Mum:
Just got time to write yesterdays blog before we set off on todays Train Adventure. Probably won't post the next one til we get back, unless the wifi at the hotel is MUCH better than expected. We are leaving an incredibly grumpy Sidney, who has been following me round all morning screeching to have his window open. But we are bribing him by leaving a bowl of tinned catfood in jelly, some crunchy biscuits AND an entire skinless chicken thigh. Hopeflly he will have calmed down by tom
Mum:
Thought I would go first today. So there, Tara! Just trying to get my story in first, before they publicise their 'take' on the day. I have noticed how they just seem to ignore facts in favour of dramatic flair, sometimes.
OK, so firstly, it was all a genuine mistake. I planned a nice walk, and then Auntie Jane called and we arranged to pop over in the evening, to see her and Uncle N. All good so far. Only then I thought 'well, if I wear them out with a walk, they won't be m
Cato:
Mum went out early, so we waited a bit then went out looking for her. We found her in the place that has stinky coffee, where we sit under the table, and they bring drinks outside to us.
No pictures, cos Mum forgot her phone! She was whining about it to Dad for ages.
on the way home Mum raided the bank to pay for our spa day, and Dad raided the butchers for their looooovvvvvveeeeeelllllleeeeeeeee sausages.
Tara:
Went to visit Arnty Lesley for Liver Treats
Cato:
Dad's shift started a bit later today, so he came out for a walk and some sausage with us, then went straight off to his Work Thing. It was fun.
See how quiet the cafe is? No one to say how cute we are and stop to stroke us. But it meant that the sausages came very quickly, although we had to wait until were were outside before we got ours!
The beach was HUGE today. There was no edge to it, and the sky came all the way down to it, and the world just fell off the ed
Sidney:
Firstly I would like make sure people realise that the alley belongs to me. Not the dogs.
We live on the left of the alley, and the woman who leaves food down for the fox lives over to the right and round the corner. So I have to jump down those walls and scale the other side - all with a War Wound. AND I have to make sure that there aren't any upstarts and tresspassers. It isn't easy you know. Mum will post the picture again here, just to make sure you realise how danger
Tara:
Hey Aunties. Mum says I have to do a bit of blogging even though I can't remember much... cos we have to catch up the bloggification. So here goes.
Oooh look. That is me and Dad. and the pier. and some clouds. we must have been on the beach.
and that is me running. doen't I look fab in my PINK jumper. All slim and athletical. And running. Towards that lump of wood. I look good, don't I? I wonder if I was going to climb on it...?
Oh! I REMEMER!!!
Tara: Mum went out this morning and left us the run of the house! Normally she would put us in our crates, with chews and stuff, and we would go to sleep, but this was an experiment. She says. Wot is an experiment?
So we were in charge. For ages.
Then when she came home she told us she had been to the human groomer, and had less head fur. But humans all look the same to me, so I just bounced cos I was glad she woz home and could give us some breakfast!
Cato: We did
Went.
Came back with wet legs so must have got muddy and been bathed.
Been sleeping for the last 4 hours.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !
Cato: we woz looking forwardto a lie in this morning. At least I woz. But Mum and Dad leapt out of bed when the alarm went off.
Tara always climbs straight up on the bed as soon as Mum goes into the bathroom, but today when she got up Dad had already gone, and she had no one to lick! Hahaha!
anyway, once we had widdled and pood, Mum started flapping with out leads and put our breakfasts in the clippy pots. She also got our winter coats out!
Of course, I knew wot was up (waggy
Tara:
It woz a horrible walk today. There were scary big paws everywhere, and I didn't like it!
This is Cato's first widdle/sniff.
and look at this lovely wet squelchy mud. I wanted to go swimming, but Mum kept saying how cold the wind woz, and how we needed to hurry.
See how windy it woz for the swanses? and the other birds.
I asked Mum not to take any pics of me today, cos I didn't have a bow AGAIN. It fell off! Mum did brushing and bow stuff this mornin
Tara: I love My Dad. He lets me on the bed in the morning when Mum gets up and does bathroom stuff. And he took us to the park today. A different park. don't know wot it is called but it is at the bottom of the hill beyond the traffic lights. We like it cos we can walk to it. Mum says it is boring, cos it doesn't have proper flowers n stuff. But we like it cos you can RUN.
Because it was Dad, he let me wear my old red jumper with my new pink lead. Mum wouldn't have let me. I love
Mum: sorry this is a day late. apparently, hot tubs alter your sense of time, and even (in some circumstances) allow worm hole travel to alternate universes where the time stream runs differently...
Tara: Dad took us out again, yay! More treats. Cos Mum was W*rking. And we went to see Pops and Mam (Dad's parents). Mam always has a chewy stick ready for us, and Cato always takes AGES eating his and I finish first and then they make me watch him eat his. If he didn't want to e
Cato:
Breakfast with Auntie Jane Today! Very waggy. We got so excited in the car when Auntie Jane appeared that Mum shouted at us for nearly bursting her eardrums. Wot are eardrums? We were jumping and barking and being very noisy. But it is very hard to be quiet when we see Auntie Jane! She is FAB!!!
After breakfast sausage we went to Foxy Park, but it was weird.
First great sniff:
No Foxy. He has definitely moved out. I got right down and sniffified the hole, a
Cato: I got my birthday beach walk! But so did Dad! His birthday is today. We didn't know til we woke up this morning and got to watch him open his presents on the Big Bed, but we gave him a lovely walk, and then we went out and had STEAK!!! so it was an ACE birthday. We signed his card too.
Of course we had to wait while Mum worked all morning, but she took the afternoon off, and this is where we went.
We haven't been here for AGES, so it was extra specially windy and sniffy
Cato:
Mum and Dad had a bit of a disagreement today. Mum has a hurty place on her rear paw. She is calling it a blister. She got it on yesterday's walk. So she couldn't come with us today, cos she needs her paw for the weekend, when she is going away without us. By herself. For 2 days
The disagreement was cos Mum thought it was too hot, and Dad didn't.
That meant we had to walk Dad by ourselves. It is a lot of responsibility, you know. We took him to the park with the
Tara:
So it was hot again today, so Cato has been a slumpy blob of boringingness. I mean, look at him! Too lazy to flip his ear down.
He wouldn't even show an interest in my stick wot I gave him.
So today is all about ME and my AWESOME SUPERMODDELLYNESS. And then Mum says she is going to squeeze a bit of flowery stuff in after, if there is room. But there won't be, cos my wonderfulness will fill up everything and there won't be any room left.
A very insolent pig
Cato:
Hot hot hot. But the sausage breakfast woz nice. And seeing Auntie Jane woz nice too.
Foxy park woz very still and hot and sunny, and even Tara didn't bounce ALL that much.
although she did a bit. mainly in the shade!
This is my EntMoot snoozing in the sun.
and these are the knickerprickle grasses wot Mum uses treats to keep us out of.
Tara:
This is me squishing Cato. He was a bit floppy by this time. He
Cato: Mum didn't have to do her work thing today, so we had a bit of a lie in, then we got ready (Tara's hair takes AGGGEEEESSSSSS) and went out before breakfast! Dad was out, so we could go to the big beach. Last time we went there he fell over in the slippy sand, and he says he doesn't like it any more. I don't understand, cos his wrist has stopped hurting now.
Anyway, it was fun. Really early, and sunny. The bit I didn't like was going down that ramp slope thing to the beach. Mum
Tara:
Haha! Me and Dad went for a walk at FoxyPArk today, and Cato woz allowed to come too.
No pics cos Dad forgot the camera thing AND his phone at the same time. But it woz still fun. We had lots of bouncing, and it wozn't too hot, and we got a bit wet foots. And I kept an eye out for my friend Daisy, and my hero William, but they wozn't there.
We did meet lots of people though. A Westie, two shih Tzu Lhasa crosses, a Lab and a couple of others including a Beagle. I subm
Cato:
Remember last week when Mum and AuntieJane got all cross and bothered about some flowerbed? Well this time Mum took some photos to show you. From all the flapping and squeaking and stuff they were very upset. But no one lifted me up to show me, so I didn't see.
But there was lots of sniffage around the wall of the raised bed, so I didn't really mind. And some recycling bins that smell fascinating. Mum says there may be rats and foxes that check out the bins at night. Isn'
Tara:
Oh Aunties, it woz AWFUL!!!
Nice MrBoilerQuote man came round after breakfast. And Mum and Dad GRABBED us! and shut us in our crates!!! And the whole time he woz here, I whined and Cato yodelled and creaked! All we wanted woz to say hello, and play, and bounce, and show him our toys, and the garden, and climb on him, and sniff him PROPERLY, and lick him, and make sure he gave us ear rubs, and stuff. Yet Mum and Dad (even DAD!!!) imprisoned us, and ignored us, and Mum even sai
Cato: Aunties!!! Look wot I found! Isn't it BEAUTIFUL!!!
I found it here. It is sniffy and soggy and utterly perfect. I took one look at it, and KNEW it was meant to be...
I just gave it a gentle sniff to start with. And rolled it around a bit. Just to get to know it, you know.
But then I rolled it about, and between Dads legs... it was MARVELLOUS.
And I found some sticky out bits, and I can pick it up! Look!
Dad offered to carry it
Tara: Oh Aunties! today has been terrible!
We went out with Mum this morning for breakfast sausages. And AuntieJane, who we LOVELOVELOVE
So that woz fun.
But then it turned out that AuntieJAne has hurt her knee and couldn't walk! So Mum and us took her out to LOOK at the sea. And the beach. And all the sniffs we could see from the car but not sniff! It was awful. AND it rained! And rained.
And Mum and Auntie sat and talked and talked and talked, and Cato and I had to
Cato: Mum doesn't want me to tell you this. She says it is too early to tell you.
but I can't help it! It is SUCH good news I want to tell you all about it!
You know I have had icky ears? Ever since Mr Vet gave me antiBO stuff when he should have given me antiHisty things? And then my ears got yeasty sore. And then other Mr Vet gave me ear stuff, but my ears were still a bit yeasty. For ages. And Mum had to clean them every week. Yuck! It was cold and slimey. And smelly.
Cato: Sorry Aunties, Mum has not been doing her Mum Duty today. She forgot the camera, used her phone, AND she rushed our walk so that she could have a hot chocolate!
It was a nice blue sky today, but really cold. We didn't want to have our jumpers put on, but maybe we should have. We walked all the way to the beach promenade, and then I didn't want to go down on the beach. Cos of Tara's beachy bouncing. And then Tara saw all the big dogs on the beach, and she didn't want to go d
