{Another Zoo Trip}

We spent a few hours of our Valentines Day having a family trip to Paignton Zoo. It was lovely. We had a chuckle in the entrance when one of the staff members came over to admire my bright pink DM's that I was wearing. The weather was dull, but quite warm and it stayed dry, so we have to be thankful. I of course took far too many photos, some of which I will share here.

I love this picture of the babboons nit picking - isn't the baby so cute!

A peeking Marmot.



One of the giraffes.



Me with Tiegan and Callum.



Joe in a bubble...



Callum with his beloved "Mr Purple" - a cuddly dog that goes literally everywhere with him.



One of the elephants.



The Lion.



We are lucky to have annual membership to the zoo until the end of July. We bought it last year when Lee was working or else we wouldn't have been able to afford to have gone today. It was another lovely family day - I'm really enjoying spending time as a family at the moment.

{Back to the Zoo}

Some of you will know that a few years ago we had a year long membership to Paignton Zoo. We all enjoyed having somewhere to go when we were at a loose end, and often toddled off to the Zoo for a couple of hours. We were sad when it lapsed and we couldn't afford to re-join. Today however, we decided to dig deep and find the money for a new membership. We can now go to the zoo as many times as we like throughout the year, which is bound to be lots as we live even closer to it now.

We have had a fabulous family day out there today, the weather has just been glorious. I was a little worried when we discovered that the car park was full to the brim, as was the top overflow car park. The lower overflow car park was a little emptier - although it did contain around 6 coaches. Eeek, we all imagined the zoo would be bursting at the seams. Actually it was amazingly easy to get around - and there wasn't even a queue for the tickets. We did give the gorillas a miss though, one quick peek inside was enough to tell us that it was heaving and not worth fighting through the crowds when we can re-visit at any time.

I, of course, took my camera and put it to good use (well I think so anyway).

The zoo has a new "Crocodile Swamp" which is fab, and the childrens definite favourite.

Nile Crocodile

Cuban Crocodile


BIG snakes


Saltwater Crocodile

A visit to be repeated very soon.