bathing, clipping and tack cleaning

 

2.30 - Day’s End

• We all do a short reflective record  of the day