title The BBs in a Garden, and a Qualcomm Safari, Woburn, Bedfordshire - 22nd July 2007 intro Nosher's former (and Isobel's current) employer Qualcomm Cambridge arranges a day out for the troops at Woburn Safari park in Bedfordshire. We turn up a bit late, not realising that the barbeque was already over, although we still manage to lig some leftovers. We also manage to lig an earlier spot on the open-top truck which gives us a tour of the less-dangerous stuff, before we head around the full circuit in the car. There are some good opportunities to get pretty close up to some big beasts, especially the tigers and lions, and some entertaining giraffe and monkeys. Before the safari, The BBs are playing a gig in someone's garden. imgp7409 A field of wheat imgp7412 Dark skies over the side field imgp7414 Jo has a sniff of Sweet Peas at a gig somewhere imgp7415 Max has a sniff of the flowers too imgp7417 Max and Jo stride around the garden imgp7420 The band talks about stuff imgp7422 Max helps to open a jar of pickled onions imgp7434 A White Rhino imgp7443 A pair of grazing white rhino imgp7470 An Eland - the largest antelope there is imgp7503 A pair of zebra imgp7507 It's just like the Serengeti imgp7510 Some slightly browner zebra imgp7522 Big-horned cows, as farmed by the Maasai imgp7552 A curious giraffe imgp7564 A baby giraffe imgp7591 The Qualcomm gang on the bus imgp7593 A trip on the open-top bus imgp7594 A herd of giraffe watch the passing traffic imgp7616 Isobel and Dave climb down from the truck imgp7619 The rangers walk around imgp7632 A tiger gnaws the remains of something's leg imgp7655 Tiger, tiger, burning bright imgp7677 Lazy days: waving a tail in the air imgp7692 A female lion licks her chops imgp7699 A lion plays with a large stick, like a kitten imgp7707 A lion, close up imgp7727 A lion has a toothy yawn imgp7760 There's another Qualcomm group on the truck imgp7773 A monkey imgp7810 Colubus monkeys on the roof of a Land Rover imgp7820 A monkey perches on the Land Rover imgp7852 A pair of Zebra, head to head imgp7858 Back at the lodge imgp7861 Milling around in the lodge imgp7862 Four swan pedalos in a line imgp7872 Isobel seems to have a bird on her head imgp7884 A bright red/orange/yellow parakeet imgp7889 Cute, colourful, parakeets all in a row imgp7895 Isobel feeds the parakeets imgp7905 A bright-red parakeet imgp7917 The owl guy waits with an owl imgp7929 The amazing eyes of a small owl imgp7932 Someone has a go with the owl imgp7936 Perfect parking on Ward Road