Trainers

Fliptop and Trainers called in for the afternoon. Trainers wanted to go for a walk in the hills, but called it off when his white trainers started to get muddy. This has earned him his spy name.

Des Visiteurs

TJam's friend, Ponton Annuaire (who she used to live with in France) came to stay, along with her friend, who is a musician.

Boroughbridge

TJam, Bamgee and the dogs went to Boroughbridge, near York to rent a little cottage for the weekend. They had a fabulous time, walking in fields and looking round the shops. They had an open fire and had takeaway curry for tea every night. 

 They totally recommend the place and have the number if you would like to go (sleeps 3, takes dogs).

Wren Breakfast

I brought in a wren to wake TJam up at 7.30am. 

While she was in the shower, I chased it round the bedroom so there were loads of feathers when she came out. 

Then I killed it and ate it. 

I left a liver for Tamsin to tread on later.

Party

It was Bamgee's leaving party this evening. 

She is soon off to Peru for a while to work her dream job :) 

Then travelling the world.

Reunion

This evening, TJam, Chips and Beanz went to Derby to catch up with Dr J, LovelyK and Joeymeh. TJam used to live with them when she was a student. 

They had a fabulous time, catching up on the last 9 years. 

They are all going to come here one day. 

Yeah. When TJam has tidied up. I might bring a mouse in as a gift.

Fireworks

We have had fireworks all weekend. I am fine about them. 

Beanz decided to get scared at 10pm tonight and she's laying under the table tonight.

Injections

Injections. Touché.

Kennels

Today, TJam went to have a look at some kennels for the dogs to go in while she has to go away. She was upset at the thought but she liked the place, so that should be ok. It was her friend, Selena's kennels, so the dogs will know her and TJam trusts her. High praise indeed. 

 I was meant to have my injections today. I went walkabout and TJam had to postpone it til tomorrow.

Sponsored Walk

We all went on the Dog Club Sponsored Walk. It was 6.2 miles around lanes to raise money for local dog charities. 

Luckily, the we were very well behaved, although we did have a momentary freak out at the model pigs by the hardware shop.

Visitors

Brazil, Boy Wonder and Fliptop have come to stay. 

 We went for a nice walk this morning. 

Beanz and I played with Nero...

  ... and Nerospal showed Brazil the view.

The Boy Wonder has done loads of work on the house. Cheers BW! :)

Healed

The lampshade collar is off, Carlsberg is healed and heading back off into the wild.

Chimney

Today, the chimney sweep came, so we watched him sweep the chimney from inside. TJam went out to see when the brush came out at the top. The brush came out and the pot came off! The man had to go up on the roof and cement it back on.

Injury

Today, Carlsberg felt very sorry for herself. She got 2 bites on her legs which turned into abcesses. She had to go to the vet. She said Carlsberg's temperature was 104ºF and she gave her antibiotics and made her wear that lampshade collar. 

Carlsberg has to stay in the house for 3 days, so she snuggled up with Beanz and nurse Beanz looked after Carlsberg all night.

Wanderer Returns

Carlsberg has been missing for 2 days but she came home today. She was very hungry but fine. I can't tell you where I was, but she seems to be sticking around the house now.

Washing

Washing, washing, washing and more washing!

What did they do in the days before washing machines?!

Homeward

Sadly, time to pack up the tent and head for home. Just time to buy a couple of postcards and wap them in the post. TJam only sent 4 so don't be offended if you weren't one of the recipients. Basically, if you didn't give birth to her or have influence in her first 5 years of life, you didn't get a card. It's nothing personal. 

We had a quick picnic and the sun came out for our drive home. 

Carlsberg was glad to see us.

Trek

The plan was to do a little, 2 hour stroll over lunch time, and be back to buy postcards. 

7 hours later, we made it home. We went through forests and up mountains. 

Be impressed that we were this close to cows and the dogs were under control. We saw Ugly House and Swallow Falls, and we met a family from West Wickham, and the woman was going to work at Fliptop's school this year. Small world.

Moving On

We had to move on cos the site was booked up. Surely there would be no problem finding a new site! On Bank Holiday Weekend! 

Having phoned about 15 sites, all full, "the field" was looking more attractive… we pulled up. 

Yup, main road, Shell Garage and apparently travelling community in the corner….

After a few seconds, even home seemed like a better prospect. We decided to about turn and drive homeward via the town. If we didn't see anywhere with vacancies, we would just keep driving.

 Luckily, we did manage to find a site. 

The Pontins of the camping world. Children and more children everywhere, and tents right on top of each other. Even with all the competition, our dogs were still the loudest. Is that something to be proud of? 

Still, this was Riverside, and we were determined to enjoy it. Actually, it was more Trainside than Riverside, with the half past the hour running about 7 metres from our tent, starting at 06:30H.

Beach

We drove to Cricieth and had the day on the beach. TJam bought us a wind break to put up in the door of the tent so Beanz and I can't see what's going on. They hope it will be quieter that way. 

We walked up and down the beach and then stopped for an ice cream. As we drove along the main road we saw a field with a few tents in. We laughed at its situation, right next to a Shell Garage. How lucky we had found such a quiet camp site!