I had a rather good
night. "er
indoors TM"
not so. She spent the night in the guest room with "Stormageddon -
Bringer of Destruction TM" . She’d had this brainwave that
since the toilet was a bit far from the loft bedroom she’d take a bucket up to
littlun’s room in case he was taken short. Littlun thought tiddling into a
bucket was a great game, and spent far too much time with his bucket all night
long. The dogs also thought having littlun staying overnight was great fun and
joined in what was probably quite a circus.
I just went to sleep and left them all to it.
I had some brekkie before everyone got up. I got a little
emotional as I read Facebook; there is a chap with whom I was in the Boys
Brigade forty years ago and we’ve recently got in touch through Facebook. He’d
posted saying how it would have been his son’s birthday today if he’d lived.
That put everyone else’s attention-seeking and petty gripes
into perspective.
I had an email which made me sit up and think. Just lately
I’ve been buying e-books rather than real ones for the simple reason that they take
up a lot less space than real books. The fact that they are cheaper is just an
added bonus.
This morning Amazon wondered if I would like to buy the
Game of Thrones prequel e-book for fifteen quid. Fifteen quid !! – the
hardcover version is only twelve pounds fifty.
"Stormageddon - Bringer of
Destruction TM" and I took the dogs round the park. I only
had to reprimand him once when he pushed Treacle off of a bridge. Other than
that, the walk went well; as we walked OrangeHead had a little chat with "Stormageddon
- Bringer of Destruction TM" which was nice.
Once
home we settled the dogs and smallest grandson and I drove down to Port Lympne.
I had this idea that a day at the zoo might be fun…
Long
story short – it was… with reservations.
I
very nearly turned round at the door when I was charged forty-six quid for the
two of us. Forty-six quid!!
The
nice man on the till explained that the safari tour was included in the ticket
price. It never had been before so I thought we’d do that first. The safari
tour sets off every fifteen minutes. We missed the first one by seconds but
were first in the queue for the next one. I did snigger when the safari wagon
arrived and the child directly in the queue behind us announced he wanted to go
to the toilet.
The
safari tour could have been excellent. It takes about an hour to do, and goes
through three distinct zones; South American, African and Asian. As you go you
have the opportunity to see rhinos, giraffes, bears, ostriches, all sorts of
creatures. Or (to be more precise)
you have the opportunity *if* you sit
on the left-hand side of the vehicle. We’d sat on the right and after fifteen
minutes I could have got off.
If
you’ve ever been to Port Lympne you’ll know the place is on a hillside. The
safari tour drives you down to the bottom and you then have to slog back up on
your own. Fortunately we were dropped off by the ice cream stall. A caramel ice
cream each went down well. We then wandered slowly past so many seemingly empty
cages. A passing keeper said that the animals tend to hide on hot days.
Luckily
the plastic dinosaurs didn’t hide. The dinosaur wood made sure the day wasn’t
entirely wasted.
And
once we’d seen the dinosaurs Jake announced “I’ve had enough – where’s the car?” So we made our way back to the
car via an orange Callippo and some Lipton’s iced tea. "Stormageddon -
Bringer of Destruction TM" was adamant he wanted iced tea.
I’ve since been told he’s never had it before, but now seems to love the stuff.
I
took a few photos whilst we were at the
zoo. It was a good morning out, but not a cheap one.
We
drove on to McDonalds where we met "Daddy’s Little Angel TM".
McDinner went down rather nicely, then we all went back home to collect
littlun’s overnight bag and his slugs. I had then intended to work in the
garden, but it was far too hot, so I put the telly on. What’s the point of
having a telly if not to put on?
After
a couple of episodes of “Orange is the
New Black” I went out to the garden. I mowed the lawn, topped up the water
features, tidied up the graveled areas, dug out gazebos, chairs and stuff for
Sunday.
"er indoors TM" boiled up some
fish and chips, and seeing that there was a whole load of new puzzle geocaches
near Canterbury I spent the evening puzzling…
I
really should have an early night – I forgot just how tiring having a littlun can
be…
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