Day Ninety Eight of LOCKDOWN!

Now that some of the zoo restrictions have eased, we headed to Newquay Zoo for the day. We had to book in a time slot for our arrival, as they are limiting numbers.

Although we had a good day, we frequently saw these signs throughout the park; the maze, all indoor areas, petting area and play areas were closed

Our first stop was the toilets, where we were reminded of good hand washing technique; three of the five ladies toilets were closed to maintain social distancing between the remaining two (unfortunately, this meant a bit of a queue).

Daddy couldn't resist photographing the mens (Zachary calls these 'weeing stations'!)

We stopped for our lunch and some mini chickens came to join us

Then some seagulls attacked and unnerved them all, especially Ptolemy. Mummy tried to shoo one away, but it kept pecking for a sandwich anyway - it only flew away when Daddy waved it off; now Ptolemy's convinced that seagulls are only scared of big people like Daddy

They love climbing on these!

Finding all the animals on the boards

Jory hanging upside down

Looking at the different places where you can still find wild lions

A lynx up close

Meerkats

Compare the meerkat

They enjoyed watching the penguins swimming

In case you wanted to break the social distancing rules, they've put hatching on the middle bench so you don't sit too close to anyone

The slide is now hidden behind a bench

The kids were disappointed to find a 'closed' sign on the maze

No looking through the telescope

Some lovely zebra up close from a platform

Baby deer

They enjoyed following the arrows in the new one way system around the park

Seeing the goats up close; the last time we were here, one of them butted Ptolemy and he was upset; he didn't remember it this time