Summer is finally here - well sort of! It was certainly warm today
and we met up outside the Mansion and were hopeful of good weather. Unfortunately,
after just 30 minutes of knitting, nattering and enjoying the company of Otto
(Susan's gorgeous schnauzer!) the rain was a bit too persistent so we
headed over to the bandstand to continue our picnic. There was a nice mix
of us there including members, non-members, boys and even a lovely dog and
little Alex.
Otto particularly enjoyed the picnic and got rather a lot of treats!
Roundhay Park is lovely and we learned from iPhone googling that it is
one of the largest parks in Europe with over 700
acres (2.8 km2) of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens and is
owned by Leeds City Council. The "Roundhay by the Sea" weekend
was on while we were there with lots of fair rides and noise - we opted to
stroll over to Tropical World after playing Twister in the bandstand!
Tropical
World was even more muggy and humid than our British summertime and we saw lots
of butterflies, tropical birds, lizards, rats and meercats! (Zoe was
pleased to see the meercats!). It's only £3.30 for an adult and children
under 5 go free so it's a great day out for a family with children or grown
ups!
We had lots of fun even if the weather wasn't perfect and look forward
to our next Buns & Roses social event.
