Longleat

We spent the Day at Longleat. After a damp start it turned into another Hot Summers Day. it was not too busy when we drove through the safari park and we managed to get some good views of the animals. After Lunch we had a boat trip on the lake to see the sealions and hippos and then we went into the bat cave. It is a wonderful feeling to have bats whizzing silently past you. I was really pleased that I managed to get a half decent shot. It is dark in the cave and I did not think the photos would come out . (However with an Fstop of 1.4 and Iso of 3200 a little photo editing to remove some noise I was pleased with the result)
We finished the day with a tour of the house.

Flicka Goes to Longleat

Today we took Flicka to Longleat. First we went to the safari park and had some really close encounters with Lions and tigers. We did close the windows before driving through! Flicka did not want to be a tasty snack.
Then it was time for us to have a snack!

Next we tackled the maze. Flicka was able to peek over the hedges and give us directions, but it still took us a while to get out!

We had a ride on the train and we also had a boat ride.

In the Mirror Maze Flicka admired her reflection.
There is a lot to do at Longleat, we also went in the butterfly garden, Joe,s mine which had fruit bats flying about and then we spent some time in pets corner.

Just Monkeying Around at Longleat

Driving through the Monkey enclosure is fun

The Monkeys are everywhere.
OOPs part of the cr trim appears to have come off in this monkey's hand!
Longleat do not accept any responsibility for damage and you are given the option to by pass this enclosure. We removed the aerial on the car and did not stop. Although we saw several cars suffering damage we were lucky the monkeys did not stay on our car long enough to do any damage. We did notice they seemed to prefer cars with roof bars.

The Big cats of Longleat

Some more photos from Our visit to Longleat. We were very lucky to see the big cats up close.