Sidney:
I have forgiven them. We had a nice snuggle on the big bed, and I purred like a... a... well, I purred a lot. Like a TIGER. Mainly on account of the ear and cheek rub that Mum does. And I didn't bite anyone. Sometimes, when I have had enough of being fussed, I bite hands and arms, to tell people to stop. Didn't need to this time.
And I kneaded the bedcovers, and my injured paw kneaded properly, for the first time since my War Wound happened. And my broken off claws were
Cato: Horrid stinky mean and scary bath at Aunty Lesley's. Nice liver treats. Farts incoming. Now it is over, I don't mind so much.
And Auntie Lesley has said I am not fat any more! Yippee! Tara isnt fat either, though she was much fatter than me.
But Mum keeps glaring at Dad and saying 'Good. Now let us KEEP him that way!' And Dad keeps looking like a guilty person. So I guess there may be less treats. Dad is very nice at sneaking us stuff when he has his dinner killin
Tara: Mums on holiday! But I am NOT!!! Not fair!!!
We had to wait til Mum finished work yesterday before we could walk. On account of her holiday starting then. But I thought we woz going mountaining, on our hols! But she says we still have to get to the mountains, and that won't be til Saturday, so she is on hol but I am not.
But we went to Bear Woods in the Mist today, so it was OK. Damp sniffy and misty.
Cato: It was a good walk. Dad came too, and we wandered a
Cato:
Pack walk! It was ACE!!! And not too hot. All grey and overcast, and it started to rain just at the end, which was nice and cool.
We had a consult and decided that we needed some beach after no proper walks for DAYS, and with the Mad Joggers taking over The Big Lake Park every Saturday morning, it had to be the Dune Beach. Yay!!!
This is us setting off.
Just to the right is a BIGBIGBIG hedge of roses, with convolvulus growing through it, and hips and flowers
Tara:
Mum forgot her camera on our walk today! Hahahahaha! Bad Mum!
We had a fab time, but you can't see any of it, cos she FORGOT. So you can't see Bailey the Big White Bouncy Boxer that I had to hide from on a bench. Or the swans. Or Bertie the JackRussell/Chihuahua/Pug who played with us. And I played with HIM. And you can't see how dirty Cato got cos I bounced on him in some really soggy muddy grass. Mum was not happy. Hahahahaha!
Cato:
So Mum says that if
Tara:
My turn! I wore my Rainbow Bows again today, cos Mum says I am a dippy hippy rainbow child. Can you get rainbow Ninja? I like that idea.
So today Mum draggled us all the way to somewhere called Looe. She spend lots of holidays in Looe when she woz a pup, cos her Grandpa's family come from Looe.
This is where we parked. It is called the Millpool carpark, and Mum knew the tricksy shortcuts to get to the interesting sniffy bits.
This is the sea. Paws aren't all
Tara:
Pack walk. With Dad. We woz showing him the way to go, as usual, cos he walks off in funny directions, sometimes, and doesn't always know the best sniffy route.
This is the bottom of the Entmoot. Cato is obsessed. But he is never going to manage to widdle on every tree, in one go, is he?
Aren't I cute? Cuter than Cato! Hahaha!
I look like mud wouldn't melt, don't I?
Ooooh look! Mud. Hahaha!
And this is a secret sniffy door in the pa
OK (says Mum) think we have to do this one a bit differently, since they can't agree who won The War. So I will speak first, setting the scene, as it were, and then they will each get a turn to comment on each picture.
But before we start, I want to reassure you that no Shih Tzus were harmed in the making of this Epic, and they have both spent a lovely afternoon snuggled up with Dad on the sofa, watching the England v Wales footie match. So Peace was restored.
Since the weather was
Tara:
looks like its just ME blogging tonight, cos Cato is fast asleep. He is so worn out he has been snoring since we got home, and he didn't even want his tea! Anyway, i am so good at blogging, i will do it all, and you will like my walk as much as me, cos it was the best ever ever ever.
we had turkey mince and egg for breakfast, and then set off. No car. Just out of gate and off down track, going to this huge great Stoodley Pike place up the hill. Mum has pics.
it was cold
Cato:
So when we left the castle, we went down the street past the church that is being used nowadays, and we found a fab pub!
We all had burger! and Dad had beer and Mum and me and Tara had water. Mum wanted not-water, but someone has to drive home. I wouldn't mind driving, but it is nice to snooze in the back after a lot of castling and pubbing, isn't it?
Anyway, we stayed in the pub with Mum, while Dad went churching, and museuming, and then we stayed in the pub with him, wh
Tara:
Hello Aunties!
We had a FAB walk yesterday. We only went out to do an Autumn Photo Shoot for me, so I can be a Supermodel again, and look fab. Mum did my hair up in a new style and everything.
Cato larffed at me and said that Carrera rocks this look much better than me. But he is just jealous. Cato I mean, not Carrera.
Can you see my hair?
This is when we were catching up with Mum. Cato was doing a silly walk at the time, and worrying Mum in case his w
Tara:
My turn! Cato has been hogging the blogging lately, so I get to tell you all how awesome I am. And wot fun we had. and stuff like that. And there are more skypics for AuntieCrystal too.
This bloggification is about 2 different walks, cos that is how clever I am! I can do two walks at once!
This is when we went the Big Lake Park, and Mum accidentally picced all the wrong things. She picced birds and flowers and Cato and all the boring stuff. But there isn't a single pi
Cato:
Hello Aunties! We had a great walk today. All green and sniffy and muddy. Much better than boring street walks and after dark walks.
This is Tara going Hunting. She messed it up. It was all wet and soggy, and she wasn't expecting it. Also, she thought I was right behind her, and I wasn't. I was sniffing the ditch wall, back near the carpark, and she got a bit scared cos she doesn't like solo Hunting. I prefer it, cos then no one else mucks it up. Anyway, she didn't get h
Cato:
It was very exciting. First we went to an old Cornish slate mine. Me and Tara were only allowed in the first big cave, and we had to be carried. Tara got mud all over Dad's jacket. Haha! And it was all wet and drippy. Then Mum and Tara and me had a drink while Dad did the thousandsandthousands of steps down to the other caves and the underground lake. Wish we could have gone, but there were No Paws down there.
Dad said that the life of a Cornish slate miner was horrible cr
Tara:
Gosh it was wet today. Dad says he thinks I am going to stop widdling outside when I am old and cranky like Cato. But I won't. It woz just that it was a bit of a shock to be carried downstairs all warm and snuggly and lovely, and then be dumped on the doorstep with Dad's toe scooting me up the tail! Pushing me out into the cold wetness for my morning widdle! A girl should be given time to think about these things, before being shoved out in the wet!
I may have got a bit boun
Cato:
Hello Aunties! Sorry we haven't been blooging much lately. Mum has been doing stuff on the computer for ages and ages, and had lots of work. She had to finish it by tomorrow, so we should get some better bloggy stuff done soon.
We did get our night walks though. They are sooooooo interesting. Everything sniffs sooooooooo different after dark... Tara deosnt' like them though. She gets a bit sillier and a bit flappier.
Anyway. Today we took Dad back to the beach today.
Sidney: off to prison have my bed, my carrier, my catnip mouse, and i haven't had ANY breakfast. But i had a good sleep last night. I pushed Mum closer and closer to the edge, all night, til she woke up almost falling out. Bet she misses that tonight!
Cato: Long car journey. We stopped once for widdling. Lots and lots of strange dog sniffs and the grass was shoulder high, so lots of bouncing. We also stopped in a car park and Dad went food shopping and Mum stayed with us.
Tara:
Amazing walk today! Wet and wild and bouncy. We went twice round the big lake and I saw sleet and stuff. It was very exciting. The photos won't show nearly how exciting it was. And we got SOAKED to the skin and it was FUN. And there was mud and EVERYTHING.
Cato:
It started out lovely and sunny, although there was a really cold wind. And neither of us had fancied much breakfast.
But half way round, the cloud came in, and Mum and Dad were scuttling as
Tara:
Mum did me pigtails today. I look supercool and Ninjaey. And Mum says that me and Lacey are going to skool at St Trinians.
This is me before I Ninjaed.
And this is me after.
It woz a bit hot. Mum says we are having our winter coats off, so I can be cool. I think she means less panty, cos I am always cool, aren't I?
I got some little matts in my armpit yesterday. Ow! Mum said I was too delicate a pwincess to have them brushed out, so she got the skis
Sidney: 2nd day of window open all day. And now my foot hurts. Pork for dinner. And Mum says I have to stay in today to 'rest' it. I live in a Nanny State. But I left a pork chop bone on the top stair this morning. I was watching through the bannisters. She nearly trod on it in her bare feet. Another Machiavellian plan foiled by human luck. Humph.
Tara: Proper walk today! With lovely Auntee Jane.
This is us waiting in the car for her to appear!
I a
Cato: My turn today. That is seaweed on either side of the road. Its a causeway thing, mum says. There was lots of water. And splooshing. But we got there without having to swim.
This is another one of Tara's castles. We didn't have to go round this one, though Mum and Dad did, one at a time, while we had fights and ate rabbit poo while sitting on the grass outside. That was fun.
Mum says this is the view from the top.
Aren't the people diddy?
Cato:
Mum had important Mum Stuff to do, so we all went as a Pack and stayed in a hotel. I had been there before, when I was very little, but I still didn't like it very much. It is always very stressful when Mum and Dad put all their bags by the front door, and I have to go and sit with them, and worry in case they forget me. I mean, I know that Mum and Dad wouldn't ever forget me. I know that. But I still worry.
This is our hotel. There weren't any signs up about paws keeping h
Tara:
They took AGES at breakfast. And every time I whined, Mum prodded me with her toe. She made me stop! Not fair! I was just pointing out that they could talk boring stuff while we were walking and eating sausages!
Anyway, eventually we went to Foxy Park - but only after Mum had given away a piece of my sausage. We were just getting to the Sausage Bit, away from the cafe, and before we got into the car, when Mum says 'Hello gorgeous!' to some fluffy Pomeranian. And the Pom's D
Cato:
Today is a Holiday for Banks, Mum says. Which means she doesn't have to do computer stuff all day. So we had a lovely Big Bed Snuggle, and a lie in. I rumbled and groaned and asked to be let up onto the bed really early (Mum 3am!) but they didn't know how early it was (Mum: yes I did!) and so I got away with it (Mum: only cos Dad had to go to work at 6am, and I didn't want to disturb him!).
Then we went to find Dad. Because of the Holiday, and the hothothot sun, Mum took us t
