Small and NOISY!

Hey Ho Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back with you.

Old Two Legs got up late today, poor thing has been working too hard. He reckons that by bed time he should be up to date. So that means we will get some adventures this weekend, Squirrels, Rabbits, Rats, Woofers and maybe a Badger!

Well we got plans the get him over The Farm where there are some very long walks across the fields, that's providing it's not raining!

Today has been very sunny and a bit blowy. The wind was whipping up off the sea and blowing all the insects out of the air and into the grass and onto the path!

OTL spotted this Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly on the path, Holly wanted to give it a bonk on the head to stop it moving, just like she has done with rabbits!

Small Tortoiseshell

Then she said that it looked like it was suffering from dandruff!

OTL told her to leave it alone, so off she went chasing a Dragonfly!

It was then that we heard a load of woofing noise, well, more like yapping and when we found out the source we both had to laugh. It was a little dog with ambitions to take over the world!

What a noise and what a funny thing!

Holly looked sideways at it and did one of her WOOF's and the little doggy ran off!

As Holly says, 'That'll teach him!'

WOOF off Shorty!

I spotted a strange looking sight, it looks like a tree was growing out of the mud. Holly said it was really a fossilised tree that has been exposed by the tide.

Fossilised Tree?

OTL said it was a stick someone had left on the beach. Well, we will find out tomorrow when the tide has exposed some more. Who knows, it maybe the start of a fossilised forest!

Fossilised Daisy!

 Holly said that if I went and stood in the mud I could become fossilised by tomorrow!

Lunch time it was getting a bit blowy as the tide came in and the waves were breaking over the breakwater.

Autumn winds a coming?

Then Holly spotted some big ships looking like they were going to run over a sailing ship! We stood and watched but all was well and every one missed each other, just!

This is going to be Tight!

While we were all watching the ships, Holly whispers in my ear, 'Fancy a Swim?' but it was too cold for me so I told her to jump in instead!

You can take a jump as well!

As we got back to the car, there was a funny sound coming from the sky and OTL had a look then started taking photographs. He said there was a fly past of old WWII planes and he thinks that there were three Spitfires and one Hurricane plus a modern looking one. Still, it made him happy to see them, pity they didn't fly in a circle around us so he could take some more pictures!

Fly Past for OTL

Back home for a snooze in the garden then up to OTL's bed for a pre dinner snooze!

See you tomorrow and with a bit of luck we should have some squirrel skins to make a hat for Trevor!

Bye bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

All I wanted was a swim!

Hi Ho Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back again!

What a day we have had or haven't had!

Old Two Legs has been working in the office today sorting out loads of paperwork that he didn't sort out 'cos he was away on holiday!

So Holly and I have been left to ourselves today to try not to be too bored, but it's hard!

We went out for our normal walk this morning with OTL and the first thing we saw was a Dragonfly giving us the old 'Hairy Eyeball'!

It was as if it was trying to scare OTL away as he poked his camera closer!

Wot You Want?

After a while we worked out that he was looking into the lens and seeing his own reflection and thinking, 'I could sort him out!'

Back home we got our morning brush but I didn't fancy breakfast, Lambs Heart and Liver, you know, some times you just can't get the jaws working!

In the garden we had a wander around and Holly found a couple of snails on the path. So, we decided that they should race to the other end of the garden and the winner got some grass to eat!

Well, Holly's snail just went back into it's shell and refused to come out!

My one turned around and went the other way, saying something about being a professional racer and won't run for free!

'Lightening' the Racing Snail!

Oooo! says Holly, I'll tell the Thrush about you and then we'll see how fast you can run!


Lunch time we were down on the beach again and while Holly was intimidating some fishermen, I called out to OTL for him to throw the ball for me so I can have a swim!

OTL said that the tide was going out and it would not be safe for me to have a swim, which was a real pain 'cos I just fancied a splosh about in the surf!

Aw! Come on just a little Splosh!

Back home I decided it was time for some nosh, so I did my 'Food Please' look for The Missus and she got my bowl down and I had a royal feast, then just in case Holly got any ideas, I took some of the left overs up to my bed in the office and hid them under the cushion for later!

Tonight we have been promised some short bread, so it looks like we are to get some attention!

Bye Bye for now and keep your claws crossed for some sunny days over the weekend!

luv,

Daisy & Holly

We're Back!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back home again!

Ever since we were puppies, Holly and I have been travelling around in cars to get from some place to another but I will admit, the trip home yesterday just wore us both out!

We've spent most of the day asleep on Old Two Legs bed or cuddled up in our own bed in his office.

We have found a picture OTL took of us on the ferry, just before our tummies started to do the 'Grumbly Grumblies' !

Batten Down The Hatches it's going to be a Bumpy Ride!

When you are not too sure of what is going to happen it is always good to have a sister to cuddle up to!

We were out with OTL this morning to The Sea Wall to check out all the new sniffs. There were some strange new ones indicating a couple of new dogs in the area. OTL says that maybe they are on holiday, like wot we were!

Checking Sniffs.

OTL just had to find a Dragon Fly to poke his lens at of course!

Another 4 Spot!

Holly was up to her normal tricks as soon as she came across a fisherman, 'Oi! Got any food?' 

Got any Food?

All he had was worms, the ones he was teaching to swim, not the other type that we get pills from the vet to keep away!

In the afternoon we went out with OTL to do some banking and afterwards it was off to The Forest for a bit of Squirrel Chasing!

Hunting Squirrel!

We hunted everywhere, we did spot a couple but they were high in the trees. We thought we spotted one on the ground but that turned out to be a big leaf being blown in the wind!

Is that one?

OTL says that they may have gone on holiday but I think they were just trying to keep out of the rain!

I think we may have got too good at rabbit chasing and have forgotten the tricks of 'Squirrel Chasing' especially in the rain!

That reminds me, we should get delivery of our new coats in a day or two, just in time for the 'Rainy Season' which in this country lasts all year!

Tomorrow we plan to get down to The New Park and see if I can do my swimming in the Swimming Hole, if OTL allows me!

Bye bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Even Nelson was Sea Sick!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & Mac Holly here!

What a tale we have for you today, no pictures I'm afraid but let me tell you the tale.

Last night after uploading the blog, we all settled down to watch a bit of TV but the wind started to blow, and it blew and it blew. In fact it was so blowy that Old Two Legs put the satellite dish down before the wind could do any damage.

All night long the wind blew and no one slept. The caravan was being rocked from side to side and the wind was trying to get into every nook or cranny of the van.

None of us slept a wink!

Four thirty came and the alarm went off for us all to get up and head off to the ferry in Port Ellen.

It took us an hour to get there and all the way there the car and caravan was being blown from one side of the road to the other!

When we got to the port, the ferry was already there and even in the port you could see it was rocking with the wind.

On board, we headed up to the top deck where us doggies were allowed to be and settled down in our bed.

The boat left the harbour and Holly and me decided to catch up on our sleep.

The captain came on over the loud speaker system and told us all where the 'Muster Stations' were in case of trouble then said that there may be a little 'Motion' 'cos the wind was blowing a bit.

Blowing a bit!

Let me tell you, every one was sea sick, that boat was bouncing around like a cork in the water. I looked out of the window from the safety of OTL's arms and saw …............. sea, sky, sea, sky, sea, sky, sea, sky, sea, sky, sea, sky!

It was horrible!

Every one was nose deep into white paper bags shouting for Hughy, or some one like that!

Two and a half hours later, (it seemed longer!) We landed, all of us looked a strange green colour and were doing a lot of Ooo'ing!

The wind was still blowing and the rain was coming down and the puddles on the roads looked like lochs!

We had to stop a couple of times to let Holly and I have a wee and a breather and give OTL a bit of fresh air!

By the time we arrived at Gretna Green we were all feeling much better, so much so, OTL and The Missus got in a Chinese Meal and Holly and I had the last of the Rump Steak, medium rare and a few biscuits. Then we mugged OTL for a couple of Plawn Clackers!

Now we are off to bed to try to catch up on our sleep.

I don't think it will be an early start, but at least the wind has stopped!

See you tomorrow when we get home!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

McDaisy & Mac Holly

We Get A Wabbit, We Get A Wabbit!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & Mac Holly here!

It's our last day here on the Isle of Islay, Old Two Legs had turned the caravan around so he can hitch it up tomorrow morning without too much aggravation and noise.

The view is terrible, all we can see is the football pitch!

To make up for it, we made two new friends on our Private Beach this morning, there was Oscar the Bichon Frise and Toby the Labrador, we exchanged sniffs and I woofed at Toby for sniffin too close to my tail!

Toby & Holly play Chase!

While OTL was having breakfast I did my, 'I want to go Out' act and OTL said that as it was our last day he would take us down to the Big Beach where the rabbits were!

When we got there it was covered with cattle out for their 'Sunday on The Beach' party and they didn't care that we wanted to chase rabbits!

OTL moved off further down the beach and let us off the lead!

Well it was not our normal gorse bushes but very soon we had flushed a couple of rabbits and one was a bit slow to get going, so we had got closer before it got into top gear!

The Chase is ON!

In a flash we were on it, Holly gave it a smack on the nose with her paw and I got in front to stop it getting away. It crouched down and gave a squeal to say it had given up and wanted a breather!

OK, I give up!

By then OTL had arrived and told us to 'leave it alone', which was a bit much 'cos it was the first rabbit we had stopped all holiday! Which was a bit much 'cos we wanted to take it home to Trev, just to show him we can catch rabbits!

We got our leads clipped on and had to go for a walk with that to stop us chasing more rabbits!

We walked close to the sea and I fancied a swim, so I tried dragging Holly into the water but she is not one for swimming!

OTL said that providing I was a good puppy and just played in the water he would let me off the lead, so I went swimming!

Look! I Got The Ball!

First of all I had a paddle in the shallow bit, then OTL threw the ball and off I went into the deeper bit!

You know, before long I was swimming with all of my paws off the bottom!

Well I was having such a good time it seemed to be a shame when OTL clipped me back onto the lead hand headed for the car. By the time we got there I was shivering, so OTL gave me a good rubbing down with one of our 'Doggy Towels' which helped me stop shivering, that and the heated seat in the car!

We got back to the caravan and told The Missus about the rabbit and my swim and Holly smacking the rabbit with her paw and TM said we were clever puppies and deserved a treat, so she bought an ice cream cone for herself but she let us have a lick!

Well, you know what Holly and I are like with ice cream! We just didn't give it back to TM, we woofed the lot down and even had a nibble of the cone!

Me Licking!

And of course, Holly with her large, long tongue, made sure she got a good helping!

Holly getting Stuck In, Nose and All!

After all that we had a game of 'Chase The Ball' with OTL on the football pitch and in the end we all collapsed in a heap on the touch line!

After the Game!

OTL says we should get a new picture for the blog and one without his knobbly knees!

So, shall we put in the one above or the one below or shall we go after one showing his knobbly knees!

OTL on a Good Day!

Off tomorrow morning at some terrible time to catch the ferry back to the mainland but that means we will be in Gretna Green good and early enough for OTL to try and get his money back!

By the way, TM decided she didn't like the tin shed picture, so she got OTL to take another.

TM's New Old Tin Shed!

 It still looks like a Tin Shed to us!

Bye bye for now.

See you tomorrow

Luv,

McDaisy & Mac Holly

In The Poo, Again!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & Mac Holly (Rabbit Hunters in The Poo again!) here!

We had such a lovely day today, it started off with us meeting an old granny sheep dog who was walking on our private beach. She said it was such a shame that the sheep were allowed to poo everywhere but we had to have ours picked up!

She said that in all her working life she had found that sheep are basically, Stupid!

This is The Whisker Twitch

They all run around panicking about nothing and if you knew the signs you could control them with just a twitch of her whisker!

We said 'good day' and wished her well and off we went looking for a stupid sheep to wiggle our whiskers at!

Old Two Legs had been instructed by The Missus to get a picture of an old tin shed on the beach. OTL said it was called a 'Commission' but we knew it was 'Instructions!'

Seems TM wants OTL to do some magic with his computer program and make it all 'Arty' for her cards or summat!

TM's Tin Shed!

We went out with OTL and TM, down to the beaches we were at yesterday, Holly and I thought it was going to be a Rabbit Chasing Day but when we got there, we were clipped onto our leads and taken down the beach to the waters edge.

A Beach Just Right For Paddling?

TM was saying that we should be let off our leads 'cos we are good girls and only wanted to play in the sea.

Yer! Right!

OTL unclipped the lead and I was gone, not towards the sea, do you think I'm stupid?

Hey Bunnies, I'm Back!

There I was, rushing from hole to hole checking out the newest rabbit sniffs, trying to decide what hole to go down first.

There's Thousands Up Here!

I even went up on top of the cliffs and checked out the field, there were thousands of bunnies in there, I mean, I reckon I could run from one side of the field to the other without touching the ground!

I could go Body Surfing!

Holly just had to sit and watch me scampering about and when she asked TM if she could be let off , TM said 'In Your Dreams!'

Holly said that she fancied doing some 'Body Surfing' but OTL and TM didn't believe her!

Just right for Body Surfing!

On our way out I spotted a super sniffin Rabbit Hole and took a quick dive for the hole, I had me lead on so OTL was not too worried if the hole collapses 'cos he could drag me out!

Me and my Safety Harness.

He didn't let me get too far in, just up to my tail and that was it!

We did have some fun on the way out, remember the 'Sheep Stopper?' Well, OTL just flies through the gap but with Holly pulling on the lead, poor TM has a bit of a job judging the gap, just when OTL was taking a picture!

TM Stopper?

We think OTL will be in trouble when TM sees this one!

It will make a change from us being in trouble!

Back home to the caravan we went and OTL stopped at the Bruichladdich Distillery on the way, 'cos he was running short!

He is getting too fond of that Malt Whisky!

We have just had our chicken dinner and are about to settle down to some serious snoozing before OTL gets the shortbread out.

It's a hard life being a puppy in this household!

See you tomorrow, we are packing up tomorrow and getting ready for the early ferry on Monday!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

McDaisy & Mac Holly

We're in The Naughty Corner, Again!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & Mac Holly (Specialist Rabbit Hunters) here!

We started off this morning with our normal run on our Private Beach, Holly and I had a chase around woofing at the Nelly Fish that had landed overnight! Holly was doing her trick of heading a lump of seaweed she had tossed into the air shouting her famous cry of, 'On Me Head Sunshine!'

On Me 'Ead!

There was a duck thing sitting on the rocks and Old Two Legs and another caravanner were wondering what it was, OTL was sneaking forward over the rocks to try to get a picture, so we both did our Big Woof and the duck flew off before OTL could get a proper picture!

Eider?

In the end, everyone decided it was a young Eider duck in Eclipse, or changing plumage!

Off we went for our adventure and first of all OTL stopped in Port Charlotte and unloaded his super duper camera and commenced to take pictures of the lighthouse across the harbour.

Lighthouse.

We were locked up inside the car 'cos OTL said that we would be running all over the place and into the road, which would not be a good idea and could end up with us being hurt!

After that we went down the road to our beach and had a run, problem was, OTL kept us on our leads! He reckons we would run off the beach across the road and into the bracken to chase rabbits!

As if we would!

A Restricted Swim!

Next it was off to a new place, it was a super beach with no one on it, the beach had been fenced off to keep the sheep from poo'ing on the sand!

So, OTL let us off our leads thinking we would go and have a paddle in the waves.

No way! Holly and I soon discovered some rabbit holes in the dunes and we were both into them, right up to our tail end!

OTL was not a Happy Puppy and grabbed me from behind and dragged me out of the hole, put a lead on me and called for Holly!

Holly was also into a hole, up to her tail end but she heard OTL and backed out, then, seeing me on the lead decided that chasing rabbits was more fun than paddling! So, she took off further down the beach where there were more rabbit holes, on the way she noticed a gate that had not been secured properly, and shot through that into the field where there were loads and loads of rabbits running about having a morning game!

That was it, OTL started off after Holly, Holly started off after the Bunnies and I was tied up to the fence post!

In the end Holly got captured, thrown onto OTL's shoulder and marched back to the place where I was tied up!

The beach was great and we had loads of fun, but we were clipped onto the lead and not let off!

Well, It's Your Fault!

 There was miles of beach with rabbit holes all the way around!

Jus' Look at The Rabbit Holes!

 As Holly says Ooooo! Rabbit Holes!

A Sheep Stopper?

We were restricted to the lead for the rest of the day, you know, we even had to get through a Sheep Stopper while yoked together!

So, off to the next beach, now this one was super duper and a bit more!

The beach was wide, the sand was soft, the rabbit holes were everywhere!

We were kept on the lead!

All this And Rabbits!

 Off we went again and this time OTL found an old church and grave yard to photograph. He made us stay in the car saying that with our record of digging he was not going to risk us leaving the graveyard with a bit of some ones Granny!

While he was in there, a rainbow started to grow across the other side of the inland loch, even Holly said that it would make a good picture!

Start of a rainbow!

When we got back we stopped off at the local beach for a stroll, it had to be a stroll 'cos we were still restricted to the lead!

This is one of the pictures OTL took, sort of Sand, Sea and Rocks!

Beach Sand & Rocks

Back to the caravan for some wonderful meat dinner, you see, The Missus wanted to give us a change from chicken, (Why?) so she got OTL to buy some stewing steak, but, The Missus picked up a pack of meat from the stewing steak section that really was Rump Steak some one had tossed into the wrong tray.

So, we had a brilliant meal tonight, and, we got enough left over for another meal of Rump Steak before we go home!

Do we live well or wot!

Bye bye for now.

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

McDaisy & Mac Holly

More Rabbits!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & Mac Holly here!

One of the best things about our holiday here on the Isle of Islay, besides the rabbits and the fresh air and the chicken dinners and the walks is our 'Early Morning Dip'.

The Missus takes us out first thing for a quick wee, then it's back to bed for a snooze with Old Two Legs. After OTL has got up and showered he takes us for our 'Second Morning Walk' down on our private beach.

Now, providing it is not raining we always have a run around the beach, dig a few holes, have a roll in some smelly stuff then go in for a dip!

A Smelly Roll!

 Sometimes it is a 'Solo Roll' and sometimes we share the roll and digging!

Sharing a Roll with Sis!

Holly doesn't go for the full dip but rather a paddle until her tummy gets wet! Me, I'm in there up to my shoulder blades and chasing the ball or a stick that OTL has thrown!

Holly with a Wet Tum!

 When OTL finds a stick I can really get going with swimming and stick chasing!

Here's Daisy!

 It was then that Holly spotted a Common Seal having a look at us from out in the bay, OTL sneaked over the rocks to get this picture, pity the sun was in the wrong position!

Common Seal Off Our Beach!

Back at the caravan it is a good rub down with the towel ready for a day out hunting rabbit!

Today we were joined by TM and we stopped at our favourite beach with all the gorse bushes where the rabbits hide. We seem to have given up on the beach thing, I mean, ball chasing and digging holes we can do on our own private beach but rabbit chasing is something Holly and I have really got into since we have been on holiday!

The Chase is On!

The gorse bushes hide the rabbit holes and Holly and I chase the rabbits from one gorse bush to another, it's great fun, no time for digging holes in the sand, too busy digging rabbit holes!

Holly Standing Guard while I dig out a rabbit!

Of course, just as we were leaving to go searching for Golden Eagles, there, sitting on the side of the path, looking all cool and laid back was one of those Bunnies!

Bunny Wunny having a Breather!

Next time mate, next time!

We did spot an eagle and OTL & TM spent some time out of the car watching it circle the area. I did hear OTL suggest that he got one of us out and tie us up to a fence post so the eagle would think we were a rabbit just big enough for dinner!

TM said that was not a good idea, Holly and I agreed!

We stopped at Bowmore and they went off for some lunch but came back with a couple of vanilla flavoured ice cream cones, now do you think we would let them eat the cones on their own?

No way!

Holly has got an enormous tongue and soon put it to good use, nicking OTL's share of the cone!

The harbour was pretty, OTL took us for a walk on the beach bit and while we had a wee, he took this picture!

Bowmore Harbour

Pretty but not award winning!

Now, he took this one early this morning.

Artistic Rubbish from OTL!

That could be award winning, well maybe not, depends if it is your type of picture, me, I prefer Bunny’s!

Off to mug OTL for some shortbread, see you tomorrow!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

McDaisy & Mac Holly