Virgin Experience Days has some grrrrrreeeat offers, and amongst them are some great days out at the Port Lympne Reserve!

There's a Two course Sunday Roast in Port Lympne Hotel’s Garden Room!
It's just £99 instead of £134

Enjoy a visit to the Port Lympne Reserve! 

Just the thing for animal lovers, you can enjoy a Visit to Port Lympne Reserve and Sunday Roast for Two, a 60 minute truck safari through African and Asian experiences and a two course Sunday Roast in Port Lympne Hotel’s Garden Room

The safari allows you to see African and Asian animals roaming freely
with expert knowledge from your ranger guide! 

There are other offers as well:

Port Lympne Reserve Visit and Expert Rangers Safari for Two -
This was £148 and it's now £101.
You'll be guided by one of the expert rangers, you'll be transported to the Asian and African Experiences in a 90 minute tour.  Find out  about the animals you see on the way, including Port Lympne’s breeding programmes to help save critically endangered animals such as the black rhino, Rothschild giraffe, and western lowland gorillas.  This is a great chance to hear about the work with The Aspinall Foundation to protect animals and  their habitats.  And enjoy the reserve for the rest of the day!  

Port Lympne Reserve Gorilla Encounter and Truck Safari for Two
This was £234 and it's now £170

There's a Port Lympne Reserve Gorilla Encounter and Truck Safari for Two

Led by an expert keeper, meet one of Port Lympne’s groups of gorillas.  Immerse yourselves in what it is like to be a gorilla in the jungle canopy!  The keeper will explain the enclosure's features, and also guide you in scatter feeding into the garden.  You might even get close up with some of the gorilla group!  Then it's on to a safari trip,  to the South American, Asian and African experiences. There are spectacled bears, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, camels and more - all wandering freely on the Kentish savannah! Find out more here.

and
Port Lympne Reserve Visit, Truck Safari and Afternoon Tea for Two,
for £107 instead of £132
Find out more here! 

See all the Port Lympne Experiences available with Virgin Experience Days

If you're looking for a gift for a nature lover, someone who loves to watch wildlife and birds from their window - sort of like their own nature show - you could take a look at Garden Wildlife Direct.

They have lots of gift ideas - which are gifts for a nature lover and also garden birds and wildlife too!  And some are on special offers!

Tom Chambers Elegance Bird Feeding Station - Was £79.99, Now £49.99
A copper finished Bird Station crafted from heavy-duty material, featuring a screw-together pole. 
The feeders and bird food aren't included. 
This offer is available until 16th September 2024.

This is the Henry Bell Black Heavy Duty Seed Feeder -
it's only £12.99 (until 16th September 2024)!
It's easy to refill and it has a drainage solution to help with the maintenance of the feed.
It doesn't dismantle for cleaning.  
Find out more here.

There are Premium Sunflower Heart Kernels - 
give your feathered friends a valuable and nutritious bird seed that's high in energy. 
From £6.99.  

This Henry Bell Essentials Wild Bird Water Drinker Feeder is just £4.99.
It's a bird friendly tray to enable birds to comfortably drink water.
Having water in your garden can increase the number of birds coming to visit! 


This is a Wildlife World Eco Beacon Bird Feeder for £6.99
- just the thing for small bird species such as tits, nuthatches, bullfinches

For those wanting to get started on feeding garden birds,
there's a Starter Kit Wild Bird Feeding Bundle for £18.99.
It's got everything you need to get started!  

Visit Garden Wildlife Direct here!  
They've got some fantastic offers!

Can it really be that Halloween is only a couple of months off?  I cannot believe where this year is going - it is flying by and the nights are starting to draw in...

And Emma Bridgewater has produced a lovely range of goodies all ready to decorate your table with in time for Halloween! 

Take a look at their Wise Witches collection - if you dare!
There are half pint mugs, cocoa mugs, plates, pasta bowls,
felt decorations (cats and witches) and table runners.  
Fly off on your broomstick to take a look! 

There's Halloween Peppa...

There's a Peppa & George Halloween 1/2 Pint Mug 
for £25.00

and there's a fun Peppa & George Halloween 8 1/2 Inch Plate for £22.00

There are Trick and Treat Table Runners,Wise Witches lunch napkins, Trick or Treats Tin Buckets, Halloween Toast Tea Towels, Toast Enamel Roasters, Halloween Tin Biscuit Barrels, Halloween Toast and Marmalade Enamel Roasting Trays, and plates, jiugs, tea-pots, mugs, and bowls - plenty to choose from!   And there are also felt decorations - witches and cats! Miaow! 

How about some Restorative Magic to brighten up your home?

Go for something wicked from Emma Bridgewater this Halloween!
The collection launches on the 4th September!



There's a Halloween Toast Large Enamel Cooking Pot for £52.00.
Just the thing for a warming casserole on a dark night!

Visit the Halloween range here - there's lots to see.....

If you're looking for a gift for someone who loves entertaining in the garden or having a drink there, then you could have a look at this lovely Verdi Drinks Trolley.   Make life easier for yourself to save you going in and out of the house from the garden to get all your bits for a lovely cup of tea or a glass of chilled lemonade or something stronger!

It has two tiers of storage space, which is very handy becuase it gives you more room to put your drinks on, and it's made from 100% Eucalyptus wood.   There is some assembling you'll need to do when you receive it.  

This Drinks Trolley is available from Dunhelm for £129.00.
You can find out more about it and buy it here.

The dimensions are W 55cm x L 79cm x H 82cm, 
and you wipe it clean with a damp cloth.  Simple!

Alternatively, if you're after something which costs less, you could have a look at Paper High.  They have some lovely trays to choose from, and this one is made entirely by hand using skills that have been handed down from one generation to the next!   This means the mango wood products are all unique - but they are all lovely! 

This Floral Carved Natural Mango Wood Tea Tray is avialable from Paper High
from £29.95 to £32.95. 

If you know someone who loves Afternoon Tea and Big Cats, you could give them a really delightful experience at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent, near Ashford!

There's a Paul Hollywood Afternoon Tea for Two there.   Starting at 12 noon, you'll be welcomed to the The Big Cat Sanctuary’s conservatory restaurant which overlooks the Asiatic Lion enclosure.

The Afternoon Tea has been designed by Paul Hollywood, and you'll tuck into a selection of finger sandwiches, homemade cakes and scones with clotted cream and jam - delicious!

After Afternoon Tea, you can take a leisurely stroll  to see the diverse array of majestic big and small cats that call the Sanctuary their home.   There are lions, tigers, jaguars, cheetahs, leopards, snow leopards and pumas.  The Sanctuary is a participant in the International Breeding Programme, and it's got a number of breeding pairs. 

The experience includes admission to 2:30pm, so you can spend time relaxing and watching the lions from the Restaurant, and then wander round the sanctuary at your leisure. 

Visit Virgin Experience Days to find out more