Visited Wigfield Farm earlier today

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    #1 JLWBigLil, Mar 10, 2020
    Thoroughly enjoyed it. I found the feeding of the animals very therapeutic (the donkeys were my personal favourite). A big surprise was that until the end of March, it's free entry. I've not been for about fifteen years, but I'll definitely be going again soon. I'd recommend paying it a visit, especially with young children (or even big kids like me!:D).
    By sheer coincidence, it also featured on this afternoon's edition of Escape To The Country.:D
     
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    #2 arabian_ian, Mar 10, 2020
    Feeding donkeys and watching Escape to the country. Kev you dinna half live life on the edge these days.
     
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    #3 JLWBigLil, Mar 10, 2020
    Crystal was shocked that she managed to prise me off the settee, Ian, old mate!:D
     
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    #4 North Yorks Red, Mar 10, 2020
    Feeding em is a natural progression from some of the ones you’ve watched for years :p
     
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    #5 Mr Badger, Mar 10, 2020
    Hope you told em it was the best ever feeding session in the history of Wigfield farm.
    Went there in the early 90s, used to take my first doggy Jimmy for Sunday walkies around that area and Rockwell and Stainborough. Many happy memories.
     
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    #6 JLWBigLil, Mar 10, 2020
    We visited it on a regular basis at that time, when our kids were little.
     
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    #7 Mr Badger, Mar 10, 2020
    Sorry.... I meant Rockley.
     
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    #8 Redhelen, Mar 10, 2020
    I love Escape to the country!
     
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    #9 thetykester, Mar 10, 2020
    Went round wosboro res yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it, some cracking photos of wild fowl and Robin's.
     
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    #10 Didcot Red, Mar 10, 2020
    Why does Dobbin spring to mind?
     
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    #12 arabian_ian, Mar 10, 2020
    I know you are a bit of wild girl Helen but have you ever gone as far as feeding a donkey?
     
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    #13 Redhelen, Mar 10, 2020
    Used to feed polos to the horses when I went out with my Gran as a little girl. Think I'd be in trouble doing that nowadays!
     
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    #14 JamDrop, Mar 10, 2020
    Every year we went there with primary school. Every. Single. Year. It was nice enough but it put me off for life, especially as they pretended one of the pigs was named after our school and I hate liars. It just used to wind me up as a child when we went back the year after and they asked us what we called this pig (that was supposed to be the same one) and I’d just think that obviously they would know if it was its name and they didn’t have enough pigs to let all schools name them so why would they let us. I was a very serious child :D
     
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    #15 arabian_ian, Mar 10, 2020
    Don’t worry. I’m sure he has been eaten by now
     
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    #16 Donny Red, Mar 10, 2020
    Plenty of interesting places in the Barnsley area. The cash competition on this week on ITV's " This Morning",
    is from Cannon Hall Farm and an edition of " Bargain Hunt" on BBC TV last week,was filmed at the Elsecar
    Heritage Centre.
     
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    #17 JLWBigLil, Mar 10, 2020
    TWO donkeys, Ian.
     
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    #18 SFOTyke, Mar 10, 2020
    Problem is, if I go there when I visit the family in Barnsley, I'll have to tick the "Have you visited a farm in the last two weeks" box on the USA customs form, and who knows what that triggers.
    The sound of latex gloves being stretched and snapped, comes to mind :(
     
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    #19 Austiniho, Mar 10, 2020
    The food used to be good, but not been for a couple of years. Great place to visit with the kids.
     
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    #20 JLWBigLil, Mar 10, 2020
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    I had a lovely chip butty (I know, you can't buy class!:D) today. All the staff were very helpful and extremely friendly.
     
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