183 Saturday 23rd July 2023 Manor Heath Park, Halifax

 We  decided  to  re-visit  Halifax  checking  carefully  that  The  Jungle  Experience  at  Manor  Heath  Park was  open  this  time  round.   

After  a  brief  scare  at  a  petrol  station  on  the  way  where  I  started  filling  up  with  diesel ,  we  arrived  at  the  park. The  Jungle  Experience  was  open  and  we  paid  our  admission.


We  spotted  goldfish in  the  lily  ponds


Therte  was  a  plastic  pteranodon  overhead.


We  then  spotted  the  terrapins


We  had  a  look  at  the  carnivorous  plants.



Some  more  fish


A  monkey  lurked  overhead.


We  exited  having  seen  no  butterflies  at  all. The  lady at  the desk  said  we  could  go  round  again  and  they'd  bring  some  out  for  us !  We  had  to  wait  a  bit  for  them  to  wake  up  and  be  active.







I  was  delighted  when  one  of  them  landed  on  my  hand  for  a  few  moments.


After  this  we  drove  into  the  town  centre  and  had  lunch. We  visited  a  record  shop  before  returning home.

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