Twycross Zoo & the dangers of mobility scooters

[lost_in_moose]

Danni and I went to Twycross Zoo yesterday and it was awesome, mostly because of the monkeys and Danni. I did however managed to get pwned by a little old lady on a mobility scooter! There's a section called the "longhouse" which has black plastic drapes at either end to prevent... I dunno animals getting through I guess. The trouble with being

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[conspiracychild]

Atlantic? January? 3 or 4 weeks? Did I miss something again?

[lost_in_moose]

Yup, my Dad's sailing a yacht from Tenerife to the Bahamas in January and after thinking about it I'd rather like to go along. We're just sorting out the details but we're both pretty excited about it :) 3 weeks sailing with 1 week of contingency/drinking-in-the-bahamas.

[ninja_andy_p]

Ouch, very restrained there!

[lost_in_moose]

It wouldn't have been very seemly to have decked her :)

[bloggerofdeath]

the drapes are probably there for temperature regulation than anything else.

Anyway, those scooters are a menace. There was some old bloke shooting down the path the other day forcing everyone to leap out of his way.

[lost_in_moose]

Indeed, there was no way to see through those things so a little less throttle would have made a lot of sense.

Still as usual I've almost no bruises, just a small one on my arm from where the handlebars impacted my arm.

[bloggerofdeath]

As for the scooter, I hope you tore it apart in a fit of rage and threw the little old lady to the crocs, before blaming it on one of the gorillas?