The trip yesterday was brilliant although I think we have only just thawed out, it was FREEZING!! The car behaved itself perfectly on the journey and it feels like absolute luxury after the cars we have had recently!!

We met up with a few other families and had a look around the Bird of Prey centre (www.discoverit.co.uk/falconry/) first, they have owls, eagles, vultures, kites, and loads of other birds as well as a couple of deer, wallabies , red squirrels and a kookaburra (who 'laughs' like a monkey!) Then they let the kids hold some of the smaller owls and have a chance to stroke them and then went onto the flying demonstrations. The man in charge was really good, he showed us a couple of the big owls (almost as big as Ben!), a red kite and a black kite, and a vulture. The kids who wanted a go got a chance at having the birds fly to them and he had some of the birds flying right over our heads, some so close you could feel the wings! One of the owls he flew low right over our heads and I was trying to get a photo of it in flight and just as I clicked the button his wing hit me!! Never did get a decent picture!

Eilidh loved it, she had a go with all the birds, even the big black vulture and wasn't the slightest bit scared. Ben didn't want to hold any of them but loved the red kite called Scarlet as it would catch food in mid air. We got loads of pictures but can't put them all on here. It was a brilliant day even if we were all frozen solid by the end and well worth the drive.

Will put pictures on tomorrow as it seems to be playing up at the moment!!!