We went to Longleat today. There’s an event on, the festival of lights. Obviously, we did the safari before hand which was fascinating. As a lot of the animals were from Africa, it’s difficult if not impossible to Say what they feel about the cold British winter. It must feel alien to them.
As we drove into the safari area, we were able to stop at an area called the African village, we had a chance to have a nearby encounter with a giraffe. They appear to be such placid creatures, but are quite capable of effectively defending themselves. They are always though, graceful in their movements.
We drove into the ostrich enclosure, there’s something about these flightless birds that is comically endearing. Whilst most drive through areas are very strict about windows closed, we found out later that they are more relaxed here. The car in front had their window open and an. Ostrich seemed keen to explore.
Whilst driving through this part we were able to see into the monkey enclosure. I very much wanted to drive through there but couldn’t bring myself to for fear of the little darings ripping off a windscreen wiper or wing mirror. We saw the monkeys sat on and exploring cars as they drove through.
It was fascinating, but we avoided that encounter. More tomorrow.
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