Farmer Piet and farmer Marije had known each other for years, but the two did not notice each other. However, farmer Marije’s father thought otherwise, seeing in farmer Piet a very suitable partner for his daughter. He chatted a bit with farmer Piet, dropped his name a few times to daughter Marije and a seed was planted. Farmer Marije let herself be persuaded to go for a drink with farmer Piet once and what appeared. The two are completely different, but the spark struck. In fact, there are a few key similarities: they love people, animals, chatting, socialising and, above all, having fun. So a nice colourful couple and before they know it, farmer’s wife Marije is living with farmer Piet on the farm, they have a beautiful daughter Eva and suddenly there are ten luxury glamping tents in this dairy farmer’s yard.
The farm is located in Slappeterp, a small mound village less than 20 minutes’ drive from the Frisian coast, Harlingen and Leeuwarden. With all their cows, a whole lot of sheep and lambs, a good number of ‘wild’ breeding horses, (dwarf) goats, rabbits, pigs, guinea pigs, cats and chickens, it is a colourful mess here. It used to be mainly about the breeding horses here, at the peak there were even 500(!) on and around the farm. Farmer Pete has great stories about that, which you should definitely ask him about. Even today, there is still a large herd of wild Bonte and Friesian horses for breeding. Wonderful to watch!
There is plenty to do on this farm. So you can take a look in the milk pit or help the farmer or farmer’s wife feed the animals and clean the pens. Prefer brushing something else? Then you’ll be fine with farmer Marije and farmer Piet’s ponies, which need regular brushing and cuddling. If you want to go out for a bit longer with a pony, hire a walking pony and take a nice walk in the area together, or ride around in the outside arena. Or how about the sweet lambs you get to bottle feed and get very happy with your cuddles and stroking.
If you don’t feel like animals (weird, but possible 😉 ), you can have fun here on the go-karts, in the mud kitchen, on the trampoline, the air trampoline or in the sandpit, and in bad weather the kids can play in the stable. And don’t be surprised if the farmer and farmer’s wife also do some pretty crazy things on the farm. So suddenly you are pole-vaulting, building a hut, sliding down a belly-slide in good weather or riding along in a go-kart and tractor ride. It is all possible, as long as there is fun, and believe us, there will be fun at De Bonte Fries.
