Longford Park Pets Corner is my happy place in Manchester! It is a volunteer run mini farm with some of the coolest, cutest & craziest animals to grace the earth. Modern life is often so fast paced, we dash from one thing to the next, before you know it years have gone by. A digital detox is always a welcome time for me. I was very fortunate in the opportunities I had when I was growing up. However, without people volunteering & doing community work, providing me with those opportunities, things would have looked very different for me. So I always try to pay it forward & get involved in various volunteering initiatives where I can.
This led me to Pets Corner, where the furry residents are roguish & rambunctious, to say the least. I have included some cute photos below to brighten up your day! 😍
Frodo & Gandalf the goats, are a favourite with the children who visit. I must admit Frodo is my best chum, but I have beef with Gandalf. You wouldn’t believe that a goat could be so mischievous. If he isn’t knocking over the water bowls or chasing ducks around, he is staging a heist from the shed where we keep the muesli, his favourite treat.
Next up are the silkie chickens, who are the absolute divas of the farm. Truly funky looking creatures, I didn’t even know they were a thing until I joined. They are housed with Domino, who I also have beef with. If you don’t bribe him with mealworms, he will try to eat you instead.
Our ducks are awesome, but they are quite tribal & have formed into 2 rival gangs. Thankfully they’re more like the US blues groups who sang outside of stores, than the actual Bloods & the Crips.
We have a fat squirrel who doesn’t actually live there but we always catch him sat in the bowl of food we put out for the other animals, eating all day! He has cracked the evolutionary cycle, why hide food for winter when you can just hijack some for free?
Finally, we have 2 doves that have moved into the goat hut, we think they may be a married couple as they are always bickering. One of them only has one foot too, but that doesn’t stop them whizzing around having fun!
Spending time here also keeps me humble & grounded. Whilst I am so lucky to be going on the international trips that I do, I am never to good to get on my hands/knees & clean up after some animals. As always thanks for reading, I thought I would keep it light hearted today & post some cute animal photos. Let me know your favourite place or animal from my post in the comments. Next week I will be posting some funny stories from my Estonia trip, so definitely hit subscribe to follow along. 🫡
Gandalf looking for some goodies 
Married Doves 
Dolores hanging out looking for worms to eat 
Frodo looooves green beans! 
Domino on the hunt for someone to attack! 
Recently rescued from a battery farm, we haven’t named yet 
Frodo loves monkey nuts 
Trying to get 3 of them in one photo is no easy task 
Trying to get all of them in one photo is no easy task
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What a great spot! I love the goats. They ARE a favorite with kids. I had forgotten until my granddaughter came along. She cracks up laughing watching them and she’s only a year old.
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Hey Mary, thanks for checking out my post!
Your granddaughter sounds cool laughing at them, goats are the best. They’re so funky & mischievous 😂
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That Gandolf seems quite the character. Reminds me of Black Philip from The Witch, if you ever saw that.
Black Philip turns out to be the Devil.
Here in San Diego, we have an army of goats employed as weed abatement. The threat of fire here is very real.
The goats will eat all the weeds on hillsides adjacent to homes, creating a fire break.
Often this is covered by local news channels as lighter fair. Goat herding considered a real job and more efficient than a team of landscapers trying to do the same thing with weeders.
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I haven’t seen it, but will give it as watch. It’s always amusing watching the mayhem when it isn’t me having to resolve it 😂
Wow it sounds like San Diego is where I would find my dream job as a herder! They are eating machines, Frodo eats jaggy nettles all of the time 😂
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I don’t live in a city anymore, not like the one I used to live in, with millions of people. My favorite place there was a beautiful mountain in the middle of the city that my husband and I would hike. Here in the new city I live in (less than 18,000 people) my husband and I love going for walks around the lake and creek in the middle of the city. We just love all things nature.
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Hey thanks for checking out my post 😊
It sounds like you & your husband have the perfect place now, I certainly would like to live somewhere like that when down the line, with a lovely lake & not so many people!
Have a wonderful weekend X
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