DVT DAY 199

Today was Wednesday Alpaca day. As a treat my partner, my youngest daughter and I went to walk alpacas at a local farm. So today’s blog is unashamedly Alpaca packed.

Everything was of course COVID aware and we were reminded by the guide who started our alpaca induction with a brief chat. Of note were, don’t pull your alpaca, they often take ten minutes to go to the toilet, they do not kick but will spit at each other so don’t get caught in the cross fire. So after a brief chat in the pouring rain we were allowed to choose our alpaca.

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We walked with our alpacas across the fields, stopping to say hello to the pigs. At one point the alpacas sped up as they knew they were going to get fed. We had all bought packs of tasty alfalfa pellets to feed our new friends and they knew when they would get them. At the first rustle of paper they immediately stuck their noses in the pocket and tried to get the treats. It does not take an alpaca long to eat a bag of treats.

After the feeding we walked our friends back to the starting point and returned them to the farm staff, but of course we took the occasional selfie for the scrapbook.

As a finale the alpacas get more food and the one with my daughter had ideas about getting more than his fair share.

At the end of our time we wash our hands and make our way back to the car and then home.

Home and coffee. We go to the garden centre for compost and pick up some pies to take to Norfolk with us tomorrow. We get home again to find my eldest daughter had been busy laying the flooring we ordered for the weights area of the garage. So now the area is looking more usable and the squat rack now sits firm on the floor.

I plant a few of the plants we bought the other day and then retreat in doors fro tea and an evening of Hero’s until its time to blog.