Ok, it was August Bank Holiday yesterday, and for a change it was sunny and warm-ish. Bev and Paul wanted to go out for a walk and take the cameras, so decided to go to Whipsnade Zoo - it's a large open space with lots of walking and plenty of cute and cuddly animals for them to photograph. And they took Bill, Phoebe and myself along too, so that we could go and play with the bears - they have brown bears at Whipsnade, and while they are very friendly, they are a bit on the big side to be playing with us little bears. Never mind, we had a lovely afternoon with them, managing to escape with only a few scratches and bruises, and we also got to see some other animals too - sleepy but scary tigers, cute ring-tailed lemurs sunbathing on the grass, delightful little otters living on an island with their own moat, two very elusive red pandas high up an oak tree (Bill and I were going to climb the tree and poke them so that Bev could get better photographs, but Paul threatened to smack us if we did!), stripy zebras, reindeer, a very regal lion called Spike, some ferocious lionesses (luckily we were behind some very thick glass at this point), lots of cute penguins, beautiful birds of prey, a baby elephant and a baby giraffe.
All in all, it was a brilliant day out and we will definitely go back to see our new furry friends.
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