Free fishy fun

Mr F and I have discovered the poor man's answer to Birmingham Sea Life Centre...Shirley Aquatics!

There's fish, there's turtles, there's creepy crawlies. Best of all, there's no entrance fee.

We took our little girl to the Stratford Road store this afternoon and whiled away a happy hour pointing out the carp.

Mollie, bless her, looked like we'd taken her to Disneyland.

"Ah," her expression said. "Now I understand all those fishy nursery rhymes you've been singing." (Yes, Shirley Aquatic shoppers, I was that strange woman warbling 'One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Once I Caught A Fish Alive' down in Tropical Fish).

If anyone knows of any other sneaky days out, please let me know.