Sunday May 20, 2012
I took a bus tour from Plymouth to Longleat. I'd wanted to go there for a long time, not for the animal park or other attractions but mainly for the maze. The trip would take most of the day.
On the way there we passed through a wonderful little place about 3/4 of a hour's drive from Plymouth. I couldn't believe it wasn't on the tourist trail... at least I'd never heard of it. I wanted to go there and walk around and imagined doing so many times, even making notes on paths around the charming town. I pictured a beautiful sunny morning in this idyllic place, which, I learned later, was called Ashburton.
I'm not a big fan of zoos, but if animals have to be in one, there are much worse places than Longleat. I noticed that the animals didn't appear to be stressed as I've seen in some more enclosed zoos. As you can see, there was a fair amount of open space on this property. According to info on the internet this was the first drive-though safari park outside Africa, opened in 1966,
Then, there is a boat tour you can take.
The main event seemed to be this fellow.
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