Meadow View Stables and Petting

Meadow View Stables and Petting 💚 More than a petting farm.

Helping children & adults reconnect through animals, nature and calm.

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📍Meadowview Country Park, Dorset

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07/09/2026

“Won’t take me long.” 🤡

Yesterday’s glamorous little job…

MUCKING OUT. 😂

And somehow it just never ends.

One stable.
Then another.
Then a barrow.
Then another barrow.
Then you look up and realise half the day has disappeared.

This is the bit nobody really sees behind Meadowview Stables — the constant graft that keeps everything clean, safe and running properly for the animals and the young people who come here. 🐴❤️

No days off.
No magic fairy.
Just me, a fork, a wheelbarrow and questionable levels of determination 😂

Sometimes, right in the middle of the graft, the poo picking, the mud, the stress and the never-ending jobs… you get a m...
01/09/2026

Sometimes, right in the middle of the graft, the poo picking, the mud, the stress and the never-ending jobs… you get a moment like this. 🥹💚

Tommy completely switched off, peaceful and trusting — and me just sat there soaking it in.

People sometimes think horses are just animals you feed, muck out and work with.

They’re not.

They feel energy.
They notice everything.
They know when you’re calm, when you’re stressed, when you need grounding… and sometimes they give you exactly what you didn’t realise you needed.

Tommy and Brontë have taught me so much already, and moments like this remind me exactly why I built Meadowview.

This place was never meant to be “just a petting farm”.

It’s about connection.
Regulation.
Trust.
Belonging.

And apparently occasionally lying in a field having an emotional moment with a giant horse. 😂🐴

Meadowview Stables 💚
More Than Just A Petting Farm.
A Place To Belong.

If you know someone who would benefit from a calm, animal-led, neurodiverse-friendly space, send them our page or drop me a message. 💚

01/09/2026

Sometimes, right in the middle of the graft, the poo picking, the mud, the stress and the never-ending jobs… you get a moment like this. 🥹💚

Tommy completely switched off, peaceful and trusting — and me just sat there soaking it in.

People sometimes think horses are just animals you feed, muck out and work with.

They’re not.

They feel energy.
They notice everything.
They know when you’re calm, when you’re stressed, when you need grounding… and sometimes they give you exactly what you didn’t realise you needed.

Tommy and Brontë have taught me so much already, and moments like this remind me exactly why I built Meadowview.

This place was never meant to be “just a petting farm”.

It’s about connection.
Regulation.
Trust.
Belonging.

And apparently occasionally lying in a field having an emotional moment with a giant horse. 😂🐴

Meadowview Stables 💚
More Than Just A Petting Farm.
A Place To Belong.

If you know someone who would benefit from a calm, animal-led, neurodiverse-friendly space, send them our page or drop me a message. 💚

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01/09/2026

Sometimes, right in the middle of the graft, the poo picking, the mud, the stress and the never-ending jobs… you get a moment like this. 🥹💚

Tommy completely switched off, peaceful and trusting — and me just sat there soaking it in.

People sometimes think horses are just animals you feed, muck out and work with.

They’re not.

They feel energy.
They notice everything.
They know when you’re calm, when you’re stressed, when you need grounding… and sometimes they give you exactly what you didn’t realise you needed.

Tommy and Brontë have taught me so much already, and moments like this remind me exactly why I built Meadowview.

This place was never meant to be “just a petting farm”.

It’s about connection.
Regulation.
Trust.
Belonging.

And apparently occasionally lying in a field having an emotional moment with a giant horse. 😂🐴

Meadowview Stables 💚
More Than Just A Petting Farm.
A Place To Belong.

If you know someone who would benefit from a calm, animal-led, neurodiverse-friendly space, send them our page or drop me a message. 💚

29/08/2026

Yes… I KNOW it says Friday. It’s Saturday. 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

And honestly, that pretty much sums up the last few weeks.

I’ve been a little quiet on here because behind the scenes Meadowview Stables has been absolutely FULL ON.

And somewhere amongst the mucking out, hay, fencing, students, families, colleges, animals, paperwork, early mornings and very late nights… I passed ONE YEAR. 🥹

One whole year since this journey really began.

365+ days.
No days off.
A ridiculous amount of poo. 😂
A few tears.
A LOT of graft.
And a little idea that has somehow turned into something I’m unbelievably proud of.

What started with a few animals has become a safe, regulated space for children and young people who sometimes struggle to find somewhere they truly fit.

A place to work.
A place to learn.
A place to regulate.
A place to laugh.
A place to belong. ❤️

And we are only just getting started.

Thank you to every family, student, college, care provider, supporter and person who has followed this slightly chaotic journey.

And most importantly… thank you to the animals who make all of this possible every single day. 🐴🐐🐑🫏

Here’s to year two.

Hopefully I’ll at least know what bloody day it is by then. 😂

Meadowview Stables
More than a petting farm.
A place to belong. ❤️

❤️ Follow our journey, share this with someone who needs to see what we do, and if you know a family, college or care setting looking for a different kind of animal-based experience, drop me a message.

13/08/2026

Last night, everything stopped for a minute. 🌙✨

No plans. No perfect set-up. No big production.

Just us, the kids, a warm summer night… and one bloody incredible sky.

And somewhere between the laughing, the running around and all of us looking up at the same time, I had one of those little moments where you realise — this is it.

These are the bits they’ll remember.

Not the expensive days out or the perfectly planned ones. The random summer nights. Being together. Staying out too late. Looking up at something beautiful and knowing you were there for it. 🤍

12 August 2026.
A little piece of summer I’m keeping forever.

Meadowview Stables 🌿
A place to belong.

08/08/2026

Some days are heavier than others.

Thursday was a big one for Summer.

I won’t share the reasons why, because that part of her story is hers. But what I will say is that simply turning up that day took courage.

And she did.

She came.
She faced it.
She stayed. 🧡

I gave her a little piece of yellow calcite to carry with her — something small, warm and bright for a day that felt anything but.

Then there was Brontë.

No pressure. No expectations. No need to explain anything.

Just a huge young horse quietly lying beside her, completely relaxed, while Summer simply existed alongside him.

That is the bit I wish more people understood about what happens here.

It isn’t always about riding.
It isn’t always about achieving something.
Sometimes success is walking through the gate.
Sometimes it is staying when your head tells you to run.
Sometimes it is sitting quietly beside an animal who asks absolutely nothing from you.

And sometimes the animals just know. 🧡

My beautiful soul, look how far you have come.

Meadowview Stables & Petting
More than a petting farm.
A place to belong. 🧡

This is why Meadowview Stables & Petting will always be more than somewhere you come to see animals. 🧡

Different people need different spaces to feel safe enough to grow.

No pressure. No judgement. Regulation first.

If you think someone you support might benefit from what we’re building here, my inbox is always open. 🧡


















06/08/2026

On Monday, my daughter made me stop.

And honestly… I needed her to.

Since the animals arrived on 25th August 2025, I have not taken one single day off.

Not one.

Every morning, every evening, every feed, every worry, every setback, every tiny win… I have been here building Meadowview Stables from the ground up.

But I have not done it alone.

Bodhi, Hugo and Sebastian have lived every part of this journey with me.

They have watched their mum work until she is exhausted.
They have helped with buckets, animals, jobs and endless little tasks.
They have waited patiently.
They have cheered me on.
They have sacrificed time with me while I have been trying to build our future.

And I am so incredibly proud of them.

So on Monday, Bodhi made me stop.

We went fishing.
We had a picnic.
We sat by the water.
Then Hugo and Sebastian came over and joined us.

Nothing fancy.
No big plans.
Just us.

And it was one of those quiet little moments that somehow means everything.

My children teach me every day that sometimes strength is not pushing harder.

Sometimes strength is stopping.
Breathing.
Regulating.
Making space.
And remembering to be completely present with the people you love most.

To my babies…

Every ounce of effort.
Every stressful day.
Every laugh.
Every tear.
Every risk.
Every dream I am chasing.

It is all for you.

I promised you that in five years we would be sitting together on a Caribbean island.

Four years to go… 🌴

And your mum is not giving up.

But I promise I will remember to stop along the way too.

Because building our future means nothing if I miss the beautiful moments happening right now.

Bodhi, Hugo and Sebastian…

You are my reason.
My strength.
My greatest achievement.
And the three people I am proudest of in this entire world.

I love you more than you will ever know. ❤️

Follow our journey as I build Meadowview Stables for my children, our animals and every person who needs a place to belong. ❤️

02/08/2026

Yesterday I decided to fence the summer paddock… in the middle of a bloody heat haze 🥵😂

Posts carried, fencing pulled, long grass fought — and today I am absolutely KNACKERED.

But this is what building Meadowview Stables really looks like.

It isn’t just the lovely videos, the funny moments and the animals looking cute.

It’s the sweat, the aching muscles, the constant graft and me somehow deciding that another massive job is a brilliant idea in thirty-degree heat 😂

But every post, every bit of fencing and every exhausted moment is worth it.

Because these animals are safe now.

They are rescued, cared for, understood and loved exactly as they should be.

They have space, shelter, full bellies and a home where they never have to wonder what happens next.

That is why I do it.

Meadowview Stables.
More than a petting farm.
A place to belong. 💚

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