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How cute are those penguins! I love how close you can "get" to them. My son would be in penguin heaven!
Hehehe, they have a Jungle Cruise!
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Beautiful pictures of the grounds. OMG, I would have been in heaven with the penguins!! Especially the walking with the penguins, I might just have walked off with one
More nice views of the grounds and gardens! That's crazy about the penguins as perhaps they think of themselves as daredevils! That's funny about a Jungle Cruise here and perhaps they have similar cruise captains with the same humor!
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The gardens of Longleat are as nicely done as the interior. I love the penguin area, though I did get a bit concerned reading about the two runaway penguins.
Your photos of the Big beautiful Lion was really awesome. All the rooms of Longleat were large. Do you think people in those days had a pain in their necks from looking up? Great pictures of the little penguins. It is a very beautiful estate and everything is done with great taste.
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Beautiful pictures of the grounds. OMG, I would have been in heaven with the penguins!! Especially the walking with the penguins, I might just have walked off with one
Your photos of the Big beautiful Lion was really awesome. All the rooms of Longleat were large. Do you think people in those days had a pain in their necks from looking up?
While you and I would be wowed by that, I guess if you lived with it, you'd get bored of looking at it very quickly...
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Great pictures of the little penguins. It is a very beautiful estate and everything is done with great taste.
Sunday 11 May – part eight: maybe they did go to Disney after all?
We found ourselves in this area…
… and realising it was a butterfly house, I just had to go inside. I managed to get some neat shots, but there was a beautiful green and black butterfly that was flying around, and I couldn’t get a shot of him, as he just wouldn’t settle down anywhere.
We came out of there and found them turning the engine of the miniature train around….
I had to snap this, as I thought it was so cool! Maybe someone really did go to Disney after all….
With that, we walked back to the car, and grabbed a bite to eat, having a scone each that we’d bought yesterday at the Cheddar Cheese Company. We headed out, and I got a few final shots as we left…
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get a shot of the staff who were trying to round up a sheep. It was having none of it, and it was easily out running them!
I got some photos of the countryside as we drove back…
I even managed to snag a shot of Stonehenge as we passed that…
Soon we were heading on to the M25, which fortunately wasn’t too bad, although there were some real idiots hogging the outside lane. I hate it when people do that…
I did at least manage to photograph some of my boys who were grazing alongside the motorway…
Soon we were heading towards the M26. I had to take a photo of this, as this is the section they’ve just finished working on. Look at the state of the road! Wouldn’t it have been nice if they’d actually resurfaced the whole thing as part of the work?
We made it home about 3:45pm, which was good going, especially as it was the last football (soccer) match of the season, and Mark wanted to watch it. Sadly, his team weren’t able to win the league. It was out of their hands, and the other team won to take it.
So that was it, our vacation done, and back to the grindstone, starting with all that lovely washing…
The weather today was mainly cloudy, with some sun and a little bit of rain with temperatures in the low 50s, but it felt colder with wind chill. The best thing today was our safari at Longleat. The worst thing today was our vacation coming to an end. The funniest thing today was the evil look from the deer at Longleat! Today we tried visiting Longleat And the result was we both really enjoyed it and thought it was great value for money. The most magical moment today was watching the tigers.
What a wonderful trip! I had to laugh at your comment about the state of the road repair...it looks better than half the roads around Southern California!
I loved the color on the pink/black butterfly! I've never seen that before!
Thanks for taking us along on your trip!
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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!
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That's funny about a Jungle Cruise here and perhaps they have similar cruise captains with the same humor! 
Great pictures of the little penguins.
Maybe someone really did go to Disney after all…. 
What a great time you had at Longleaf (and a great trip overall)! 
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