Birthday -Safari Park

So, today is my birthday! Yay! Weather is pretty rubbish, absolutely throwing it down with rain but never mind...

We decided to go the West Midlands Safari Park. At least here, it doesn't matter about the weather as you're in your car. Well, it took us ages to get there, the traffic was dreadful. Anyway, we got there and headed in to the Park. I enquired as to the monkey's but was informed that there isn't any anymore so my car aerial was safe. The first section was the zebra's and antelopes. It was funny actually as they suss out whether you have any food or not...if you haven't they ignore you and move onto the next car! Following that, you move round to the wolves, tigers, lions and elephants. The white tigers and the white lions are the big draw here and youc an see why, They are absolutely stunning. I didn't realise that the white lions and tigers are not albino, they are a recognised type of cat. The best/worst part was the African Wild Dog section. Now, as we came through the gate, these dogs looked a bit lively but as soon as we got into the section, they swarmed round the car, surrounding it front, sides and rear...I couldn't move forwards as I would have run over them and I thought that was probably a bad move!! Eventually I inched forward and escaped the mob, but even as I was driving away, one of them was hanging onto the exhaust! It took a ranger driving up behind me to scare it off. I checked round the car later and despite the noise of teeth on metal and the general manhandling of the car, there didn't appear to be a mark on it! Amazing...

Following that we went to the Wolseley Arms for a meal and then out into Cannock on the night. Was a great day and made all the more enjoyable as I was sharing it with SJ...ahhh...