Monday, 14 July 2014
Collaboration Post: Pip and Becky Go to Longleat Part #2
Sunday, 13 July 2014
Collaboration Post: Pip and Becky go to Longleat Part #1
It's finally here! The collaboration post you've been waiting for - BeckyBoops and RoanRider.
Last weekend we met up and trundled down to Longleat Safari Park, and decided it would be the best thing ever to write about it together :)
Adventure Park Written by Becky
Aside from the main draw of Longleat Safari, there is an Adventure Park located just behind Longleat House. The park is the main hub of the attraction, with food vendors, a maze, and several animal attractions. There were attractions for the old and the young alike, and some specifically for the young - which we avoided. Like the plague. Though we did have to drag the boys away from it... We collectively decided to spend a bit of time in the adventure park before heading onto greener pastures. After consulting the site map we had a plan of action, and set off into the Jungle Kingdom.
We headed inside, and instantly noticed Meerkats running around - they were very cute and were nipping around peoples feet who were on the path inside the enclosure. The otters were adorable, I'm pretty sure Pip almost cried. We moved around the area, and there were loads of creatures to ooh and ahhh over.
Just look at his happy little face! |
We eventually found ourselves inside a room which houses a creature that many people have a big fear of. The dreaded tarantula. She was out and people were able to hold her - under the supervision of the keeper. In this area there was also lizards, tortoise and the inside part of the guinea pigs enclosure - there were loads of those little things!
P.S. Pip is terrified of spiders. She faced her fear and held the tarantula! A big thank you to the keeper for being so calm and understanding.
After the Tarantulas, we headed into the butterfly enclosure. They were beautiful! Loads of different kinds, including one absolutely HUGE one.
After extracting ourselves from the warm butterfly room, we rushed over to the penguins and sting rays. The penguins were playful and seemed happy to wander around poeple's feet who were on the path through the enclosure. The sting rays also seemed to relish the attention of the crowd, and proved it by sticking to the surface and popping their noses out of the water!
License and Registration please ma'am... |
Sunday, 6 July 2014
Blog Update
As you know from my last post, I am visiting Pippin this weekend. We've been super busy with catching up; day tripping; planning the next visit; and planning our first collaborative blog post. Oooh exciting!!! So keep an eye out for that!
You may also have noticed that my blog has changed. I had no idea that in changing my URL I would be unable to redirect people to the new URL. (there must be a way to do this on blogger, but for the life of me I could not work it out...) So, the new blog name is BeckyBoop, the content is going to be anecdotes about my interests, life and many many, books. The look of this blog will also be changing at some point - courtesy of an early Christmas present from my BFF!!
I'm totally gutted about not being able to reach out to the followers of the MyWastedWardrobe URL, I'm hoping they'll be able to find their way back over to here...
Anywho, things are changing and I hope you enjoy!
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Friday, 4 July 2014
TGIF! Why I love Fridays...
Ahh Friday. Another week is drawing to a close, and the work day doesn't seem so hard today.
Of course, that's usually because there's the option of leaving at 4.30 instead of 6! Not to mention beer o'clock, and themed playlists (this week's theme is running). There's also lunching with the work girls which is always a nice break! Days like today (Fridays) make me like my job that little bit more after enduring a week of stress. Furthermore, the prospect of the weekend being upon us is always a good thing!
This weekend (actually, directly after work) I am off to Roan-land to see a plethora of wonderful crazies. (I meant to write creatures, but my phone auto corrected to crazies...Oh well, it's fitting!) Mandrew and I are traveling down to see Pip and Maxx, and her furry friends-goosehounds, snufflepods, and Mr Biff. Also, we're heading out to a zoo to see a whole host of other furry-or otherwise-animals. Woooo!
I'm so looking forward to the weekend!
Fridays are always a good day, high spirits all around! But today is an especially good day.
Happy Friday!
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Life in Reveiw - 2014 6 month life update
Relationships: Mr Gandyman and I are really good, as always *wink*. Family are all good, and friends also. Though I do not like my bestie being so far away...but hey ho - I'll be seeing miss RoanRider and her handsome MrMan soooon!
Health & Fitness: I regularly update my BekBek blog on this front, but as it's quite a large part of my life and one of my new years resolutions I figured it was worth a mention! I am not on track to loose 2 stone by July as I set out to in January, however I believe I can reach this by the end of this year (I hope). I recently ran a Race For Life 5k, and am coming up to doing a Pretty Muddy - which I am both terrified and excited for.
Sister Update: I asked Sisterbell to write a guest post on here, but she didn't want to (I think she was too shy...Read: Lazy). As we speak she is putting a mini Christmas tree up my sleeve. She has finished her exams, and is rehearsing for her school summer play - Beauty and the Beast. This evening she has also spent a large amount of time raiding my wardrobe for a dress to wear. She is much smaller than me, so my old dresses are like a second hand shop to her, and to be honest, someone may as well wear them.
Books: I've been reading quite a lot on the commute to work, and recently finished the Divergent Trilogy - which I really enjoyed. Though I was hoping for a different ending...I may post some reviews up here, I hope I will, but who knows in this wacky life what I will actually have time to do!
Life in general: Is good. I feel a little like I'm plodding along waiting for something to happen though...I'm not sure if that's because I'm feeling lethargic, or if I'm dissatisfied with something. Probably my job, or it could be monetary based, but who knows.
- Passing my driving test
- Pretty Muddy
- Eurogamer
- Hovercraft Driving this month!!
- Christmas I know it's early...but who cares!
- Blogging regularly
- Finally losing some weight - it will happen this year. I can feel it.