Leaf & Bug Hunting, Fairy Wand Making & Yeo Valley

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!

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.

All words and comments made are my own and are honest. 

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