W/C 06.04.26 part two

 The weekend at the end of this week, starting with the Saturday, was a repeat visit to the Peak Wildlife Park in Derbyshire, love seeing the animal and it is a great place for them and the conservation that goes on there.

Again had to be up early, booked in for ten, so on with the hour and a quarter drive over, it was a pretty grim weather start on the day, maybe some rain due, it was defiantly cold and windy. Hope the animals would want to come out and see us.

Some were being quite sleepy, some were showing signs of spring time

The stars of the show were the Polar bear brother brothers again,, they are stunning and were up to some right playfull moments

Sunday involved some DIY work in Kidderminster, then it was over to Bridgnorth for a spot of lunch at the Railway station and some time to watch some of the trains that were about

A walk around Bridgenorth is very pretty Spring was in the air and the gardens looked really nice

A wonderful end to TPics travels and adventures for the week

W/C 06/04/26 part one

 Easter Monday and a bank holiday was the start of this week, makes a nice change to start the week not on a work day, i am finishing of my little holiday to Plymouth in Devon spending time with my sister.

Today will be a day to travel back to the Midlands with my husband, the decision was do we get up early and head straight back? to try and get better traffic conditions [never good travelling on a bank holiday] or take the chance and travel back later and spend the day in the wonderful south-west of England, the weather looked wonderful so no contest really.

One of my favourites nibbles from the south-west is a pasty, i adore the traditional Cornish pasty but there is another sort i had plenty of growing up, it is one called an Ivor Dewdney, very specific to the area, maybe not to everyone's taste but it was on the cards for breakfast.

The shop opened at ten, so we were outside at ten to ten lol, suitably refreshed, it was then on to a trip to Mount Edgecombe in Cornwall, this would be by way of a passenger ferry from the Royal William Boat yard

Maybe 15 mins to get over, looked like it was going to be a busy day, there were so many people on the ferry no room to move but at least it stayed afloat.

Once we had disembarked on the Cornwall side of the river Tamar, it was a beautiful walk around the grounds and up to Mount Edgecombe house

From there is a wonderful walk up a bit further to what they call the Folly, it has my favourite bench to sit and look across the river to Plymouth and just breathe and enjoy being able to do this.

Lunch time was now approaching and there is a wonderful café there, if you every visit try the triple cooked chips, if nothing else, they are absolutely amazing

Then back down the hill to get the ferry back over, head back to my sisters and think about making the journey home

The journey home had a few hold ups, but nothing like it could have been, about four and a half hours, i have heard tales of it taking up to nine on some days, home safely, not much unpacking done as it was sleep and then work for the rest of the week.

 They love each other really.... Brother Polar bears having a bit of argy bargy Peak Wildlife Park, friendly boxing

#peakwildlifepark #polarbear #argue #bears

Polar Bears at Peak wildlife park

 Small video showing these beautiful brother at the Peak Wildlife Park yesterday

More brotherly love to come!!

Weekly adventures W/C 30.03.26

 Easter week so looking forward to a couple of four days weeks at work and a trip away

To start the week it was my wedding anniversary, had some beautiful flowers

Set off Thursday after work on a nice road trip to Plymouth to stay with my sister for the holidays, just over 200 miles, the traffic was pretty good for a bank holiday, so about four hours which was ok,

Friday was a bit gloomy with some rain, so a trip into the Barbican and Plymouth Hoe, then the traditional pasty for lunch

Bit of an easy day after the travelling

Saturday was a bit cold but it stayed dry, a visit to Dartmoor Zoo was on the agenda, only about 11 miles from the house, had pre-booked for 10am so not too early a start, took a packed lunch for the day.

They are pretty high on conservation and have some stunning animals living there, these are just a few, including a little lady, about 51/2 months old

Then had a visit to Looe in Cornwall on Easter Sunday, stunning weather

With a visit to Cadover Bridge on Dartmoor after

In all a very busy week, love going to Plymouth as it is where i was born and grew up, in the end the weather gave us a nice weekend