Re: Storybook Glen

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Late reply to your question, , but better late than never!

Storybook Glen is a must for the kids if you're staying near

Aberdeen. It's a

large, landscaped area with river, ponds, trees etc, and hundreds of

enormous

models sculpted out of concrete and painted to resemble various

fairy-tale

characters eg Cinderella & her pumpkin carriage, the 3 bears & big bad

wolf, &

also popular tv characters like the tank engine, Fireman Sam &

his fire

engine (which you can get in - if you're a kid!), Noddy cars, Wallace

& Gromit,

teletubbies, the list goes on and on.

Now you might think this sounds naff and grotty, but it's very well

laid out

with other themes like trolls and elfs and things and the kids just

think it's

magical.

There are also lots of playground equipment features dotted around so

the kids

can vent their energy every so often. There's an absolutely fantastic

" bumpy "

slide built onto the side of a hill which really was a hit with my

two.

There's a small farm area with a vietnamese pot belly pig, goats,

chickens,

geese etc for the kids to ooh and aah at.

It's definitely a good trip out on a nice, sunny day - not something

you can

depend on in the northeast of Scotland! It took us a good 2 hrs to go

round it

this time, probably longer last year when it was new to us.

Lesley - you live reasonably near it, you must have been there. Can

you add

anything to my description, or do you hate it??

It's located near the South Deeside Road (B9077?) out of Aberdeen and

well

signposted once you're on this or the Banchory road. If you contact

the

Aberdeen Tourist Information Office, I'm sure they'd send you a flyer

for the

place. I'm getting my holiday snaps this pm, so may try uploading one

or two

relevant ones to shared files or photopoint.com.

wrote:

> Glad to hear that you had a nice time, apart from the vampire visit to your

> ankle!!! We just returned from the wonderful Grampian Highlands and intend

> to return, however I don't remember seeing anything about Storybook Glen -

> what's this?