So, we loaded ourselves into two cars and set off on our road trip. After taking an interesting route, going through many villages and seeing a lot of the Yorkshire countryside (it turns out that the sat nav was set to avoid motorways) we arrived - into thick fog! We were so worried that we wouldn't be able to see any animals because it was so thick, but soon it cleared enough that we could see lots of exciting things.
First, we went to see the meerkats and were pleased to see that, according to the sign on their enclosure, they are on facebook. I'm not sure what a meerkat would choose to post on facebook, but I think I'm going to join their page and find out. They were incredibly adorable and came up to the glass to see us up close. We did wonder if we'd get thrown out of the park for saying 'simples' too many times so we kept it to a minimum. Living alongside the meerkats, was a mongoose, which sparked a debate about the plural of mongoose. We decided it was probably mongeese but since I got home and googled it, I've realised that it's actually mongooses. The English language is very strange sometimes.
Next to the meerkats and mongooses was an enclosure where you could pet some goats. I must say some of them had some funny, crinkled horns and their beards made them all look like old men. One goat took a bit of a shine to Zoe, who later realised that she had some of Alicia's cake in her pocket. We then spent a long time in lion country with the lions. Well, not actually with the lions, a safe distance away behind a barrier. As soon as we stepped into the park, we had heard the lions roaring and they continued to be noisy throughout the day, scaring the rest of the animals every time they roared.
A particular highlight of the day for me was watching the lemurs being fed. They were amazing, running back and forth across the paths and playing between people's legs. They climbed high into the pine trees and had everyone holding their breaths when they came back down as they swung from branch to branch. The tails of the ring-tailed lemurs were beautiful with their stripes, but we learnt that sadly, lemurs can't use their tails to grip things like monkeys can. This made their descent of the tall tree even more nerve wracking!
Another favourite of us all was the wallabies, and we even got to feed them ourselves! I think we all wanted to take one home with us to keep as a pet. They were so docile and let everyone stroke them. They hopped lazily about and munched on carrots and hay. What a life.
We saw many more animals, including tigers, leopards, painted dogs, monkeys and a giant monster rabbit and ended the day absolutely exhausted. We returned home vowing to return soon as we had all had a great day.
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