This morning we cruised to Weston-upon-Trent and walked for half an hour to Amerton Farm, a combination B&B, farm shop, collection of craft shops, steam railway, gypsy fortune teller, and petting zoo. We made for the petting zoo. Paula was waylaid by the goats but I was questing for alpaca.

As well as the alpacas and goats…

… there were sheep…

rabbits, guinea pigs, ponies, donkeys…

… chickens…

… and a couple of emaciated looking reindeer.

However, Paula bonded most with the cows.

Eventually we ran out of carrots so it was time for the steam train.

The train kept having to slow down because of sheep on the tracks.

We took a longer route back to avoid using a narrow busy road with no sidewalk. Paula spotted a short cut that took us though a field of cattle.

Luckily nobody yelled Stampede! so we made it safely back to the boat.