Hi all, i thought i'd start this thread off, of our meet up at Chester Zoo.(It's quite long, so get a drink while it loads).

First of all, may i say what a brilliant day me, my wife and daughter had with such a great bunch of people from the site.

We started off meeting up with Chris Cumbria, Matt, Becky & Jack, Vicky, at Scotts house where i met his Mom, Jackie and gf Sarah.

We soon headed off to meet up with Patrick, gf Sarah and his cousin, along with Lisa, Craig & Claire at some services off the motorway.








Well, after sailing past the services we ended up in the lorry park at some services further on, . We soon contacted the others via mobiles and they were all soon with us.





Then off we went following Patrick and arriving at the Zoo soon after where we decided to have something to eat before we went in.This was well timed as just as we were ready to go the heavens openned up and we all made a dash for cover and for me to find some Ponchos.




The rain soon passed and we went in.

So, onto some pics for our animal lovers of the site.

First up were the Elephants, with this little fella being bullied a little



But he soon got away and made a run for his Mom.





Then came the Vultures, have a look at the second pick at how he's giving me the evil eye.






This little critter basking some sunshine after the downpour



Everyone loves the Giraffes.....





The next guy sure had some balls.....i mean, to venture out after such heavy thunder and lightening.





I then had to go and see the Jaguars, not because i work for the Jag but because they are such an endangered animal and yet so beautiful.









Then to the Flamingos...





From here we went to see the Sealions and Penguins....One little Penguin was not in the 'click' i recon,











Well,the zoo is massive and ater walking so many miles and all feeling a bit tired we decided to jump onto the Monorail to complete it.

First of all, mind your head on entry...Patrick! , such a character, top man.







On the journey, i could'nt help but take this pic, what's he thinking,
'Hey girls, look what i've got.'



Well that was about it, we had been there over 6 hours and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. It was now time to leave, just in time aswell as the rain came back with a vengence just as we got back to the cars.
Hope to see some of the other pics that were taken from those that went

Was such a good day even the weather didnt get in the way of having a good day out at the zoo.

Good photos and great write up, will try and get the few I took up later on.

Good pics kevin, thanks for the writeup

Right, here are some of my pictures.

Had a great day, was good to see you all again. Although i somehow managed to catch the sun and spent all night not feeling too good

























And i swear that the zebra wasn't in this position when i decided to take the photo!! although Vicky couldnt stopped laughing when we looked at the pics!!









Short video of some monkeys playing (sorry about the quality, was taken through the window thing) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-CM4l2suIRA

And i took some of the cars aswell

And Craigs car looks better in real life than in the pics

Looking good Lisa. Yeah i couldn't believe when we looked at those pictures of the zebras!!!

Pictures of cars looking good. Agree with ya Craig's car looks well nice better than in photos!!! Good job there Craig!!

OMG you pair!! What did you do in front of that Zebra for him to hide his head....... the one with ears on it.

Great pics Lisa.

Blame Vicky.... she's a bad influence on me

We didn't do anything honest!!! We just took the picture!!! And laughed afterwards!!!!

Oh i am oh well was fun while it lasted!!!

excellent pictures and writing there! seem like u all had a great time! sorry about the weather!!

We did have a great day, and the meal afterward was so funny!!!!

Hey great write up and pics guys, looks like it was a great day out!

Lisa shame on you taking a picture of that poor zebra in that situation!

we didnt know it was gonna turn out like that thou!!!!

well it appears a great time was had by all and the pics are spot on its a shame i could not go maybee next time fingers crossed.

Excellent, shouldve been there, was just gunna turn up

but left it too late

see ya'll in august though