In an earlier post I told how it should come as no surprise that me being a Monkey Puzzle tree nut went hand in hand with my love of monkeys. I recounted how we had visited the wonderful Monkey World in Dorset and seen at least 1 Monkey Puzzle tree but I couldn't for the life of me remember how many I'd seen (too excited by all the furry loveliness around me to count). Well as supporters of the park me and Nathalie were lucky enough to take part in one of their sleep overs at the end of the summer, where I'd be able to do a proper tally of their trees.
The sleepover involves pitching a tent in a sectioned off part of their car park where you spent the night. As part of the sleepover you get to stay in Monkey World after it closes where you're lucky enough to see the monkeys settling down to sleep before you're treated to some wonderful food and and evening's entertainment. A night round the camp fire finishes off a very special day that is followed the next morning with a huge breakfast and access to the park before it opens to the public. Being able to observe these wonderful animals as they meet a new day is very special indeed and the sight of the gibbon pairs reaffirming their love for each other by singing their morning love songs together will stay with me forever. Two of the gibbons will feature on BBC1's Animals in Love on Sunday 1st February at 6pm.
Anyway back to the Monkey Puzzle trees, there turns out to be 5 trees in all, though we could quite easily have missed some but as we will no doubt be back very soon I'll update if there find are any more.
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| Monkey World Monkey Puzzle Tree (BH1) |
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| Monkey World Monkey Puzzle Tree 2 (BH2) |
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| Monkey World Monkey Puzzle Tree 3 (BH3) |
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| Monkey World Monkey Puzzle Tree 4 (BH4) |
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| Monkey World Monkey Puzzle Tree 5 (BH5) |
Whilst at Monkey world I was able to see the Cherry tree I had planted in memory of my mum for the first time (sadly Monkey Puzzle trees weren't an option).
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| My Mum's Cherry Tree At Monkey World |
Monkey Puzzle Trees Seen - 48 Monkey Puzzle Trees Yet To See - 2
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