We have been having a busy week; Fakenham on Wednesday and Cambridge yesterday. However, the trouble with going somewhere new, is that you don’t always know the best places to buy some Nutella or how to find the finest pint of Wherry, or how best to get around (given that bears have short legs) and what bear- friendly attractions and activities are available.
So we are pleased to announce news of the latest product being developed by Bears Unlimited the “Friendly Planet Guide” a special travel guide for bears and all bear friends.
We called it the “Friendly Planet Guide” because a world with bears is always a friendly place and, so far, we haven’t been anywhere where there haven’t been friendly bears!
It will be some
time before the book is published as we have a lot of research to carry out, but we gathered some good material on our trip to Cambridge. We started by investigating the Cambridge Park and Ride (good value but hard for little bears to see out of the window), we then took a tour of the city in a cycle rickshaw (which was great fun, feeling the wind in our fur – very cooling on a hot day).
Before an afternoon on the river punting we tested out lunch at the Garden Moat House hotel. This got the paws up of approval. There were far bigger chocolate éclairs than yesterday and a lovely piece of salmon. If only there had been some Wherry it would have been perfect.
As the hotel had river frontage the only real option after lunch was a punting trip on the River Cam. We clambered aboard the first punt available then realised that there were so many punts between us and open water that we would either have to move or face a long wait. We decided to move and were soon underway. Our progress wasn’t very fast as the punt pole was a bit big for the average bear but we had fun and managed to get enough forward momentum by using the canoe paddles provided. It was a very hot day so having a snooze in the punt was as appealing as doing the actual punting. As it was so hot we didn’t try not to fall in! We’ve included some of our photos of our day out.
Love George, Yorkie and Chelmer
xxx
We returned to dry land after our punting trip with rather soggy fur, as a result of our dunking in the River Cam. We went back into the Garden Hotel to get ourselves a hot drink and decided to inspect the bathroom facilities. These were so bear friendly that we thought they deserved a special mention. We mean where else could we go and find special bear-sized towels provided? How thoughtful! Here we are about to help ourselves from the pile.
We have been having a busy week; Fakenham on Wednesday and Cambridge yesterday. However, the trouble with going somewhere new, is that you don’t always know the best places to buy some Nutella or how to find the finest pint of Wherry, or how best to get around (given that bears have short legs) and what bear- friendly attractions and activities are available.
time before the book is published as we have a lot of research to carry out, but we gathered some good material on our trip to Cambridge. We started by investigating the Cambridge Park and Ride (good value but hard for little bears to see out of the window), we then took a tour of the city in a cycle rickshaw (which was great fun, feeling the wind in our fur – very cooling on a hot day). 
As the hotel had river frontage the only real option after lunch was a punting trip on the River Cam. We clambered aboard the first punt available then realised that there were so many punts between us and open water that we would either have to move or face a long wait. We decided to move and were soon underway. Our progress wasn’t very fast as the punt pole was a bit big for the average bear but we had fun and managed to get enough forward momentum by using the canoe paddles provided. It was a very hot day so having a snooze in the punt was as appealing as doing the actual punting. As it was so hot we didn’t try not to fall in! We’ve included some of our photos of our day out.
