The six weeks holidays have arrived which means a whole summer of keeping the little ones entertained. One thing we like to do is make a list of all the places we'd like to try and go, a 'summer bucket list' if you will.
It can be difficult to find places that tick the boxes for everyone with a five year age gap between my two, but one place that comes up year after year is the zoo - who doesn't love a day trip with animals?
Megan Shar from Yorkshire Live was weighing up her options of the usual places such as Chester Zoo, Blackpool Zoo, Yorkshire Wildlife Park when she came across Ponderosa Zoo.
Wait a minute, she asked... a zoo right her doorstep? How have she never heard of this? READ MORE: The ‘amazing hidden gem’ lido 90 minutes from Greater Manchester Here's what she found... The zoo, which began life as a therapy centre, has more than 100 animals from lemurs to reindeers.
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