This morning P1-4 set off on our bus journey of a whole 5 minutes to the fabulous Glenside Farm. We were met by the owners, Andrew, Joss and trusty helper Sally Drummond as well as RHET representative Tracy Martin.
First on our farm tour we visited the calves and farm cat, Oscar (which as you can imagine – was a big hit!) and we had a shot at stroking the calves and feeding them powdered milk from the bottle. We were then taken to another shed where we met even more calves and shown the machinery Andrew uses to feed them. Of course, I am told, you can’t go to a farm and not visit the silage pit so we were shown this area of the farm next and Andrew, Joss and Sally explained the cows’ menu in the wintertime consists of good old silage! Next on our farm tour we were taken to the sheds where the cows spend most of their time in the winter. Andrew then took us through to the dairy parlour and explained the process of how the milk is taken from the cows’ udders and stored until the milk tank until it is transported to Stranraer Creamery. We were very lucky to be joined this morning by another very exciting visitor, Judith Armstrong from Lactalis who, much to the boys and girls’ (and Miss D’s) excitement, brought a delicious variety of cheese for us to sample – this went down an absolute treat!! 🧀We finished off with a shot on the quad bike and tractor and of course the children were very quick to locate the horn… No surprises there after last time! What a wonderful morning we had, all made possible by:
Andrew, Joss and Sally Drummond – Farm OwnersTracy Martin – RHET Representative Judith Armstrong – Lactalis Representative
Ann Adams and Lynsey MacPherson – Trip Helpers 🙂
