DizzyPeg adventures to Lotherton Hall

[dizzyblonde]

So, as a family we decide to go out on one of our random 'Peg days off' trips.

Never been to Lotherton Hall, and its cheaper in the car to go than Chatsworth( and admission too)
What a lovely day, had a quick trip up there, by DB NAV(read my sense of direction and nose) seen it signposted, so knew where to go. Quick sandwich and an all important ice cream. Up to the house for a gander at all the heirlooms, keep Dylans hands behind his back, can't afford to replace breakables, give him a history lesson etc etc
Sit out in the sun, give Oli his tea on the lawn, good meander around the grounds.


Now it alll seems to be going swimmingly



til.....


We go to see the birds.

We had enough time to go and have a look at the exotic things on view, shuts at five, last ones in...looks at watch....plenty of time!
Marvellous display of Storks, kuckkkkkkaaaburaaas, chinese pheasants, Condors, Snowy owls, Toucans, things I can't pronounce from Asia to the rainforests in S America....oooooooo lovely


Gets back to the gate as its 5pm



Its locked, padlocked from the inside, no way out, no staff, anywhere, just the birds. Oli asleep none the wiser, Dylan needs the bog, and is hungry(usual ten year old then)
Goes up to places with staff only, all locked up, nobody home.

Sign on gate says, sorry for inconvenience the warden will be back to open gate in 10 minutes.

5:15.......pete buggers off, and re-appears on other side of gate....how you do that, I hopped over the fences in the enclosures, and found a gate, that I could climb over without getting stuck! looks at him odd, crippled old bloke with half a leg jumps gate and doesn't break the other....interesting!

5:50.....Oli awake and chewing on biscuit for occupation....hello love, theres absolutely nobody onsite, I've banged on every door, been through the shop and cafe, could have nicked the til, been to the house, nobody home! But if you go to the gate following all the left paths, theres a bloke with a key (if it fits)

Pete, I'm frickin peed off now, I've been waiting nearly an hour, wher the frinkin hell is this bloke. Man with big bunch of keys comes to let us out of the 'service gate' Now, man has big tractor, and Pete said, if you didn;t have that. he'd have got the landy and buldozed the doors off!

Why said the bloke, when I GOT A TRACTOR


You realllllly couldn't have scripted it.......a night with the birds......no taa!
Bloke said its a first...it could only happen to us

What makes it worse, neither of us had a phone, he turns his off and leaves it home so work don't ring, and the one occasion I forgot mine............................and this happens.
My camera ran out of battery, so the usual evidence of day trip is cut short, personal tour of birds and nowt to show

Oh ......and we nearly ended up in a six vehicle pile up on the M62, dues to Range Rover man and his fast bad lane sweeping, truck lorry veerrring for a place to go, so he doesn't squash car, the RR has just cut up...hurraah, I gets locked in a cage for an hour, then a cage nearly kills me...........BIG BOTTLE OF RED WINE DESERVED!!!!

[rictus01]

I guess you got a lot of adventure for your admission price then, sounds like a feature packed day, have your wine love, sound like you deserve it.

Cheers Mark.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

kuckkkkkkaaaburaaas

#pedant mode# Kookaburras #/pedant mode#


An interesting day indeed, I guess I wouldn't have minded much if it had happened to moi

[littleoldman2]

Dylan needs the bog, and is hungry(usual ten year old then)

In 10/15 years he will remind you of this day as he's taken it all in.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

#pedant mode# Kookaburras #/pedant mode#


An interesting day indeed, I guess I wouldn't have minded much if it had happened to moi

ok ok can't spell a word I haven't seen for a while
The sounds of the birds started making me feel like I was in an Alfred Hitchcock film!!

Originally Posted by littleoldman2

In 10/15 years he will remind you of this day as he's taken it all in.

Oh as I'm aware of, right down to the tiniest of details I don't doubt either!!