Here’s a taste of a brand-new Easter experience which has hatched at Lotherton near Aberford. Could you be a Dragonologist?
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00:00Hi, I'm Maria Akers. I'm one of Leeds' senior estate managers. I'm based at
00:05Tampinesum and Lotherton and welcome to Lotherton and the Dragon Quest.
00:10This is the first time we've done this event. The idea is to get people coming
00:14and exploring Lotherton, so hopefully we've got some people coming for the
00:17first time. We're doing a lovely sort of meet and greet at the gate. We've got a
00:22base camp where you start and you can pick up your trail leaflet and then the
00:27trail leaflet encourages you to explore the whole estate, the house, the zoo.
00:32So hopefully a lovely day for everyone. I am Professor Aelfraith Penn-Dragon,
00:38dragonologist. There's been something in the air. I can tell you that energy's
00:44changed, you can smell the sulphur and it means only one thing, dragons are near.
00:50Now there's not much I don't know about dragons. Of course I'm still learning.
00:55It's a learning process. So I'm looking for trainee dragonologists I suppose.
01:01You know, the wee folk who think they can find some dragons, maybe some eggs, evidence
01:06of them and they're here all over the estate you see.
01:09It's got a lot of variety to it, so the chance for the kids to hunt down the eggs,
01:15crack the code, work out the secret message. We've got a new creature in the
01:20zoo so there's certainly a nice little treat to look out for in there and then
01:28there's lots of sort of crafts and things to do so if you feel like having
01:31a beautiful dragon painted on your face you can do that or maybe you're just
01:36kind of a creepy dragon eye. We've got some amazing dragon puppets that you can
01:41make and or decorate a dragon egg down in the base camp.
01:46I've got my list here about what you need to be a dragonologist.
01:50So now you're going to need a wee pencil, all right, so you can write down clues as you're going around.
01:56You're going to need to be brave, aye, brave, and you need to be inquisitive,
02:03have an inquiring mind to find out all these different, well, strange creatures and their habits.
02:10Lozerton's a really great place to get the kids outside. It's quite a
02:15petite country park, it's not the hugest of the ones in Leeds, but it's
02:20great for kids in that it's quite level, it's got great pathways, it's great for
02:25anyone who needs to, whether you've got a pushchair, a buggy or a
02:29wheelchair, very accessible site. We do have some more traditional Easter-based
02:34activities which are happening in our beautiful chapel which is next to
02:39Lozerton Hall. There are some fierce dragons, there are some more gentle dragons, you see.
02:44So really you need to come and see for yourself and find out about the
02:49different kinds of dragons. I mean, of course, we have got the Aberford Ashenback
02:53here, which is, well, you'll learn all about that when you come.