Longham Beavers were joined by St Leonards and St Ives Beaver Colony on a visit to see Santa at The Heavy Horse Centre near Verwood.

They enjoyed welcoming Santa on his truck. They then fed the animals, had a trailer ride, visited Santa and his snow dog in his grotto, rode and raced the pedal cars, played on the play equipment before decorating real yule logs and painting wooden toys.

It was a struggle for some to carry everything to the car to go home but all went home happy.