Author: aloysius-bear

Windsor 7, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. This is another view of The Long Walk. To either side of the main path are double lines of trees, so you can make the trip under the shade of a tree-lined avenue if you don’t want to brave the full glare of the sun in the middle. There…

Windsor 8, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. On the way back to the car, I spotted this rather conspicuous bright blue post box. According to the information posted on it, someone flew a plane up to Windsor Castle in 1911 to deliver mail celebrating the coronation of King George V. Blue post boxes sprang up soon…

Whipsnade 1, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. For Mother’s Day this year, my human adopted the otters at Whipsnade Animal Park in her mother’s name. Naturally, she adopted the bears for herself. So, on this bright, sunny, incredibly busy Good Friday, I took an entire entourage (cameraperson, director and producer) to Whipsnade to visit the adoptees…

Whipsnade 2, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. If you look really, really closely, you can see there’s a cheetah perched on that rock. I’m not lying – he was really there – I saw him with my own eyes!

Whipsnade 3, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Darn it! I got right in the way this time! You’ll just have to take my word for the fact that there’s a zebra directly behind my head…

Whipsnade 4, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Here we have some educational information about my relative, the European Brown Bear. Hmm, apparently, our natural enemies are wolves – let’s hope there aren’t any of those around here…

Whipsnade 5, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. And if you look just above my ear, you will see the Brown Bear himself, snacking on something. Honest, it’s really him!

Whipsnade 6, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Luckily, my natural enemy was not in evidence, so I felt brave enough to take a shot of his habitat, just to prove I was there, risking my life for these photos!

Whipsnade 7, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Umm, I’m not actually sure what this is, or if it was supposed to be wandering around loose… But it stopped in the perfect place for a photo, so I took advantage of the opportunity.

Whipsnade 8, originally uploaded by Aloysius_Flyte. Ah, at last! A decent picture of one of the animals – not a fantastic shot of me, though… Ah, well, one must suffer for one’s art. Anyway, here is a prime example of a reindeer.