Tag: zoos
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Archived GC7Q96B Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo
This checkin to GC7Q96B Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This has been muggled hard. I no longer live very close, so I'm removing the cache: I've extracted the remnants of the container from the GZ.
Shame to lose such a beautiful container, but it had a good … -
The Great Flamingo Uprising
The story of the war between the geese and the flamingoes at a petting zoo. Laugh-out-loud funny.
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How do you catch a lynx?: when buying a zoo goes horribly wrong
When the Tweedys bought a zoo in Borth, west Wales, it was a dream come true. But it soon turned into a nightmare of escaped animals, deaths and family feuding.
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Simon Usborne (The Guardian)
You might just be thinking that I have a fascination with zoos that became a nightmare for their owners, and maybe … -
Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo and Wild Wolves
For the first time in a long while, Dan's been setting up new geocaches. Also: did you know that Oxford used to have a zoo? In Kidlington‽
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Morning Mysteries 1 - 1 Scatman Dan
I woke up this morning to two mysteries:
1. Why had I set my alarm for 8:30am?
2. Why do I have a nose bleed?
I've solved the former: Claire needs to move her car (which is parked on double-yellows outside) or she'll get ticketed when the morning wardens come by (morning wardens? they're like traffic wardens, but …