Thousands visit Glynllifon marquee at Caernarfon Food Festival
Highlights included world-class sheep-shearing demonstrations from Glynllifon staff, a display of tractors old and new, bird-box building and much more
Thousands of people visited Glynllifon’s marquee at the eighth Caernarfon Food Festival over the weekend.
The festival is one of the biggest of its kind in Wales, attracting around 35,000 people each year.
Visitors to Glynllifon’s marquee witnessed impressive demonstrations from former world hand-shearing champion Elfed Jackson and renowned machine-shearer Ifan Davies, who can shear up to 400 sheep in one day. Both are staff members at Glynllifon.
Children and young people built bird boxes with the help of experienced forestry staff, while Glynllifon’s engineering department hosted a display of modern and traditional tractors, and visitors had the opportunity to chat about Coleg Glynllifon’s courses with staff.
Farm and exotic animals were at the marquee, including sheep, pigs, ponies, goats, snakes, spiders and bugs. A new addition this year was a fun and interactive presentation for children by Dai the Farmer and Mot the Dog titled, ‘Where does our food come from?’.
Martin Jardine, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai Director of Agri Food, said: “We hope all our visitors enjoyed coming to see us at the Caernarfon Food Festival on Saturday.
“The festival is a very important community engagement day for Coleg Glynllifon, and a fantastic opportunity for future learners to find out more about the range of courses on offer at Glynllifon. We look forward to seeing many of those visitors studying with us in future years!”
Glynllifon is a land-based campus with residential facilities, situated on the Glynllifon Estate near Caernarfon. The Glynllifon farm and forest extends to 300 hectares and is a perfect environment for studying countryside management and agricultural studies. To see the courses on offer, click here.