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Beautiful shots of the butterflies! Every time I try, I get them with their wings up and can't see the colors all laid out flat.
Very cool you managed some shots of Stonehenge too! And more cows.....
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Do you Scrapbook all your trips, including the smaller / shorter ones?
although a lot of them I do digitally now. I haven't yet done this one, but I've done digital books for our boating holiday in the Broads in April and the Isle of Man in June.
Thanks for sharing the trip with us! So excited to see the pics of Stonehenge since I'll be there in a few short weeks! How far was Longleat from there? Would be fun to go see the animals in our free afternoon!
I just looked it up on Google Maps and it's about half an hour away by car.
Wow, the estate was beautiful. I cannot get over how close you were to the big cats, just amazing to be so close and see them. They definitely have a huge amount of animals living there. I could not get over how many giraffees and lemurs there were.
It was so funny when I saw this picture:
I actually just watched a show about them on the Nature channel the other day. They are Guniea Fowls
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Wow, the estate was beautiful. I cannot get over how close you were to the big cats, just amazing to be so close and see them. They definitely have a huge amount of animals living there. I could not get over how many giraffees and lemurs there were.
It was so funny when I saw this picture:
I actually just watched a show about them on the Nature channel the other day. They are Guniea Fowls
You really do learn something every day, as the ones that lived behind my parents were nothing like this....
You really do learn something every day, as the ones that lived behind my parents were nothing like this....
I was really surprised, I never realized how versatile these birds could be in terms of looks. There were quite a bunch off different ones. The turquoise ones were my favorite but these were quite cute as well.
Great end to a wonderful trip and sorry this TR is pretty much over! That's funny you mentioning Disney as that entrance reminds me so much of AK!
I can't believe you had problems with the butterfly shots as these ones are so great! Well done on this front Cheryl!
It's funny that Meg (Mcc0313) mentioned the birds being Guinea Fowl as with my several visits to V&A at the GF, this is a somewhat regular item on their menu....not that you wanted to hear this, when you see them in their natural habitat!
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Great end to a wonderful trip and sorry this TR is pretty much over! That's funny you mentioning Disney as that entrance reminds me so much of AK!
I thought that too!
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I can't believe you had problems with the butterfly shots as these ones are so great! Well done on this front Cheryl!
It's funny that Meg (Mcc0313) mentioned the birds being Guinea Fowl as with my several visits to V&A at the GF, this is a somewhat regular item on their menu....not that you wanted to hear this, when you see them in their natural habitat!
Guinea fowl being on a menu doesn't bother me. I wouldn't eat them obviously, but I remember how irritating they were, as they make a horrible noise...
Ok, so I thought I'd be adding some final thoughts here, having created a document called that, but when I went into the document, I discovered I never wrote anything! As it's now more than two months on, I wouldn't even attempt to do any final thoughts, as I don't think it would do this trip report justice.
This was a wonderful TR! You discovered many new things in your own backyard. I think we should all do that sort of thing from time to time. (just think of all the cows I would see driving around Wisconsin!! )
Thanks for sharing. Very appreciative of your adventures!
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although a lot of them I do digitally now. I haven't yet done this one, but I've done digital books for our boating holiday in the Broads in April and the Isle of Man in June.
. So much to learn from all of your wonderful reports and photos. It is truly a great adventure.
That's funny you mentioning Disney as that entrance reminds me so much of AK!
As it's now more than two months on, I wouldn't even attempt to do any final thoughts, as I don't think it would do this trip report justice.
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