Otter-ly Brilliant

Polar Bear watches Otter

This weekend Chris and I were child-free and in Oban (not for a romantic getaway or anything so sensible you'll understand, but for Chris to go to an archery competition). So whilst he and Tom were playing shooty, Kateri and I opted to don our "Archery Widow" badges and looked for something that offered more entertainment and visited the chocolate factory (seriously Yum) and the Seal Sanctuary on the Saturday.

The best bit by far was the Otter (Fingal, a North American Otter), we also had Dumbledore, Kateri's stuffed polar bear who seems to be fixated on anything that could possibly be food (chocolate, seals, crabs...)

We did take him absolutely everywhere with us over the weekend and not a single comment on the fact we posed him at any opportunity we could find. Either people were concerned that we were dangerous to approach or people regularly photograph stuffed creatures around Oban. Either way, it was a fantastic day out!

Zoo Trip by Dumbledore (King) Part 2

Welcome back loyal subjects!

After lunch we decided to walk on the wild side. By taking a look at some cats.

Now those of you who know me may know I live with a couple of tigers (one a tad bee obssessed and one who is a spider fan) neither are exactly towering.

It turns out that they are very little indeed compared to those who feast on bigger meat than insects!

I on the other hand am as tall as an 8 year old Chimp!

I then hunted spoke to some of my subjects.

The penguins looked tasty but I just couldn't get their wrappers off!

Alas it finally came to heading home.

However I had found a new subject to help me rule my Kingdom.

Bill Tong is a Red River Hog and is now the offical Royal Chocolate Finder. This high honour is because I am told that pigs are specialists at finding chocolate truffles.

Until next time,

King Dumbledore.

Zoo Trip! by Dumbledore (King) Part 1

Greetings Loyal Subjects,

I thought I would share some of my royal adventures with you (so you can feel close to my greatness).

Last week I went on a royal visit to Edinburgh Zoo with some of my subjects (opposite).

Apparently it was one of the smaller subjects birthday so as a special reward for surviving a year I let her carry me.

There were of course many animals for me to talk to and it was intersting to catch up on gossip and of course for them to have the honour of meeting me.

The Honey Badger was filling me in on good places to find honeycomb covered in chcocolate.

The trip was very educational apparently these camels do not carry fat in their humps but rather babies.

Not all of my subjects seemed keen to chat. This Koala seemed much more intersted in sleeping than meeting his King. However, even he felt the aura of greatness I project and woke up to say hello.

For lunch my subjects provided me with a range of chocolate choices. Including the zoo themed Animal biscuits I love so much. Nothing like munching on monkeys to set you up for the afternoon!

Then we looked at the map and decided which of the animals I'd like eat meet.