More Rain.

Frequently wet today.

First off this morning Pete drove to a nearby garage to book our car in for a service. We used to go to a mechanic in Borth but he moved to Lampeter. We carried on using him as he was willing to collect and deliver the car but of course there was a charge for that. We asked around and the garage in Bow Street was highly recommended by some of my walking group. It's a few miles away and the road there is unsafe for pedestrians but luckily it is on the bus route. 

I drove to the zoo in the hope that I would be able to do my weeding in between showers which is just what happened. I weeded the gravel by the guinea fowl and managed to get more than half done. When the rain got too heavy I moved to the gravel by the zoo entrance as there is a large roofed area over some of the picnic tables. I had long since given up weeding that area in general, (too little gravel and too many weeds) but there were sections where instead of grass the weeds were mainly things like plantain, docks and some creeping plants. Removing those left the gravel bare and looking much better. 

Afterwards one of the other volunteers took me into the owl aviary to take photos of Albert. He's actually a Eurasian Eagle Owl not a horned owl as I called him before. Eagle owls are the largest species of owl and Albert's feet were enormous.

Then we went over to feed the silver foxes Blue and his sister Lily. (I forgot to ask my friend if she was okay with me showing her face which is why I've cropped the photos like this.) This afternoon's dinner for the foxes consisted of cut up apples, pears, parsnips and carrots with sweetcorn and mealworms as part of their varied diet. They also had a few grapes as a treat. At other times they do get chicken. I didn't go in with the foxes as they are very nervous and they don't know me. 

It's not raining at the moment so I'm going to risk walking down to the Hall for Pilates rather than driving. I'll have my jacket and it doesn't matter much if I get wet on the way home.