Yesterday we revisited Yorkshire Wildlife Park. A really good day out for families, or anyone.
We took granddaughter aged 8, and met up with our friends and their GDs, 10 and 7. Those girls spend 3 or 4 weeks throughout the school holidays each year staying here with their grandparents. Our friends love it of course, but find it rather exhausting and expensive!
My GD and they always meet up when they are here, unless my GD is away on holiday which happens sometimes. They resume their friendship where it left off several months before and always have a good time together.
None of the 4 of them had been to the wildlife park, so we suggested that for our Easter holiday outing. As we have to pass the end of GD's road to get there we picked her up on the way.
It was very cold! Luckily we all had several layers and warm footwear, so we were OK. Apart from the drive over there was no rain which helped. It did warm up slightly as the day wore on, but not enough for any of us to shed any layers! The animals don't like the cold either, so there were not as many meerkats and lemurs to be seen as usual. We were all glad of a good warm up in the cafe at lunchtime - where several layers were removed!
The polar bear was brown with mud, we saw him having fun sliding on his tummy in the mud. He looked as though he was trying to disguise himself as a brown bear
As well as all the animals, we also spent time in the outdoor adventure playground, and finished off the day with half an hour or more in the indoor area, with scarily high slides
The kids loved it, and we oldies got a sit down in the warm
The park was closing, so time to go back to the car park. A goodbye for the children until the summer, and we each drove home. DD2, who picked up GS2 from nursery on her way home from work, was just getting him out of the car when we pulled up. He was so excited to see us !
We had cuppa and stayed an hour or so. On the way home we picked up a Chinese meal, and ate in front to the telly. A good day
I know some of you will know the park well, but here is the link for others.
We took granddaughter aged 8, and met up with our friends and their GDs, 10 and 7. Those girls spend 3 or 4 weeks throughout the school holidays each year staying here with their grandparents. Our friends love it of course, but find it rather exhausting and expensive!
My GD and they always meet up when they are here, unless my GD is away on holiday which happens sometimes. They resume their friendship where it left off several months before and always have a good time together.
None of the 4 of them had been to the wildlife park, so we suggested that for our Easter holiday outing. As we have to pass the end of GD's road to get there we picked her up on the way.
It was very cold! Luckily we all had several layers and warm footwear, so we were OK. Apart from the drive over there was no rain which helped. It did warm up slightly as the day wore on, but not enough for any of us to shed any layers! The animals don't like the cold either, so there were not as many meerkats and lemurs to be seen as usual. We were all glad of a good warm up in the cafe at lunchtime - where several layers were removed!
The polar bear was brown with mud, we saw him having fun sliding on his tummy in the mud. He looked as though he was trying to disguise himself as a brown bear
As well as all the animals, we also spent time in the outdoor adventure playground, and finished off the day with half an hour or more in the indoor area, with scarily high slides
The kids loved it, and we oldies got a sit down in the warm The park was closing, so time to go back to the car park. A goodbye for the children until the summer, and we each drove home. DD2, who picked up GS2 from nursery on her way home from work, was just getting him out of the car when we pulled up. He was so excited to see us !
We had cuppa and stayed an hour or so. On the way home we picked up a Chinese meal, and ate in front to the telly. A good day
I know some of you will know the park well, but here is the link for others.
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