who and zoo!
Sep. 25th, 2011 06:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llywelaHey, guys, guys! Did any of you watch Doctor Who Confidential last night? No? Well, go watch it - at about 32 minutes in, there's a short feature on the chap who was really operating that remote control helicopter the Doctor used to entertain a bunch of children: a little, white-haired bloke. That's Lyn! That's my old driving instructor, the one who builds Daleks and used to always have bits of disassembled Daleks rattling around the car whenever he took me out for lessons! They not only caught him on camera for once, they even persuaded him to say a few words - that's a first. I saw his wife in church this morning and she said he didn't even tell her he'd been filmed.
Also, I'm pretty sure those department store scenes were filmed in the same shop they used for the one where Rose used to work...
In Other News, my Mum phoned the other day and said "we're going to the zoo on Saturday, do you want to come?" and I said "sure", so off we went to the zoo yesterday - well, not really a zoo. We went to Manor House Wildlife Park, which - how many of you Brits remember Anna Ryder-Richardson, an interior designer who never seemed to be off the telly back in the '90s and early '00s? A few years ago, she and her husband bought this wildlife park near Tenby - they've invested their life savings into the place, focusing on conservation, and have joined international endangered species breeding programmes. They don't have a huge number of animals, but those they do have all have space to roam - and some you can get quite close to, like this albino wallaby!
The wallaby enclosure is one of two animal enclosures visitors are allowed to walk through, and although wary, the wallabies allow visitors to get very close.
Chelsea and Jamie both got close enough to feed the wallabies by hand and even pet them a little
The park has emus, rheas and peacocks scattered around and about, flying the flag for avians
There are bactrian camels
Dakara zebras
Llamas and tapirs
And a small collection of extremely rare oryx, which are sadly extinct in the wild
Like with the wallabies, visitors are allowed to walk through the lemur enclosure and thus get very close to the animals (although not quite as close, as the lemurs are more standoffish)
We also encountered gibbons Steve and Lisa over at monkey island - you might struggle to spot them in these pictures as they were high up in the trees, but there was no missing the noise they were making, singing out loud and strong for all to hear!
It was a pretty miserable day yesterday, damp and grey, so it's hardly surprising that the park's family of meerkats chose to spend most of their time basking beneath a heat lamp
Although one remained on lookout at all times, of course
The park also houses kune kune pigs
And rare przewalski horses, the last surviving sub-species of wild horse
Also at Manor Park are some interesting decorative features
Oh, and while Chelsea and I were lurking outside the toilet block waiting for the rest of our group, Anna Ryder-Richardson herself drove past and stopped to talk to us about what a grim-looking day it was! Very minor brush with very minor celebrity...
The teenagers certainly seemed to enjoy themselves, even though Jamie wasn't very well
They also wore themselves out and slept most of the way home!
Also, I'm pretty sure those department store scenes were filmed in the same shop they used for the one where Rose used to work...
In Other News, my Mum phoned the other day and said "we're going to the zoo on Saturday, do you want to come?" and I said "sure", so off we went to the zoo yesterday - well, not really a zoo. We went to Manor House Wildlife Park, which - how many of you Brits remember Anna Ryder-Richardson, an interior designer who never seemed to be off the telly back in the '90s and early '00s? A few years ago, she and her husband bought this wildlife park near Tenby - they've invested their life savings into the place, focusing on conservation, and have joined international endangered species breeding programmes. They don't have a huge number of animals, but those they do have all have space to roam - and some you can get quite close to, like this albino wallaby!
The wallaby enclosure is one of two animal enclosures visitors are allowed to walk through, and although wary, the wallabies allow visitors to get very close.
Chelsea and Jamie both got close enough to feed the wallabies by hand and even pet them a little
The park has emus, rheas and peacocks scattered around and about, flying the flag for avians
There are bactrian camels
Dakara zebras
Llamas and tapirs
And a small collection of extremely rare oryx, which are sadly extinct in the wild
Like with the wallabies, visitors are allowed to walk through the lemur enclosure and thus get very close to the animals (although not quite as close, as the lemurs are more standoffish)
We also encountered gibbons Steve and Lisa over at monkey island - you might struggle to spot them in these pictures as they were high up in the trees, but there was no missing the noise they were making, singing out loud and strong for all to hear!
It was a pretty miserable day yesterday, damp and grey, so it's hardly surprising that the park's family of meerkats chose to spend most of their time basking beneath a heat lamp
Although one remained on lookout at all times, of course
The park also houses kune kune pigs
And rare przewalski horses, the last surviving sub-species of wild horse
Also at Manor Park are some interesting decorative features
Oh, and while Chelsea and I were lurking outside the toilet block waiting for the rest of our group, Anna Ryder-Richardson herself drove past and stopped to talk to us about what a grim-looking day it was! Very minor brush with very minor celebrity...
The teenagers certainly seemed to enjoy themselves, even though Jamie wasn't very well
They also wore themselves out and slept most of the way home!
