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The Alpaca Centre (Penrith)

 
Description: Address: Snuff Mill Lane / Stainton / Penrith / Cumbria / CA11 OHA / Enjoy browsing through exquisite items crafted ... more
The Alpaca Centre (Penrith) ... from the luxurious alpaca fibre.

Newest Review: ... beige, white (different shades in between), and have the loveliest hair on top of their heads - I'm sure they must get in a specialist alpaca hairdresser! Alpacas originate from South America, and are a type of domesticated camelid - they're far friendlier than camels though, and can be tame with their owners. Alpacas live in herds in the Andes, Peru, northern Chile, and northern Bolivia. ... more

 ... Alpacas are mainly bred for their wool. I have heard that they eat alpacas in Peru, although have read on Wikipedia that it is illegal to trade in alpaca meat. Rather than regurgitate information, more can be found here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...more

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marymoose
Crowned Review The Alpaca Centre (Penrith): Marymoose meets some alpacas! (1143 words)
by - written on 14/08/09 (Very useful, 191 readings)
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---Intro--- The best thing about having visitors (well, apart from that if you're lucky they'll pay for a nice meal for you) is planning an itinerary. Living in Cumbria we have a great choice of places to take our visitors, although as people come up again and again it can be harder to choose where to go, based on where we've taken them before! With my parents and friends coming up for a weekend I decided that we'd go to Rheged as they'd love the shops there, but I needed somewhere else for us to visit, and the Alpaca Centre was what I decided as it's very near to Rheged, in Stainton just outside Penrith. The first time hubby and I visited the ...  Read the complete review

 
The Alpaca Centre (Penrith)