Three Counties Farm Show & our upcoming wwoof plans

First weekend off ! And our other hosts Barry and Anya took us to the Three Counties Farm show, a massive fair/convention of all things farm-like. Animals, tractors, food, crafts, they had it all man... I had reservations about going to a farm show. Coz you'd imagine all these red necks farmers staring me down, like what the hell was I doing here. But it was nothing like that at all.

Highlights were definitely the different breeds of animals. Here are some of them:

Alcapas - so cute! From south america, but growing in popularity in British farms for their fleece.

Saddle back piggies...

Doesnt he remind you of Zhu Ba Jie? The pig man from the chinese legend, journey to the west monkey God? Apparently this breed is actually orignally from China!

This duck should be in commercials for fabric softner or something. So preeettttyyyy!

One of the many exotic breeded chickens. This one just looked like he's lost all dignity.

Also, here's our wwoofing plans as of today for the next couple of months that we so last minutely set up. You office people reading this... droool. We're virtually spending almost no money doing this. Love it!

Midlands...

15 Jun to 6 Jul - Crooked end farm, Ruardean, 15 acre organic farm with farm shop (now)

Cornwall...

6 Jul to 21 Jul - Chy Ena, West Cornwall, a small community of people living on 7 acres of land, endevouring to live within the question of 'what does it mean to live sustainably?'

21 Jul to 28 Jul - Dont know yet...

Wales...

28 Jul to 10 Aug - Old Chapel Farm, North Wales - 70 acre holding with courses in prehistoric arts. Love to meet people from different traditions.

10 Aug to 24 Aug - Cefndeuddror farm, North Wales - A 500 year old farm set in the magic forests of spectacular southern Snowdonia.

Scotland...

24 Aug to 7 Sep - Ranachan Glebe, Strontian, west Scotland. Large family who renovated an old house to be fossil fuel free. Main income is production of exotic funghi. Surrounding area known to be stunningly beautiful.

7 Sep to 21 Sep (crystals birthday!) - Froach Lodge, Inverness (Highlands), Scotland. Guest house and guided walking business with 1/3 acre of a garden.

21 Sep to 11 Oct - Phantassie, East Lothian, 1 hr from Edinburg, Veg box commuity with 25 organic acres. Great walking and cycling & beaches.

11 Oct to 1 Nov - ???

Spain...

1 Nov - 1 Dec - Semila Besada, Malaga, Spain.

1 Dec - 1 Feb - Just joined the Spain wwoof network so we need to figure this out!

I dont think I have felt this positive about life in a long time. It feels wonderful.