New Forest Ponies Mr Bloom: Here and There

# Hello! My name is Mr Bloom

# And I'd like to come to see you soon

# I'm out on the road, you see

# Here and there, so that we

# Can get together and have some fun

# I'll help you out if there's work to be done

# So, where is it you like to go?

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do?

# I'll pop along and do it, too

# Cities, towns or countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there

# Here and there

# I'm here and there. #

Tiddlers! There you are! Hello!

Mr Bloom here.

And you just caught me looking at my log book. Yeah.

I was remembering all the fun places I've been and visited.

Because I love going here and there, meeting you Tiddlers,

finding out where you live and what you get up to.

Because, maybe, you like to splash around in the sea,

go for a picnic with your family

or, perhaps, grow things in the allotment, like me?

-DING-DING

-Oh, sorry.

There goes me Route Finder.

Now, it's going to be someone wanting to tell me

what they enjoy doing.

But I wonder who?

Hi, Mr Bloom. I'm Lucy.

I'm Sonny.

And I'm Rowan.

ALL: And we love the New Forest!

Rowan and I are twins.

And we both love riding our ponies.

That's it, keep your reins short.

Keep your heels down.

Well done! You're doing really well.

There's lots of things what live in the forest.

That one's really fat.

He looks really well. It's ate a lot of grass this summer.

It's really pretty in the forest.

Mr Bloom, why don't you come and visit? We'd love to show you around.

Well, you know what? That sounds right up my street.

Are you going to join us?

Jolly good!

Let's be off.

Whereabouts will I end up next?

Let's put my Route Finder to the test.

# It could be a beach A village or a city

# Museum or a school A garden so pretty

# A church or a station A river or town

# I just can't wait till you show me around

# Tiddlers, I'm on my way

# So, where am I today?

TIDDLERS: The New Forest!

Well, the Tiddlers weren't joking, were they?

It's beautiful round here.

And I reckon I'll find loads of things for me log book.

But, here, look there. Can you see those ponies?

They live here in the New Forest.

And that means the Tiddlers must be close by.

Shall we go and find them?

Yeah. Come on...

Ah... Here they are!

Hey, hello there, Tiddlers!

BOTH: Hello, Mr Bloom!

It's nice to see you, but I haven't met these two. Who's this, Rowan?

Cassie, and she's 25.

Oh, right.

This is Praed.

Nice to meet you, Praed.

What have you been up to this morning, Lucy?

Riding round the field.

Oh, very nice.

Rowan, is there anything I can do to help you?

Yeah, you can help us brush the ponies.

Very good. Let's get to it!

All right, Cassie?

I'm holding on to you nice and tight.

-Is this right, Mum?

-Yep, that's all right, Mr Bloom.

What type of brush have you got, Rowan?

-A brush that takes off all their hairs.

-Oh, very good.

And does she like it?

-Yeah.

-I'll bet, when you're brushing her belly.

You've got a different brush, Lucy? What's that for?

-Mane and tail.

-I see, a hairbrush.

-And why are you doing that?

-To get all the knots out.

They're taking good care of you, aren't they, Cassie?

-Although, we've got to take good care around ponies.

-Yeah.

Because what could happen?

They can kick you and step on your feet.

It's not because they're mean,

it's just because they are a lot bigger than us.

-Mr Bloom, we've got a present for you.

-Oh, have you?

Oh, yeah, look at this!

It's one of our ponies in the forest.

-It's called Honey.

-That's a lovely horse.

-And look at this rosette. Did you draw that, Rowan?

-Yeah.

I'll put these in me log book.

And it'll remind me of meeting you, Cassie,

and meeting you Tiddlers, too.

-Do you have any other ponies?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-We have some in the forest that we own.

-Oh, really?

We're going to meet our friend, Sonny,

and we're going to show you some wild ponies.

Ooooh, that sounds good.

All right, Mum, can I leave you with Cassie?

We'll go and see these wild ponies. Let's go!

-Hey! Hello, there, Sonny.

-Hello, Mr Bloom.

Oh, it's nice to see you.

-And who's this?

-My dad.

-Nice to see you.

-Hello, Mr Bloom.

Ha-ha! So, what does your dad do, Sonny?

He looks after the ponies.

Oh, very good. And how many ponies are there in your family?

-50.

-50 ponies?!

That's a lot of hard work.

-Are we able to feed these horses?

-No.

Oh, why not?

-Because they might kick or bite.

-Oh, right.

Or you might give them the wrong food.

Oh, what might happen if they eat my sandwiches?

They'll get a poorly tummy.

Oh, right. So, what do they eat, Rowan?

That eat the grass and the gorse.

Really?

I thought gorse is quite prickly. Do they really eat those prickles?

No. They eat the bottom and the top bits, where it's soft and furry.

Oh, I see.

What are we going to be doing today?

We're going to count these ponies.

All right, Tiddlers, let's get to it. Come on!

I think I'll take a bit of this gorse for me log book.

We're counting the ponies, to check where they all are in the forest.

Here we go. We've got some ponies here.

Are you going to count with us?

We've got one.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

-Eight.

-Nine.

Ten.

11.

-12.

-13.

We've got 13 ponies here. Are there many more, Dad?

There's loads more to count today, Mr Bloom.

How many ponies can you see, Tiddlers?

That's one, two, three.

Four, five. Five ponies!

-Hey, can you see those rolling, over there?

-Yeah.

Some are lovely colours, aren't they?

-They're all very different.

-We got brown ones.

-Oh, lovely rich, brown ones.

-Yeah.

Black.

And brown.

The white speckly coat.

-Dun.

-Pinky.

Oh, yeah.

They're all lovely colours, aren't they?

DING-DING

Oh, hang on. That's me Route Finder.

Let's see what it wants?

Oh, Tiddlers, it wants to show us more about ponies.

These are Shetland ponies.

They're small, with shaggy hair and are very strong.

Now, look at those Dartmoor ponies go!

They love running around the moors.

And these are Welsh mountain ponies.

They live on the mountains of Snowdonia.

What a lot of different ponies there are!

Well, there we go.

Now, Sonny, who are these lads that have joined us?

They are my brothers, John and Isaac.

-Hello, lads!

-Hello, Mr Bloom.

-Hello, Mr Bloom.

-What are they up to with your dad?

-They are going drifting.

Drifting?

-Hey, what's that?

-Where you catch all the ponies.

Really?

Oh, is that so, Dad?

-It's a round-up. We're bringing them back here for a health check.

-OK.

Sonny's dad's going to check the ponies are fit and healthy

and are eating enough food.

Oooh, they're going off at a fair pace!

Sonny's older brothers have been taught how to help their dad.

-What do we need to do?

-Open the gate.

-Right, come on!

There we go. All right, round the other side of the gate.

Hey, it's exciting!

Hey! Here they come!

I can see Dad!

Hey, look, here come the ponies!

Brilliant! Look at that!

Oh... Hey, it's exciting!

OK. Good job!

All in, safe and sound.

-What are they doing there, Rowan?

-They're getting them into this pen.

This pen makes it easy for Sonny's dad

to take a good look at the ponies, isn't that right, Lucy?

Yeah. He's checking that they're healthy.

-What has to happen now?

-We have to put the collars on.

Why do they need collars?

So drivers can see the ponies in the night-time.

That's right. Because these ponies live near busy roads.

Lucy, when all these horses have got collars on, what happens then?

We're going to let them back in the forest.

Oh, there they go!

Tiddlers, I think that's a job well done.

All the ponies are back in the forest.

-How did we do, Dad?

-Brilliant. Thank you very much.

-Very good.

-I've got a present for you.

What, another one?

Oh, look at that! It's one of those ponies' collars.

You know where I'm going to put that, Rowan?

-In your log book.

-That's right.

I'll put it in next to the pictures that you did.

That was when we were grooming Cassie and Praed, wasn't it?

Oh... And remember where I got this? What's this, Lucy?

Gorse.

That's right. We got this when we were pony-spotting.

So, there we go. A page full of memories from our lovely day.

Why don't you go here and there

and find out about all the exciting places where you live?

BOTH: We went here!

-BOTH:

-We went there!

-ALL:

-We've been everywhere!

Go to the CBeebies website, where you can make

your very own Here And There log book, too.

And there we have it. What a brilliant day!

You know, I've had a lovely time with you lot.

But the day's getting on. I've got to make a move.

So, why do you join me soon, when I'll be...

ALL: ..here and there!

That's right. Bye-bye!

# Where is it you like to go?

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do?

# I'll pop along and do it, too

# Cities, towns, the countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there. #