Over the summer the Library tries to organize a visit or two to other libraries if possible.

Today we went to a small college about an hour away that specialises in horticulture, aquaculture, agriculture, animal husbandry and lots more. Lovely little library with around 30000 volumes and lots of natural light. Nice folk to show us around and they put on a great lunch.

The only snag was that by it's very nature a lot of the day was outdoors and the weather forecasters' predictions for the day were proved right: rain, rain and more rain. Just when you thought it was beginning to brighten it suddenly got heavier.

Still, seeing the archer fish spitting at their food and a pair of the most delightful red pandas you've ever seen (at close range) were two real highlights of the day that made it all worthwhile.