Since its release in the UK yesterday, Pokémon Go has transported a lot of 20 somethings on a nostalgic trip back the 90’s. We downloaded it yesterday, and I have to say a few of us we’re a little too excited (ok mainly just me) to go and discover what Pokémon were hiding at the park.

We grabbed our poké balls (iPhone’s) and ventured out of the office, where we were immediately greeted by a wild Venonat and Kakuna in the Safari Village courtyard.

It turned out that Safari Village was a great place to catch Pokémon and even had a Pokéstop at the YWP totem!

As we walked around the park, Pokémon were popping up left, right and centre!

By far the favourite part of our morning Pokémon adventure was seeing a Pidgey appear in the giant otter reserve!

Turns out our very own tiger walkway was home to a gym, unfortunately due to the fact we weren’t level 5 yet (level 4, so close) we couldn’t access it 🙁 .

We took a quick pit stop to say hello to the Giraffes who were enjoying their breakfast.

As we meandered back to the office we were surprised by an Oddish lurking by the exit (it turns out this was the strongest Pokémon we’d caught all day!)

Our mini Pokémon adventure was over (for now) and we’d caught a total of 19 Pokémon (most of them being Pidgey’s or Rattata’s) all in the space of a gentle hour walk around some of the park.

While catching Pokémon is a lot of nostalgic fun (and something I and some of my colleagues will undoubtedly continue to do outside of work), it really doesn’t beat a similar nostalgic childhood feeling, the excitement of getting up close and personal with some of the most magnificent animals on the planet.