At the weekend Simon and Jackie came to stay, they drove from Bristol and inevitably, despite setting off in good time to reach us for Friday tea time the roads intervened, the M1 was snarled following a crash at junction 28 and so Elspeth was in PJ’s when they arrived. It took a while but she eventually opened her eyes when they talked to her, rather than clench them shut and sit in darkness…
On Saturday we went to The Deep in Hull, we queued, despite not needing to as Sarah is a member [we know that now!] So Sarah has been 3 times this year, annual membership is £22 ish each visit would have been £7.95, so [discounting travel expenses] Sarah is up £1.85. Wow- she’s a real bargain getter!
The Deep is a little bewildering for a 2 ½ year old who just really wants to see penguins, phosphorescent jelly fish and step on the small blue lights that illuminate your path. Regrettably I confused The Deep with the Boston Aquarium (I bet that happens a lot), so no penguins here, they’re in the States. Imagine the upset when at the top of the stairs the large moon jellyfish tank was empty. Fortunately there were moon jellies in the Twilight Zone about ½ way round.
Elspeth likes the well lit areas with the tanks and fish swimming past, she’s not too keen on the darker areas and prefers to be carried around them.
Still we got some great pictures, the lift pauses on the way up the side of the 2 ½ million gallon tank, some of the sharks were asleep, swimming lazily round in circles.
After The Deep we went into Hull and to one of the art Galleries to see the 50th Birthday exhibition of Miffy [the sweet little bunny…] difficult to say the M name without the suffix for some reason.
The display was interesting so far as there was a video running showing how the pictures were created by Dick Bruna –but, to be honest that would not have captivated any of the infants there. Whilst Elspeth could write a post card to Miffy [TSLB], put different coloured tops [blue, red, green and yellow] on a Miffy [TSLB] board, and attend her birthday party the only other thing for the children was a dressing up box.
When we walked in a little chap wearing a cape declared he was superman, not sure whether there was an identity crisis, he was later running around as batman rescuing people. Elspeth had a great time with 2 pink capes. Sarah was very disappointed in the exhibition and the shop, the only Miffy [TSLB] items on sale were baby rattled [blue or pink] or a keyring. Elspeth opted for the key ring. Sarah at least thought they might have books or stickers or something else… she declined the opportunity to make a complaint.
On Saturday we went to The Deep in Hull, we queued, despite not needing to as Sarah is a member [we know that now!] So Sarah has been 3 times this year, annual membership is £22 ish each visit would have been £7.95, so [discounting travel expenses] Sarah is up £1.85. Wow- she’s a real bargain getter!
The Deep is a little bewildering for a 2 ½ year old who just really wants to see penguins, phosphorescent jelly fish and step on the small blue lights that illuminate your path. Regrettably I confused The Deep with the Boston Aquarium (I bet that happens a lot), so no penguins here, they’re in the States. Imagine the upset when at the top of the stairs the large moon jellyfish tank was empty. Fortunately there were moon jellies in the Twilight Zone about ½ way round.
Elspeth likes the well lit areas with the tanks and fish swimming past, she’s not too keen on the darker areas and prefers to be carried around them.
Still we got some great pictures, the lift pauses on the way up the side of the 2 ½ million gallon tank, some of the sharks were asleep, swimming lazily round in circles.
After The Deep we went into Hull and to one of the art Galleries to see the 50th Birthday exhibition of Miffy [the sweet little bunny…] difficult to say the M name without the suffix for some reason.
The display was interesting so far as there was a video running showing how the pictures were created by Dick Bruna –but, to be honest that would not have captivated any of the infants there. Whilst Elspeth could write a post card to Miffy [TSLB], put different coloured tops [blue, red, green and yellow] on a Miffy [TSLB] board, and attend her birthday party the only other thing for the children was a dressing up box.
When we walked in a little chap wearing a cape declared he was superman, not sure whether there was an identity crisis, he was later running around as batman rescuing people. Elspeth had a great time with 2 pink capes. Sarah was very disappointed in the exhibition and the shop, the only Miffy [TSLB] items on sale were baby rattled [blue or pink] or a keyring. Elspeth opted for the key ring. Sarah at least thought they might have books or stickers or something else… she declined the opportunity to make a complaint.
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