No sun today and it struggled to get above 18 degrees all day whilst back in the shire it was 28 degrees dawn to dusk sunshine. Oh well, at least I didn’t have the battle with the Twinnies to apply the suncream.
It was a funny old day. Nothing was a real runaway success but we had a lot of laughs.
An early rise with a very big breakfast. The plan is to fill up on breakfast so we make it to the evening meal with just snacks. That sort of works if you ignore the frequency and size of the snacking!!!
We booked a trip to Monkeyworld on line with an 11.30 check in. It was a busy place. I think everyone had seen the forecast and decided it wasn’t the weather for the beach!
I’ve got to say, Monkeyworld was not a huge success and only kept us amused for a couple of hours. To be fair to it, it did exactly what it said on the can - there was a barrel load of monkeys and not a lot else. A couple of them were entertaining but most hadn’t read the email and were just sitting with their backs to the paying audience looking disinterested.
The more we went round the more all 3 of the kids (and me to be fair) started to be critical of the reluctant monkeys and our fellow guests! I’m afraid these sort of places can bring out the snob in me - I can’t help but be thinking that more than 3 out of 10 are Reform supporters! And Charlie is so like his mum with his caustic, irreverent and funny put downs - the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
It was funny, the 4 of us wandering around a bit befuddled and bemused in a sea of excited guests. At one stage we were totally lost trying to find the exit - via the Gift Shop.
The Orang Utans were definitely the highlight but I was quite pleased to leave behind the kids pushing in front to get a better view, the “large” adults taking too long at the front and the swarm of mobility scooters!
God, that makes me sound awful - sorry. But the delightful thing for me was that the 4 of us walked round Monkeyworld as one. Clearly on a different planet to not only the monkeys but also most of Monkeyworld guests!
So the only way was up - turned out it wasn’t.
We were fairly close to Lulworth Cove so we headed off there. Kim and I had been during one of our pre Covid Brunnehilda trips. I remembered a pretty little village with a quiet beach / Cove! But that was in September! In August it was absolutely rammed and the beach was far from sandy! We sat on the pebbles for 15 minutes, it started to rain, we went back to the car (via the ice cream stall). To be fair, that bit was a success with Charlie saying it was the best ice cream he’d ever had!!
The evening was more successful - we managed an enjoyable game of crazy golf in Swanage before a step back in time and dinner at a Wimpy restaurant. Charlie won the golf and the Twinnies thought the Wimpy was better than McDonalds so that was good!
Back to the van for more snacks, cards (me and the Twinnies), shower (Charlie) and a Disney dvd.
It sounds like an awful day but it really wasn’t. So much banter, so much fun and so alike!
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