Colchester Zoo

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As we have been deciding on the Mumsnetters in Essex thread - thought it might be better to make it a little thread of its own.

Anyone up for a visit to Colchester Zoo July 5th??

Website for pre purchasing tickets is here...

www.colchester-zoo.co.uk/index.cfm

Yep me!

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anyone else???

Me too!

so it is crunchie, october lou and me so far...

anyone else?!?!

Spacemonkey is probably coming.

where's chincilla?

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Yup, Crunchie, you have made me return to my small furry rodent(?) self! Actually, I am named after the cat, not the rodent. So, think sleek, sophisticated, beautiful, aloof...sh1t, you'll see me on 5th July won't you! Oh well...

Ok I just confuse easily!! It's just I knew a chinchilla had been around for a while and that a couple of times colchester was mentioned, ikeep wondering whether I 'know' you

So, what time are we meeting? I suggest 2.30pm, just inside the zoo (because there are benches there for us to wait by). How does everyone else feel? 2.30pm is best for me, as ds will have had his sleep, so will hopefully be happy!

Sounds good to me

Yep that sounds good.

OK all - So, 2.30pm inside the entrance to the zoo (don't forget to wear your red rose, and carry a Telegraph newspaper!) Who's coming definitely?

Me. Probably Spacemonkey too.

Me too, but I am NOT buying a telegraph!! Hmm how can we reconise each other, the zoo is full of stressed mummies anyway!!

Well all my 4 kids are very blonde, as in white, so we will be easy to spot!

I was hoping to come and meet you all but my car sniff, sniff has decided to give up the ghost ( mechanically not worth repairing considering the coast) and so we are off car shopping to find another one. I had to deliver the old beast to the big car yard in the sky this morning.

oops that should be cost....not coast

So there's chincilla, lou33, spacemonkey? and me. Is that all???

If we meet just outside of the ticket office, there is a bench i seem to remember at 2.30pm

Now I know lou33's children are all blond angels, Chinchilla will be wearing a red nose and carrying the telegraph, Lou knows spacemonkey, so it's just me and my 2 girls. One is a blond angel of 4 and one is a blond devil of 2!! I'm a chestnut tressed, stressed mummy! Will that do?

Lou33 and I will be there. We will be looking like roadkill after our night out last night!

Was that meant to be red 'nose'???

I will be there with my little boy and dh. We have a lilac and grey Volo. I have shortish (dyed) chestnut hair. Dh has mousy grey short hair, and ds is corn coloured blonde, and very cute!

See you then

Hope you all had a good time and I look forward to the next meeting...

Yes I got a new car - well new for me. Pick it up next week.....

And while that made up for it - I really wanted to go to the Zoo ....

I hope you are all having a great time at the zoo today. Dh and I are planning to take our DS (2 yrs old) there later this month (we live about 2 hours drive away I think) and I would be grateful for any little tips you can give me after your visit today.

oh well hopefully there will be another time Chinchilla... but hey I got a car. We were talking about not getting another one until late in August just before I go back to work but I have never been without a car and it would have driven me nuts. So now I pick up a nippy Daewoo Matiz - red ooohhhh my first red car...... only two and a bit year old....