Saturday 6 June 2009

Day 157 - June 6th

I was struggling today to find anything to photograph. The weather has been abysmal and we were stuck inside. Then later in the afternoon, after cleaning out the fish, tank we decided to pop to The Japanese Koi Co Aquatic Superstore. I am not the least bit interested in Koi but we needed some blood-worms for the goldfish and knowing that the Koi Centre has them it was the nearest place to go. They stock all manner of tropical, marine and cold water fish (including some Koi which cost over £2,000 each!), reptiles, small mammals, birds and parrots as well as all the paraphernalia that goes with them. It is always, always, always busy, often with people at the weekend queuing outside in their cars to get in before they open. I really don't understand the attraction!



Anyway, as well as the fish and the animals there is also a small area of display gardens which was opened sometime ago by Charlie Dimmock. So after taking some photos of the Koi as my photo of the day, we wandered round the display gardens and I managed to snap a few more photos.










And, Lara liked this fountain in the car park so I took a photo of that too!

2 comments:

Coffeedoff said...

Lovely picture of the fish looks like an interesting place.

Deb said...

Oh this looks like a really nice place to visit - no wonder people queue up in their cars. I love your photo of the fish.