We got up later than i wanted but we still got to M's school in plenty time to leave...We all set off happy and excited and it was a lovely sunny morning...No crashes on way down this time LOL...We made good time and it was still lovely, warm and sunny down at Blair Drummond...Blaird Drummond Safari park is near Stirling...The last time i was there i was somewhere between 7 & 9 LOL...Found out today we must have gone there not many years after it opened...Firstly we drove round the wild animal enclosures in the bus...We had to stop a few times for some of them to cross the road :o) ...There was rhinos, lions, emus, ostriches, camels of both types, loads of deer type things, bisons, giraffes, zebras, elephants and erm loads more i can't remember...Once we had driven slowly round then we stopped for everyone to get off...G told everyone sat beside us about his last visit there back in june...One of the lions decided to chase a car driving through then sprung up on to the car roof and promptly fell asleep...Wouldn't have fancied being inside that car i can tell you...Scary!!!...We didn't have any of the animals chase us today :o)
Once we stopped and got off the bus we had our packed lunches and divided up to go do our own thing...G and M and a couple of the other boys went and played on this huge massive 3 level wooden maze thing...A few of the workers and parents just let them all run off steam playing there...After that we wandered up the road towards the boating area...We passed by the zebra and giraffe enclosures...There was a platform that we walked up on to get closer to the giraffes...Boy are they tall even the baby one was huge...Bit of useless info here...Did you know a giraffe has the same amount of bones in it's neck as a human??? Well they do they just happen to be a bit bigger LOL...Then we walked past the elephant bit and i stayed well clear...When i was 11 we went on holiday to edinburgh and went to the zoo for the day...The elephant there at the time stuck it's trunk out and pinched my bag out of my hand...It then proceeded to eat it and everything in it...Two weeks after that there was an article in the Sunday Post newspaper about this particular elephant doing this to people...Anyway i digress back to today.
We got to the boats and the pond area was divided into two sections...There was boat trips to chimpanzee island and paddle boats...So first we went on the trip to see the chimps...We were lucky as they didn't throw anything at us LOL...We did get warned they often do that and had at a previous group...Then everyone who was with us all went on the paddle boats except me...I looked after all the bags and jackets...Ok so i wimped out but i didn't think it would be good to paddle a boat considering the op i recently had...Then after they finished on there M and one fo the boys ran towards the *flying fox*...You've guessed not an animal but one of those zip slide things LOL...You picked up the seat thing that hangs on the wire and climbed up this tower then zipped across the boating area...Now i am so severely acrophobic i struggle to change light bulbs...And being sensible and NOT paddling a boat i should have given it a miss...G was wimping out and he normally loves that type of thing so i said i'll go and then you go to...So quaking in my trainers i climbed up and shook like a leaf at the top...Kept telling myself don't look down LOL...Now there's the roller bit that goes on the zip wire with a metal bit hanging down with a silly wee seat to sit on...Not the best for someone as shaking as i was...Let it take my weight and off i went screaming my head off LOL...Me and the other adults thought it would slow as you approached the other side...WRONG...We had to bend our knees up to crash into a target on a mat at other side...Hope i ain't damaged anything inside ROFL...G then went on twice and M went on 3 times LOL.
Went back to the main buildings after that for the Sea Lion show but M gave that a miss...We went and found a bench to sit on near the Tigers...M sat and had a drink and i went to look at them as close as possible...I adore Tigers i think they are THE most beautiful animal on this planet...They have 2 siberian tigers which are the largest of the big cats you can get...More trivia...Did you know a tigers stripes are like our fingerprints and unique to every one...You do now :o) ...M and me then went and looked at the penguins, then the bears...Then we went back and he went on some of the funfair type rides...I went into the shop and was peeved they didn't have a Tiger T-shirt left in adult size...I did buy four dragon fridge magnets though :o) ...Am thinking i will get a magnetic noticeboard and hang them with the other 2 i have on there and put them up in my living room...I don't have the others on my fridge as i don't want them getting knocked off and broken...The show was over by this time and it was time to get back on the bus and leave :o( ...We all had a really enjoyable day and i spent most of the journey home fast asleep LOL...I took loads and loads of pics and hopefully some will turn out fine...Will get them developed tomorrow and put them on here.
We missed first bit of X factor tonite but am watching 2nd part now so going to go...Toodle pip tc xx
8 comments:
Sounds good our Sarah likes going there.............
That sounds like fun! :-)
Sandra xxxx
I'm getting into this 'x' factor in a big way............I liked Sam, wish he'd got through. Love elephants, don't want to be too near, six feet does me just fine. Rache xx
Sounds like you had an action packed fun filled day :) Glad you all enjoyed it.
Jo xxx
What a smashing day ,you all enjoyed it by the sounds of things,imagine you going on that zip ride thing ,what a good sport you are ,look forward to your pictures . Jan xx
Sounds like somewhere I've just got to go, thanks
See told you he'd love it :) .. Glad you all had a lovely time, sounds like you had a hoot. I'm sure we have some tiger t-shirts here at work somewhere, will see if I can dig one out. Mich :) xxxx
Sounds like you had a really good time :-)
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