MORE THAN 1,100 visitors flocked to The Children’s Centre’s Community Farm for its first open weekend.
The farm, based at Wallberry Farm on the Carnane Estate off the Old Castletown Road in Douglas, raised just over £1,400 for its future development.
Families and children enjoyed a range of fun activities in the sun. Visitors were able to see the animals at the farm, which included three pigs, a donkey called Juan, two rabbits, two guinea pigs and the farm dog and cats.
Some of the attractions included expert demonstrations of traditional Manx crafts, a chance to buy Manx produce from local suppliers, and to take part in a ‘Countryside Olympics’ featuring a welly-whanging competition, egg and spoon and sack races, and a guess the weight of the sheep competition.
Chrissy Cannell, farm development officer, said: ‘It was a marvellous weekend and we’re delighted not only with the number of visitors who came along but also with the overwhelmingly positive reaction from everyone who attended.’
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