We are having a quiet day today. The weather is helping – the rain comes and goes, with some sunny spells betwixt. Earlier we took Nell just into the forest and kicked a ball around for her but fundamentally we are both resting our sore bits today. On the way home, Mr L began to …
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Gone Fishing
Mr L bounced out of bed this morning (oh, how I hate early morning enthusiasm!) and was out of the door and up the road with his fishing gear before I could say “Tight Lines”. He walked through the forest to the loch whilst I tackled the washing up and the laundry etcetera. Then I …
CHIPS!
Nell was a real trouper at the pub this evening. You’d have thought that she had been going for a pint every night for her whole life. I was able to remove her lead and she sat by the side of our table, good as gold. She appreciated the chips very much indeed. I may …
Only in Orkney
The weather up here has been pretty good this week. On Monday we took Nell to the vet in Kirkwall to organise her passport. We made the long day of it and treated ourselves to an outing. Nell was very well-behaved, though a little stressed by her trip, so we took her straight from the …
It’s your Tern
Having Tan here feels very strange, rather like having Griff back again. Not that Tan looks anything like our old boy but her manner is very reminiscent. I was astounded last night when she came and flopped down in the bedroom with us when we were watching a film. She lay where Griff would lie. Tan …
A bit of self-indulgence
We spent yesterday afternoon in the garden, firing up the barbecue for tea. Barbecues don’t happen very often here because barbecue weather does not come along unless there is a month without an R in it during a Blue Moon. This witnessed by the fact that yesterday we got out the last disposable BBQ from …