A walk in a natural place recharges me mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Here are a couple of photos that were taken on a walk in Rivington earlier this week:
Beautiful. People would find it difficult to believe that this photo was taken in September, in the UK.
An unusual looking tree that caught my eye.
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Antony
On Monday, my good friend Jayne and I visited to Chester Zoo. The weather was glorious, sunshine, temperatures 30+ °C and not a cloud in the sky. It was so warm that Jayne and I were grateful for Chester Zoo’s unlimited refillable drinks cups for sale at around £10 each.
Jayne hadn’t been to Chester Zoo for years. These days Chester Zoo is massive and I’d recommend that you do visit the zoo over two days to see everything.
Here are photos from the day, click on any photo for full size image:
 The elephant family. |
 A close up of the baby elephant. |
 The smiley bull elephant. |
 Exotic squirrels. |
 An exotic squirrel eating a grape upside down. |
 My new lover! He’s the strong, wooden, silent type. |
 Deer. |
 Butterfly (1). |
 Butterfly (2). |
 An Okapi. |
 The Giraffes. |
 This gorgeous beauty came to say hello and flirted with me (by winking with her big eye and long eyelashes) when I said ‘Hello Gorgeous.’ to her as she passed by. |
 My gorgeous giraffe at a distance. |
 The pink flamingos. |
 The penguins (1). |
 The penguins (2). |
 A rhino. |
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Essential Info
Chester Zoo is a brilliant day out. It was great to see volunteers around the zoo.
However it’s a large zoo with not enough big animals. Jayne and I saw quite a number of empty enclosures for larger animals. They should put better signage up on the Islands Exhibit to direct visitors back to the main part of the zoo.
The zoo is so huge now, that they really should consider transportation methods in the zoo. The monorail is too limited. Perhaps they could look at golf buggies for hire or something similar. This would enable visitors to get around and see the whole zoo in one day.
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Antony
 Jayne and I waiting for a-Ha. I had even styled my hair into a mohican that were very in in the 80s. |
At the weekend Jayne and I went to see A-Ha at Blackpool Football Club. I was Jayne’s last minute stand-in. I’m always happy to help a friend out, especially when it comes to going to a gig.
A-Ha was awesome. Superb singing and enjoyable light show. The atmosphere was amazing, with the audience singing along to many of A-Ha’s songs. However I was disappointed with Blackpool Football Club. Before the two warmup acts had finished the venue had ran out of everything drinks-wise. They only had lager and cider left and that was only because it was on tap. Here’s some photos from the evening, click on any photo for the full size image: |
 a-Ha’s vocals were spot on, as was the playing of instruments. |
 a-Ha (1). |
 a-Ha (2). |
 a-Ha (3). |
 a-Ha’s singing and stage lighting reminded me of the time I saw the British Musical Firework Championships. |
 Perhaps my favourite photo of the evening, except for the one of Jayne and myself of course. Rainbow lighting whilst playing the last few tracks. The last track of course was Take On Me. |
 A close up of the rainbow lighting. |
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Antony
Hi all,
I want to share with you this truly inspirational TED Talk video about Supergays around the world. This video shows positively what life is like for LGBT people around the world. Enjoy and be inspired:
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Antony
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