Toft Manor....

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Alpaca Farm and Shop
up the drive...

past the ferocious guard dogs...
around the front (with a fabulous lake view)
to the Mom and Babies paddock....all together....
aaaaaawwwwwwww............
I took about a dozen photos of these two - who were tied up like a pretzel.
 Obviously they were young and in love!
We were given an overview of how Toft Farm works,
and we had a lovely cream tea while we were there.
Candice made a new friend.
There was a shop - that was swarmed by everyone on the tour - there were a few things left when we were done....but not much.

Toft are planning their first knitting pattern book.......the TOFT Pattern Book 1 which you can order......
and while visiting their web site I found this lookbook of their designs.....not sure if these are the designs in the pattern book though as a lot of these we saw in the shop - but gorgeous to look at nonetheless!

Then it was the long drive to London.....where we had dinner at the Strand Hotel before arriving at our hotel - the Millenium, Knightsbridge.

Comments

  1. Candice23 September 2011 at 13:52

    Gawd, I love the brown and white alpacas posing. How did you get them to do that, you wizard?

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  2. Lexi25 September 2011 at 16:37

    Those baby alpaca snuggling is the cutest thing ever! found your blog from Kristin Nicholas of Leyden Glen Farm! Thanks for the fun! Lisa

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