title A Few Hours at the Zoo, Banham, Norfolk - 8th January 2023 intro Isobel's away in Dublin for the weekend and so misses a surprising turn of events where it's the boys who actually suggest going out to do something, instead of sitting on their arses watching telly or playing Xbox all day. The suggestion is Banham Zoo, which Fred went to only the weekend before but the rest of us haven't been for ages. After the zoo, there's a very brief stop at the Banham Barrel - the home venue of the BBs and site of numerous legendary gigs - just to see if it's still there. It is, although its camping field has now become a housing estate. imgp0190 People get the meerkat experience imgp0217 A sloth trundles around on some branches imgp0231 Fred points at some sloth action imgp0236 A bird does its intimidation dance at a sloth imgp0250 A small monkey with a very long tail imgp0255 A tortoise experience occurs imgp0257 Harry looks around imgp0268 Harry gets up close to a tortoise imgp0271 A small coiled green constrictor snake imgp0273 A meerkat is on sentry duty imgp0277 Fred pretends to be a scary animal of some sort imgp0281 Harry peers at some sad monkeys imgp0284 A sea lion has a swim imgp0289 Sea lions thrash around in the water imgp0302 A dozing cat gives the hairy eyeball imgp0315 The "Floofy Chunk", according to Fred imgp0319 Fred takes a photo of the one-eyed snow leopard imgp0326 Harry looks at an infomation board imgp0331 One of the grown-up tiger cubs prowls around imgp0338 Fred tries to get a photo imgp0341 A tiger gets close to Harry imgp0344 Another tiger hangs around imgp0349 Pink flamingos in the rain imgp0352 A camel sticks its head out into the rain imgp0353 Narry by the camel enclosure imgp0355 There's a talk at the sea lion enclosure imgp0368 A sealion does some porpoising imgp0369 A sea lion leaps out of the water imgp0379 The boys look at something in a tank imgp0382 We see a giant red-legged millipede imgp0388 More stuff in tanks imgp0391 The painted gorilla outside the café imgp0392 Harry opens a can of Tango imgp0393 The boys in the café imgp0401 Harry walks along a brick wall imgp0406 Fred looks at a bird imgp0409 Harry goes head-to-head with a bird in a cage imgp0413 The boys by the owl enclosures imgp0420 A Great Grey Owl looks askance imgp0424 Harry and Fred in the trees imgp0431 A giraffe skeleton imgp0434 A giraffe stands with its head in the rain imgp0447 Harry looks at a giraffe imgp0448 A zoo buggy trundles around in the lashing rain imgp0450 We're back in the café area imgp0463 A pair of goats imgp0472 Harry checks the cow for milk imgp0480 The boys on the Fergie TE120 imgp0482 Harry drives a Little Grey Fergie imgp0485 Harry stands on the tractor imgp0487 We stop in the gift shop to buy more things imgp0489 Fred on the anti-bird-flu disinfectant mat imgp0491 The Banham Barrel - home of many a BBs gig imgp0493 The Barrel's camping field is now a housing estate