Good news, Katie is feeling a whole lot better but she decided that she didn't wish to go horse riding today. So..., we decided to go and see our new neighbours this afternoon, the family of Beavers that have just arrived and settled in at Martin Mere. We made the 1.5 mile journey VERY excited and sat down to a very nice home cooked lunch when we arrived. The shop is, as you'd expect, full of 'Beaver' merchandise. Katie already had her beady eye on a stuffed toy Beaver... Mmmmmm She has a reputation for buying the odd stuffed toy! The BBC arrive this week to start setting up for the next series of "Autumn Watch" and there are pictures and posters everywhere of Kate Humble, Bill Oddie, Simon King and of course... the Beavers! VERY exciting. So we ambled around the Mere pointing and 'aawwwwing' at all the downy ducklings and goslings and the young and fluffy Flamingos, eagerly anticipating the spectacular of the new residents.
I even started to do my brilliant and hilarious best impersonation of the whistling Beaver from The Lady and The Tramp. Then we finally arrived at the "Eco Garden" and the sign greeting us below added even more to our excitement.
Alas... that was as good as it got! There was plenty of 'evidence' that there are some kind of large gnawing mammal in residence, lots of trees on the floor with teeth marks around the base and lots of piles if wood shavings, but the animals themselves were not exactly, er..., obvious. In fact, the only Beavers we saw all day were the one that Katie procured from the gift shop (didn't see that coming... much!) and this chap below. Still... we had a very nice walk!
Maybe next time :-)=
1 comment:
Andrew, unfortunately I can't view the pictures of the Beaver family, which I would really like to see.
Jxxx
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