#No4 Why lick a pig when you can lick an alpaca?!

This was the one challenge that I really did not want to do and questioned every day why it was on the list, the answer is peer pressure. This suggestion, from my lovely colleague and friend Corinne, caused THE most interest out of all the suggestions that I couldn't possible not include it. So here it is, the hideous need to a, find a pig and b, lick it! This was to be a very difficult task, pigs, alive, are really difficult to come by and the temptation to lick a piece of bacon or an M&S Percy Pig was strong, I knew I needed the real thing. This led to a twitter and facebook campaign in search of someone who owned a pig or pig farm - nothing. I asked friends and family and possibilities turned into nothing. I even emailed a local country park who I never heard back from - surprise surprise as I am sure it is not every day that someone asks to lick one of their pigs.

I had heard from a friend that Aldingbourne Country Park had pigs and it was decided that if we couldn't get to the pigs a good day out could be had there, it was cheap and the cafe was meant to be lovely. So armed with the suggester, Corinne, and Jo and Sophie to witness and take photos, we headed off to Aldingbourne Country Park. Now this place is five minutes down the road from me and I had never ever been there and what a wonderful place it is. The country park has a lovely little farm where you can walk amongst the animals, apart from the pigs (I will explain!) as well as farm shop, cafe, mini-golf, play area, beautiful gardens, a woodland walk and it's just delightful. And all this for just £3.If you have children I thoroughly recommend you going and if you haven't just go anyway - we had a great time!

So down to the pig licking. We soon discovered the animals at the farm - turkeys, geese, chickens, goats, alpacas and donkeys all roaming around for the public to stroke and feed. Our hopes were high for the pigs too but there were soon dashed on seeing them fenced off. Not just fenced off but electric fenced off - there was no way I was going to be able to get near the pigs to stroke them let alone lick them. We could see them, three huge and rather hairy and ugly looking pigs, wallowing in the mud but there was to be no licking today. It was then that Corinne exclaimed that as she suggested the challenge she was free to change it slightly and an alpaca became the target. Now we had already discovered that the alpacas liked yellow and seemed drawn to my yellow phone and nails and had previously let me stroke it, if not briefly, how easy was it to be to lick it. Corinne had also agreed to lick the alpaca so we both tried our luck at alpaca rustling! Well I shall say no more and just let you watch the events unfold, pleas enjoy and think no less of me, remember this is for charity and if I stumble across a pig I will still lick it!!

Can also mention Aldingbourne Country Park had no idea we were licking their animals and if they did would probably have thrown us out. Animal licking is not recommended as you can actually catch some very nasty illnesses!