If you love to see animals as much as we do, then we will be sharing our favourite animal parks, zoos and aquariums with you here.
No trip to Norfolk for us would be complete without a visit to Wroxham Barns. It’s a place that I remember visiting as a child with my Mum and we have been numerous times with the Beans too. About Wroxham Barns Way back in 1982 whilst enjoying a pint (or two) Ian Russell was discussing … Read more
This Summer the Beans were invited for a special day out at Twycross Zoo. The boys were to be the very first children to take a drive on the wild side in Twycross Zoo’s latest attraction, their new Safari Cars, which opened on Saturday 4th August. NEW Safari Cars Adventure The Safari Cars are situated … Read more
Mum and I visited Twycross Zoo for a very special VIP Afternoon Tea to celebrate the official launch of Chimpanzee Eden.
How can it be that Twycross Zoo has escaped my radar for so long? Set in 88 acres of Leicestershire countryside, just off the M42 between Birmingham and Nottingham, Twycross Zoo is very easily accessible and a gem of a family day out. This medium to large sized zoo is home to around 500 animals … Read more
By chance I spotted a family ticket to Lincolnshire Wildlife Park on Wowcher so bought it as a family day out to celebrate Albie’s birthday. This beauty of a tiger walked all around the enclosure by our side less than 2 meters away (albeit behind a very tall fence thankfully). She was a creature of … Read more
Last year we were very lucky to be chosen as Sea Life Centre Birmingham Ambassadors which meant that we could visit as many times as we liked for free. The Beans loved having this role and learnt a lot in their many visits during the year. Spooky Seas During October half term we were invited … Read more
They say the best laid plans often go awry and in our case that is certainly true at the moment. Last weekend we had planned to take the Beans to Sea Life Birmingham for our last blogger trip of the year to see Santa. Unfortunately, we spent the day in hospital with a poorly Jelly … Read more
It’s hard to believe that our time as National Sea Life Centre Birmingham ambassadors is almost at an end, we’ve had lots of fun visiting over the past few months so when we visited a few weeks ago I took the time to notice the things that we enjoyed the most during our visits. The … Read more
The Gentoo Penguins at Sea Life Centre Birmingham were special guests to a very special proposal earlier this week when Danny Adams proposed to his girlfriend Alexandra Milne. Both from Halesowen and now living together in Lye, the couple who have been together for one year and five months were celebrating all round as Alexandra … Read more