Gillian Alexandra

We did something a little different this weekend, we went on a Safari.  Yes that's right, a Safari.   In Scotland. Needless to say it wasn't the giraffe and elephant kind of Safari but more like a tour of the highlands with a kilted tour guide and the possibility to see some deer, mountain hares, golden eagles and other Scottish animals.   Shaun bought me a voucher for a Mountain Safari  for my Christmas from Highland Safaris in Aberfeldy, Perthshire and this was really the first opportunity we've had to use it! We picked an absolutely beautiful day for it, but panic soon set in as we thought we weren't going to make it on time despite leaving early enough.  We were caught in set after set of roadworks and then the sat nav decided to take us the wrong way! We ended up driving down some questionable roads tracks, and eventually had to phone the centre to tell them we were lost! The girl on the other end of the phone was fantastic thoug...

A patient Kookaburra in the bird walkthrough One of our my favourite things to do is to visit zoos and wildlife centres, and one of my favourites in Scotland has to be the wonderful Five Sisters Zoo which is situated just outside Polbeth, West Calder. They look after over 190 species of animals, birds and reptiles, some of which have been rescued from horrible circumstances. Lions and Tigers* and Bears (Oh My!) *Ok just lions and bears The zoo acquired two 3 year old bears 🐻🐻 (Henk and Eso) on 5 May 2018 from the International Animal Rescue Centre – Natuurhulpcentrum in Belgium who had rescued them from a terrible existence as an "attraction" at a roadside restaurant in Albania. The bears are thought to be victims of illegal poaching and taken from the wild after their mother was killed, sold to the tourist trade and somehow ended up at the restaurant in a cage that was far too small for them, where the only water they had were from puddles of rainwater ...