CELEBRATING ADOPTION DAY - 1 YEAR ON

I drove to Bath to collect C and L, then we drove onto Longleat.

We did some of the attractions around the House - first the Boat Trip (probably Alice's favourite bit). The boat was quite empty so we could move from one side to the other to see what was going on. We saw the gorilla, lots of sea lions, the hippos and the sea lions and gorilla again. Alice was very observant and obviously enjoyed seeing each animal, it was difficult to keep her hands inside the boat when the sea lions were around!

Then we were just in time for the train ride. Again Alice listened and watched closely. It had started to rain just before the train ride so after that we went for lunch. We were early enough to get a table and highchairs easily and the queues weren't too long. 15 minutes later the skies opened, the rain poured and the restaurant filled up very quickly. Lunch was OK - Alice devoured a huge plate of sausage, mash, peas and gravy, I couldn't believe how much she ate!

After lunch we went to Pets' Corner, Alice and I watched the bird show - L didn't like the noise so she and C went around the other animals. Alice watched intently and screeched with the parrots quite a lot!

We strolled around the gift shops after that, I looked for a 'Muggee' for Alice and she cried when I wouldn't let her have a hard, rough little monkey, luckily I quickly found a nice, soft, squidgey one!

It was still raining so after our retail therapy we decided to head home. Both girls fell asleep pretty quickly.

We had a nice day. It's always nice to see the B/E's and spend time with them. It's especially good when the girls get time just to be together, today with the poor weather they were a bit restricted - we'll make up for it next time!