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I went to the zoo today

I was in training all day today at Port Lympne, and what was the most exciting animal I saw? Yes a squirrel!OK I did see rhinos and a red panda on my lunch break, and monkeys by the truckload, more pictures to come. Also they messed up my lunch again...

Tiring day

Been in training at Port Lympne all day, not learning to be a zookeeper, oh did I do that joke last time? Another day of management training, we did disciplinaries and appraisals today. One specific example was how to deal with people who write about...

Training day yesterday

Bit busy to blog these days unfortunately :-( Was in training at Port Lympne yesterday, not training how to be a zookeeper or anything, it's just where we held a training day. Nice, rubbish lunch for me though, basically lettuce sandwiches. Did have ...

Red List Live festival cancelled for this year :-(

Friend just got a press release (I did not) the festival has been postponed until 2010 based on the unacceptable risk of doing a festival in the current economic climate. Established local festivals were expected to have a greater impact than first e...

More lineup info for Red List Live

See the official lineup, lots of ageing punks! Can't see this being much of a draw for the young people, but perhaps that's the plan..?Red List Stage * The Wombats * The Zutons * Klaus Says Buy The Record * Lights Go Blue * LongviewRLL...

The Wombats to headline Red List Live

Of course, why didn't I think of them when I was after animal named bands to headline this zoo festival? Apart from them being indie no marks I mean, who an old giffer like me would not have called a headliner.We are very happy to announce The Wombat...

Wedding Present announced for Folkestone festival

Think the organisers of Red List Live might struggle to get advanced ticket sales for the festival, following the chaos of the Zoo8 festival on the site last year. Apparently it's not the same company organising the fest, it's just the same location,...

If Port Lympne are applying for the license I don't think there will be any problem with them getting it

The issue might be getting bands to play, after what happened last year. If none of the same people are involved then I expect big bands will start to sign up, but obviously punters are going to hold off spending the money on tickets until either som...

Oo-oo-oo, we're going to the zoo-oo-oo

Just had a meeting at Port Lympne, at their conference facilities, as we needed a lot of people in the room at the same time. Nice place, good to see the house, I've not been before.Some monkeys were whooping all through the meeting, very distracting...

Zoo Thousand and Hate on the BBC

Here. Main things to be said are:* The organisers miscalculated cash flow* They had to cancel acts* Port Lympne stepped in, writing out a check for Ash there and then to ensure they'd go on stageGood on Port Lympne! I can't believe the same organiser...

Zoo thousand and HATE!

The Zoo Thousand Port Lymne festival sounds like the festival was awful, no-one really has a good word to say about it at work. At least two of the headliners did not play (but as the headliners were Athlete and Dizzee Rascal) that's not necessarily...

Zoo9 tickets!

Just saving a space on the site for next year! Was the festival a success? I hope so, and I hope it returns. (UPDATE: it was not a success, no-one hopes it returns).Ticketmaster have tickets for this year's festival, hope this link is still valid for...

Very cheap VIP tickets for Zoo Thousand!

Look here cheap vip tickets for zoo thousand / zoo8 / z008 / whatever, less than cost price, a lot less in fact! You could get a bargain here...Speaking of which, I can't decide whether or not to go to Stereophonics next Tuesday, we have messed up a ...

Free parking at festival for car sharers

Free parking in some overflow car park or other if you have three people in your card it says here. Also a shuttlebus will be taking you to and from Westenhanger and Ashford stations, I hope that's free but I really don't know.I should be going to th...

Zoo Thousand

This music festival crept up on me The Cribs, Athlete, Funeral For A Friend and loads more (fairly small) bands are playing at Port Lympne this August. Can you get me free tickets?Hmm Mark Ronson is on the line up page but not on the homepage does th...

Kent for free sold out

Anyone feeling hard done by working this magically appearing non day and not getting paid any extra for it feeling hard done by? I'm not, they pointed out on BBC Breakfast today that even though we have this extra day, we have one less working day th...

French speaking baboons at Port Lympne

According to BBC's 100 things we didn't know this time last year, zoo keepers at Port Lympne wild animal park in Kent are having to learn French to communicate with the baboons which had been raised in French zoos. The same feature also teaches us th...

Port Lympne Animal Wild Life Park

Port Lympne Animal Wild Life Park are holding a 3 day Music Festival on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September in aid of our elephant herds here at Port Lympne and also at our sister park Howletts at Canterbury. Some of the acts include, Lemar, Girls Alo...

Port Lympne Wild Animal Park package

Zoo8 Music Festival

at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park & Gardens. info: 0870-750-4647
Rated 3.56/10 on Folkestone Gerald

"Me & my Dog" show

at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park & Gardens. info: 0870-750-4647
Rated 3.56/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Kent Business Network meeting

Venue: Port Lympne Mansion, Lympne, nr. Hythe. Information & bookings: info@kentbusinessnetwork.com 19:30

Rated 3.06/10 on Folkestone Gerald