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FRIDAY 18th Mar: Belated Mum's Day walk, as promised


Crinkly

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Sidney:

Good morning.  Just a gentle reminder that the window is still shut.  My bowl is empty.  And you are still in bed an hour later than usual.

Tut tut.

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Cato:

Remember AGES AGO we had to give Mum some chocs and stuff and in return she was 'contracted' to take us for a walk?  Well, that was TODAY.  And it was GREAT!!!

This is the board that tells you boring human stuff:

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Mum says I have to explain our route.  Hubbards Hills is a narrow valley with steep sides and a river down the middle.  The pale green on the map is the flat valley bottom.  The dark green are the really steep sides, covered in trees. We started at the P for PArking at the top and crossed the water, and climbed the side of the valley.  Then we walked all the way to the P at the bottom (walking down the right hand edge of the dark green on the map).

At the bottom P, we turned round and walked back to the car along the valley bottom beside the river until we got back to the car.

Phew!  Mum had to help me with that!  Maps are VERY difficult!

This is the flat bit by the carpark before we climbed up the valley side.

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These are snowdrops.  Mum made a real oooohhh ahhhhhh fuss.

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This is climbing the hill:

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This is the view from the top of the hill, looking back down to where Dad parked the car.

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Come on Mum!  Put the camera away and keep up!

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This is at the top.  Mum says the tree is the best bit in this photo. Charming!  She also says you can see how steep the hill is.

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Looking down the hill to the river valley

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It started to rain a bit

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And then the sun came out briefly when we got to the valley floor

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I hate it when she bites my tail :(

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Interesting sniff post

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nearly back to the car

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The dogbiscuit and drink place was shut!!!  Can you see us?  Tara had to climb the steps.  Of course.

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So we had to go into Louth and have a dogbiscuit there:

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And Nice Mr Louth Butcher gave us these ENORMOUS marrow bones.  He saw us waiting outside his shop, and laughed, and cut the bones smaller for us.  And refused to let Dad pay for them.  He just laughed.  We like Mr Louth Butcher!!!  Although Mum says we have to chew the bones on the tiles, and if they EVER appear in the rest of the house then we will have all our fur shaved off and we will get painted sky blue pink!  Tara has already tried to drag one of them through to the living room, but Dad caught her and stopped her.

See how lovely and dirty my feet are?

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Wot a FAB day.

 

 

Tara:

Me and Dad.

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I am nearly as tall as Dad! hahahaha!

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Me, OK us, watching golf in the rain. 

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Me and the mud

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Me and the bench that kept eating my foots

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Mum says we are having a Whole New Adventure tomorrow, but I am not to be scared.

Gulp.

 

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Summerangel

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Wow, what a Morhers day treat... And a lovely treat for you too. 

I'm afraid I can't see some of your pictures as the links aren't working for me. 

Mr Louth the butcher sounds a lovely man. I did chuckle when you said he took one look at you and cut your bones smaller, such a kind man to give you the bones for free... 

I remember when my Mum used to say,  sky blue pink... Funny. That.. Lol 

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Crinkly

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Oh no!  all the pics work for me.

Which ones are problem?  I can try and re-insert them.

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Summerangel

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They are all working now :ohyeah:

Awwwwww loved looking at your pictures. Such a pretty place to visit.. 

Haha my two would of ran across the field to play golf with those guys... Lol 

You was a good girl Tara watching from the fence. 

And I knew there would be MUD somewhere in your pictures.... Thick gooey mud... Lol

wow, those bones are still huge. They will last you a while?

Sidney, how dare they have a lie in...  

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Crinkly

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Need to cut back on the pics!  But today and yesterday were SPECIAL.

Will try not to do more than half a dozen from now on - running out of free space on Photobucket!!! lol

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PipsMom

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Wow what a lovely walk you had....those snow drops look awesome. The picture of Sidney is priceless and made me smile.

Hate your Photobucket it filling up so fast, will miss all the beautiful pictures you take. I signed up with Smug Mug for extra storage...you do have to sign up for a yahoo account but I only use it for the photo's so that was alright.

 

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Missysmom

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Wow what a Gorgeous area! Loved all the pics! Some gorgeous trees and those flowers remind me of Lily of the Valley yet different, soo lovely! Boy Cato and Tara you were Super lucky that the biscuit place was closed since you got yummy bones at the other one!! Those bones do look Good!! Can't wait to see tomorrow's adventure! :D

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Crinkly

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Well, it is now the morning after, and Shhh!  Don't tell the mutts, but we are leaving in 10 mins for me to take them for their 1st ever Doggy Daycare trip.  Remember that facebook link I posted?  Well, we are going there for a free Meet and Greet session.

I take them, and their breakfasts, over to her house for 8.30am, and pick them up at 1pm.  They get to hang around with her other daycare dogs, and go out for a long sniffy walk (on leads until she has checked the recall, and trusts them).  Her walks are brisk 90 mins in woods, fields or the beach, and I am to expect to pick up very tired dogs

:roflmao:

Fingers crossed that a few of these stays and walks will break Tara of her 'if I submit to every stranger-dog, then he won't kill me, will he?' mindset.

The lady and I have already had a long chat and she understands the goal, and we are doing 'the paperwork' this morning.

I feel just like an anxious first time parent leaving their toddler at Playgroup for the first time!

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Crinkly

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The deed is done.

Had a good chat, filled in their paperwork, both mutts had a good sniff and skitter round their kitchen and conservatory, plus Cato ventured outside for a widdle.  Today they are walking with a large, very gentle Vizsla-ish dog.  5 yrs, and ball obsessed, apparently.

They were hooked up on a double lead and had to be dragged out by Auntie Kim, but she seemed very kind, and friendly, and got down on her knees to greet them on their level.

Will be very interesting to see how it goes...  Pickup in 3 hours.

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Summerangel

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Hope all goes well, which I'm sure it will. But I can understand you being a little anxious about leaving them. 

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Crinkly

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Just got back from picking them up. 

They were chilling in the front room in front of the tv when I arrived, but were DELIGHTED to see me.  Apparently had a good walk on lead, met lots of dogs, and people, a foot bath on return because of mud encounters :roflmao:and ate all the breakfast I left them.

There is a large, slim, gentle german pointer staying there at the moment, so they are already getting used to hanging around with big dogs! :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

They have already appeared on her facebook page. lol.

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The pics show Tara with tail down, but not looking too distressed.  And when I picked them up they were as bouncy and happy with Auntie Kim as they were with me. :)

Won't do a proper blog entry today - no pics of their adventures, plus I think the rest of the day will just be sleeping.  She said they walked 4 miles. :clap:

Booked in again for a visit next week, so they get used to it.

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Summerangel

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Awwwww bless them. I'm really pleased to hear they had a lovely time. 

And a foot bath, heaven.... 

Thanks for the link, I had a look at their pictures and hit the like button.. ?

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Missysmom

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Sooo glad their adventure to day care went so well, they looked happy and to be enjoying their new friends!

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