Lorikeets!

We are at the Lorikeet Aviary at Longleat Animal Adventure. Lucy is pleasantly surprised how close she can get to these little parrot fellas.

Little does she realise that these are really friendly parrots who love making friends.

Lucy decides that this one is called Parroty.

We decide Lucy is called Parrot Butt Head

Lucy tries to encourage Parroty to climb on her arm again

Parroty is more than happy to oblige

Lucy has decided that she likes Lorikeets

Longleat Wild Animals

Longleat Safari Park is an extraordinarily good day out provided you have reasonable weather and good company. We had both with Aunty Lorna for company and a beautiful day. And Giraffes.

Lucy was making reference to the guidebook to help her identify the animals

For some reason Lucy still confuses Giraffes and Zebras. This is quite surprising given the amount of times she has watched the documentary Madagascar.

Hang on - who is this cheeky monkey?

Turns out that is exactly what he is. A cheeky monkey. Fortunately one that wasn't attracted to the windscreen wipers on Daddy's car. Some other unfortunate soles weren't so lucky judging by the discarded wipers on the road.

Daddy warns the monkey hoards to keep off his wipers.

Daddy is rather less authoritarian with these fellas. They look like they know how to handle themselves.

Being a Dr Who fan he isn't going to mess with these chaps

We park up the car so Lucy can have a good look at the deer. But they seem so far away.

Until they ventured a bit closer! Hello deer.

Lucy finds the deer quite amusing

Fancy some grub?

The deer did fancy some grub. As luck would have it, Aunty Lorna is there to provide more supplies.

Nom nom nom.

Last time we were at Longleat the Lions must have been on their holidays. This year they were definitely there.

We even got to see 4 baby lion cubs like Simba and Nala as well as the grown up variety

I think we can call this animal safari a success

Moody

Lucy enjoys the dappled light falling into the kitchen of Aunty Lorna's holiday home. She also enjoys stealing Lorna's boots!

Water Babes

Lucy still thinks that the holiday home that we have stayed at with Aunty Lorna a couple of time is actually her house. Given the near Olympic sized swimming pool, I bet Lorna wishes it was her house as well.

Star fish!

After a couple of years of intensive swimming lessons (well, half an hour every Saturday morning) Lucy is perfectly capable of swimming all by herself.

But Mummy keeps a close eye on the prospective Rebecca Adlington for just in case.

Hope it's Chips it's Chips

Excellent. Potatoes are vegetables so this huge plate of chips must count for at least 3 of Lucy "five a day"*.

And gastronomic experts the French eat lots mayonnaise so that must count as well.

Might be pushing my luck with this sausage though

* According to the chip hating NHS, potatoes are a vegetable, but they don't count towards your five a day. Mayonnaise does though (in Lucy's world).

Aunty Lorna

Aunty Lorna gets a bit funny about having her picture posted on the Internet. I hope she won't mind this one.

Flying

Lucy has taken her position on a rocket ship

Where to Governor?

Cave Men

Lucy's first effort to impersonate a cave dweller was not a great success

Her second attempt was slightly more convincing

Limestone Caves

Mummy and Lucy have come to Wookey Hole. Wookey Hole cave was formed through erosion of the limestone hills by the River Axe. Before emerging at Wookey Hole the water enters underground streams and passes through other caves such as Swildon's Hole and St Cuthbert's Swallet. After resurging, the waters of the River Axe are used in a handmade paper mill, the oldest extant in Britain, which began operations circa 1610, although a corn grinding mill operated there as early as 1086.

The touristification of Wookey Hole has not been entirely sympathetic.

Lucy doesn't care though. She loves the Monkey.

Fleet Air Arm Museum

We have returned to the excellent Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovillton. Lucy is comparing the weight of different materials that aircraft can be made from. Hopefully she now knows why Concorde was not made of lead.

This funny looking helicopter is a Westland Dragonfly. It was mainly used for air sea rescue.

Uncle Stewby shows Lucy how to shoot planes down

Lucy gets to try out a Morse code transmitter that would have been used on a ship. Unfortunately she believes that SOS means "send out sausages".

Lucy loves watching a Phantom take off on the aircraft carrier simulator.

On the poop deck

Aunty Pink does not look destined to be a Harrier pilot

Lucy looks like a natural though

Lady Sausage

Lucy is chomping down on a lady sausage

She unwinds it straight into her mouth

Of course a little munchkin cannot live on sausages alone (Although I'm sure Lucy would dispute this) so she has a mozzarella and tomato sangwich