Chester Zoo

On Sunday we went to Chester Zoo. We've been Season Ticket holders for the last two years and as we'd not been for a while, and we thought the weather would be ok, we decided to visit. And this time I remembered to take the camera!

We saw the elephants (although the baby ones were hiding!)


And this Orang-utan kept teasing us with the food in her mouth - squashing it up on the window and taking it back when we tried to touch it! She's got a little baby clinging on, which I think was sleeping for most of the time and neither of them were put off by us stood watching them! If you put your hand on the glass, she put her hand there too. A really beautiful but spooky experience!

And we saw flamingos

And teased the penguins with Jacobs coat on the glass (they found it interesting and kept swimming for it!) Sorry for the blurry photo but the glass is really thick and the penguins were really fast!
And then we saw this pig. I was a bit worried when it looked straight at me as it was huge!

And then we saw the Zooloo dancers outside one of the restaurants. So we watched them for about 20 mins - Jacob was totally enthralled and loved the noise, singing and dancing!

It must have tired the boys out, all the running around they did as they slept until nearly 7am Monday morning!

Mingos, Pogs and Mats

We had a trip to Chester Zoo on Sunday. We are members and go fairly often, but with one thing and another, its been a while since we've been. The weather was not too bad - a little light rain but it didn't stop us! The boys love sitting on the cast iron lizard (or is it a gecko?!) and this time there was no fight as to who sat upfront!


We saw the rhinos too. "Why is that one dead Mummy?" asked Samuel in a nice loud voice, much to the amusement of the other parents. We told him it was just sleeping, but I don't think he believed us!
We also saw one of the tigers supplement its diet with a pigeon! I won't go into the gory details but the little bird didn't stand a chance! Fortunately, I think we were the only ones to see it happen and the kids were too busy running towards the tunnels......

These tunnels run under the Marmot enclosure with domes where you can stand up and view them in the middle of their territory. Of course the boys were more interested in running through the tunnels and screaming!

Or skidding!

So why Mingos, Pogs and Mats? Flamingos, Frogs and Bats. Don't ask......!!