A Traumatic Trip Home!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly and Snowflake here!

Have we got a tale to tell!

You remember we went and said Bye Bye to everyone on Mull, well, we went to bed early 'cos we were supposed to be up at six in the morning, ready for a seven thirty departure from the camp site.

It was about three in the morning that I could feel a tick gnawing away at my arm pit, in fact it was not very nice at all. So I woke Old Two Legs up and between us we worked out what was wrong. He got the 'Tick Tools' out and I started to get very nervous 'cos that tick was in a very sensitive spot!

Every time Old Two Legs got close to getting the tick, I lost it and jumped up and legged it down the other end of the caravan!

It took three hours before I got brave enough and OTL got lucky enough and the tick got flushed down the loo!

By then it was six and it was packing up time!

One good thing, OTL managed to get a 'Sunrise' shot!

Sunrise over the camp site.

Off we went to the ferry and down to Gretna Green. OTL was not a happy puppy and said that he was looking forward to an 'Early Night'.

No chance!

We got into Gretna and parked the caravan and as we were going off to get a Chinese Meal, the cars dash lit up with warning signs telling us the ABS and EPS were inoperative, what ever they were!

So, the next morning we got the car into the local dealer who fixed the problem and took loads of money off OTL.

OTL was not a Happy Puppy!

So, instead of leaving at seven and arriving home by three, we didn't leave until two and didn't get back until nine thirty!

OTL said he was tired, very tired and was not going to sit up and let us play on the computer, he was off to bed!

So, that was it, I missed out on the blog, for the first time in three years, sorry!

Today we went down to the Sea Wall and enjoyed all the sniffs, old and new!

Catching up on the Sniffs!

The sea was a bit grubby, all the foam looked like it could do with a good wash!

Mucky Foam!

As soon as we got back, we got a brush and another 'Tick Inspection' and I reckon we will have some close inspecting for the next few day, just in case!

After the brushing, OTL was off to pick up Snowflake.

When he got there she was in her hammock having a snooze and was all 'snoozy', so when she heard OTL all she could do was give him a lick on the hand as he gave her a cuddle!

It was into her travelling cage for the trip home and she picked up a bit when she saw Holly and me!

Once her home had been erected and her toys, new and old were inside, OTL allowed her out onto the office floor for a run around.

It was only when OTL got out the cushion from one of her beds did it suddenly click that she was home again. She suddenly jumped up and down, rolling over onto her back and grabbing the cushion in her claws and then giving it a good shaking! All the time she was chuckling away, in fact, laughing her head off.

Snowflake was glad to be back!

A slurp of Ferretone also helped and for the rest of the day she had been playing with her new squeaky balls OTL brought her as a present.

At the moment she is curled up, inside her travelling cage, (we put that in her cage as a change) with her toys inside and she is curled up in a 'Doughnut' with the hand towels she uses as 'Mobile Bedding' pulled up over her head!

It's Good to be Home!

So, here we are, glad to be back again but looking forward to the next adventure.

The New Forest or Norfolk?

Decisions, Decisions!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly & Snowflake (Still snoozing!)

It's Bye Bye Time, but We'll Be Back

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & MacHolly here again!

We were up a bit later this morning, being the last day we decided to take it easy today and not rush around too much!

We went for a walk down the Forest Path and said goodbye to all the sniffs! 

Then we stopped off by the Smelly Thing.

Bye Bye Smelly Thing, see you next year!

Old Two Legs also said Good Bye to the Fur Cones that were growing!

Bye Bye Cone Thingy!

Of course, he had to say good bye to all the mossy stuff over the trees and rocks!

Bye Bye Mossy Stuff and Lichens!

Back at the caravan Old Two Legs gave us a brush down and a 'Tick Inspection' and found one on MacHolly and THREE on me!

One of the ticks was on my eyelid, right in the corner!

As you would imagine, I freaked out and it was a bit traumatic and we got in a bit of a state!

Every time OTL came near me with the 'Tick Removal Tool' I legged it!

Finally OTL tricked me by pretending to brush my nose 'cos when he does that, he puts one finger over my eye so that the brush doesn't go in my eyeball, so, when he has the finger over my eye, The Missus starts to brush my nose and crafty OTL whips in with The Tool and zap! The Ticks gone!

OTL and I had a cuddle after that until I felt better!

McDaisy Feeling Better!

 MacHolly only had one tick but she got a cuddle as well and afterwards said she was feeling much better as well!

MacHolly, couldn't be better!

Next it was the packing-up, it started off with Old Two Legs taking the awning down and packing it away ready for tomorrow.

Then after that we went down to Aros Park where OTL wanted to see if the Rhododendrons had flowered yet!

Bye Bye Rhododendrons!

There were some other flowers but we didn't know what they were called, so we said.....

Bye Bye Yellow Flower Thingy!

It was a big shock when as we walked away the whole bush called after us......

Bye Bye Doggy Things!

Then it was a run around the lake side to see if there was any ducks who wanted a game!

Bye Bye Bluebells........Yoo Hoo Duckies!

MacHolly suggested that we go for a swim and I should be the first to try the water out!

I may like 'Deep Paddling' but there was no way that I was going in there swimming!

Busy with the camera trying to be all artistic with Wild Strawberries and Wild Garlic, we were hunting for Wild Rabbit but didn't have any luck what so ever!

Bye Bye Wild Strawberry!

Bye Bye Wild Garlic!

Next it was down to town to do a bit of shopping and get the car full up with Diesel ready for the trip to Gretna Green tomorrow.

Then it was Good Bye Tobermory!

Good Bye Tobermory

We got Doggy Scoff today and although I was starving, I held off until it was plain to see that TM and OTL had finished all their dinner!

So, tonight, we plan to watch a DVD (Lord of The Rings) and help OTL finish off his nibbles!

So, the next blog will be from Gretna, providing we can find a signal!

Bye bye for now!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly (Tick Free and Feeling Good!)

Hunting Artic Bears and Polar Wolves!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & MacHolly here with you again!

Well, what a fun day we have had today and it has lasted right up to ten thirty as we are doing the blog, late I know but blame Old Two Legs!

This morning we had to stay in the caravan 'cos it was raining, you know, that soft misty rain that doesn't look too bad to begin with but soaks you right the way through by the time you've gone just a few yards!

Needless to say, our walk didn't last too long and we were back to the van getting a rub down and a brush!

So, there we were, getting really bored, just snoozing or looking out of the window at the rain!

I'm BORED!

Even MacHolly decided to fall asleep against the foldaway table that the Missus does all her card making on!

If I woke up i'd be BORED as well!

Come lunch time the rain had stopped, so we grabbed OTL and off we went to Loch Frisa to park the car but went across the road into the hills and across the rocks to hunt for some rabbits!

We were in and out of the rocks and the ditches and we were getting really muddy and wet but we didn't care and we didn't let OTL get close enough to see what a state we were in!

He was too busy chasing a Veined Butterfly from bush to bush and when he finally pressed the shutter, he didn't notice that there were TWO butterflies in the picture!

BOGOF?

We found a cave that MacHolly said that she could sniff Arctic Wolves and Polar Bears that had lived inside many years ago!

Bear, Wolf or Sheep?

OTL said it was more than likely some sheep droppings that had rotted away!

We even found a bridge and MacHolly suggested we jump off it into the ditch full of mud!

1-2-3-Jump!

 

We still went chasing all over the rocky outcrops and even had a paddle in the burn while OTL was playing with a waterfall!

More Water!

Then of course, he just had to spot some Highland Bluebells. We're not sure what the difference is between English and Scottish Bluebells but it didn't stop OTL from taking their picture!

Highland Bluebells?

By the time we got back it was late, really late and we missed out on getting the blog up loaded 'cos the Choccy Shop had shut for the night!

TM suggested we go down to the Fish & Chip shop on the quay and get dinner 'cos she didn't fancy cooking tonight, so that's what we did!

It was funny watching TM while she was waiting for the fish to be cooked.

Sid the Seagull was sitting on the railings, waiting for someone to drop a chip or leave their chip paper open so he can mug what even they are eating.

TM went up to him with her telephone that has a camera built in and while Sid did his 'Pose', she took his photo, and, at the same time, OTL took a picture of her taking a picture of Sid!

This is my Better Side!

He didn't get any of our fish & Chips 'cos we kept them wrapped up in a bag until we got back to the caravan!

As we were eating, we heard a 'Tap, Tap' outside, it was that naughty Hooded Crow trying to rip the windscreen arm off of the car, again!

Crow Pie?

It's a good job we are going home soon or I think that OTL may just set a trap for that bird and ship him off to the mainland!

So, off to bed now and tomorrow we take down the awning and start packing up, all ready for an early start on Sunday morning!

So, bye bye for now, we're off to bed now!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly

Guess who is in the Poo Again?

Hello Woofers!

It's us here, McDaisy & MacHolly.

Now, you know how much fun we doggies just love to have, you know, chasing wolves, bears, Nargles and Rabbits? Well, this morning Old Two Legs was up long before we normally wake up 'cos he was off to photograph the eagles and he wanted to make sure we got a walk before leaving us.

If we had gone down our normal path, there would have been loads of rabbits to chase and he knew that we would be off after the sniffs as soon as we were off the lead. So, what did he do? He took us on the New Road into the forest where the sniff of a rabbit is rare! This of course was just so he doesn't have to chase us all over the place when we ignore his commands to 'Come to Heel', whatever that is!

Look Sis, Here Be Rabbits!

Today, not only did we sniff some rabbit but we saw three rabbits doing a 'Fast Exit' into the trees!

That was it, down the cliff face we went, through the undergrowth and into the trees, howling and woofing as we went!

Do you think we took any notice of OTL? Too right, OTL was the last thing in our minds! We were all over the place and it was only when we decided that those pesky rabbits had really disappeared that we considered going back to OTL, who by now was getting all steamed up and going red in the face from calling and whistling for us!

He Does Go On So!

We had to jump over some very yucky ditches to get back, well, I did 'cos MacHolly found a short cut back across a tree trunk that had fallen across the ditch. I caught up with OTL but I was, as OTL said, a 'Really Yucky Puppy' in need of some serious washing!

Well, Just a Little Grubby!

The washing was left to The Missus 'cos OTL jumped into the car and went steaming out of the gate and off to his eagles in the sea!

We spent a lazy day with TM who spent most of the day either making cards or snoozing!

I thought that snoozing was our job!

OTL came back later on in the afternoon with some pictures and as he says, nothing brilliant!

OK, it's a Bird, but does it taste like Chicken?

That was because there were too many people on the boat sticking their heads in front of his lens when the eagle came down for the fish!

When he came back we all went out for a walk along Loch Torr and he took some more pictures of water and flowers, Boring, Boring, Boring!

Then he took one of us, on the lead 'cos we got in trouble again and TM just didn't trust us!

Guess Wot?

This one was funny 'cos he had to go down into the ditch to get the tripod and camera down low enough to get the right angle! Poor OTL, it was wet and muddy and damp and Yucky!

Boring and a Mucky OTL as well!

Both MacHolly and I called him a 'Mucky Puppy', well, it makes a change for us to be clean and him to be Yucky!

On the way back we had to do some shopping in Tobermory, so, we decided that as it was sunny and we were on holiday we should all have an ice cream and guess what?

MacHolly Licking The Last Lick!

Yep! We shared OTL's cone 'cos TM wouldn't let us near hers!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly

Ticked Off!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & MacHolly back with you and with a bit of luck, up to-date with the blog!

Well, we have had another exciting day here in sunny Scotland and what sun! It has been beating down since before we got up this morning!

Old Two Legs took us down the forest path and we went down a bit further, mainly 'cos I caught the sniff of a rabbit and MacHolly said she could sniff Nargles!

Hunting Nargles!

OTL was a bit further back and doing his 'Masterful' calling us to heel, fat chance!

We were running and tearing about, through the grass and the bushes and through the trees and into the holes and between the rocks and...............we got in trouble!

Luckily, OTL had forgotten to bring the lead so all he had was his voice and a handful of gravel which he threw at us to break our concentration, (on rabbits or Nargles)!

He marched us back up the hill towards the car, keeping behind us an making sure we kept going.

I was whacked out, all that running about chasing things had finally caught up with me and I wanted a carry, on OTL's shoulders, just like he did when I was a puppy.

So, I jumped up at his leg and woofed, then jumped up some more and when he knelt down I jumped straight up onto his leg and sat there, mainly because I had forgotten how to get up to his shoulder without falling off!

He took the hint and lifted me onto his shoulder where I helped out by sticking my claws into his neck, to stop me falling off!

Me, getting a carry!

A bit further on I began to feel better and OTL put me down near a puddle that is always fresh, OTL reckons it may be a spring feeding it!

We didn't care 'cos the water was super cool and we gave our paws a wash and had a slurp as well!

Cooling our paws!

Back at the caravan we had a brush and a tick hunt and would you believe it, I had eight of the little devils making free with my body!

Nasty gnawing little things!

MacHolly only had two on her this time and OTL said it was because I spent too much time in the undergrowth hunting rabbits!

When that was all over, we settled down to a snooze while OTL did some more photography of the camp site 'cos the owner had asked him to take some pictures for the new website this autumn.

A Preview of the Site.

You know what? Even The Missus sat outside in the sun watching OTL working!

It really is hard work, watching OTL work!

Tomorrow he is off to photograph the Sea Eagles again, so it looks like we will have to put up with snoozing all day.

It can really be a hard life you know!

See you tomorrow and be warned, you may get to see some more eagle pictures!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly (Tick free for now!)

All Tickety Boo!

Hi Woofers!

It's us again, McDaisy & MacHolly!

Sorry about yesterdays post, by the time Old Two Legs got down to town, the shop had shut, so he had to upload this morning instead, naughty OTL!

What news today? Well, first of all I must tell you about MacHolly Dog. As you know, we do like investigating new sniffs and interesting piles of smelly stuff and things that lurk in the grass and brambles.

In the camp site we found a super place for sniffs and yesterday we were having a great time, 'Sniffin the Sniffs!'

Yep! You guessed it, MacHolly and me picked up a couple of Ticks!

OTL found one just beside MacHolly's nose and another on her hind leg! 'Doctor OTL' set to work and soon had the nasty little devils out and deposited down the loo!

Then it was my turn and I did not like it! I had one on my chin and another on my belly and I put up a bit of a fight! In the end OTL got them out and it started to feel better within a few minutes!

Needless to say, we got a good 'Inspection' this morning when we had our brush!

Lunchtime came and OTL rushed off to his 'Eagle Watch' at the RSPB hide and he had to pay real money to the Warden and not even a reduction for being a member, that hurt OTL!

He took his 'Show Off Lens' and even the wardens were impressed and one even asked for some of the photos of the chick so it can go onto their own blog!

You're in My Space!

 You could see just what that eagle was thinking!

Mmmm, How about Crow Pie?

OTL was going to ask how they intended paying for the photos but in the end kept his mouth shut, which was for OTL, very hard!

He said that the eagle was sitting on a branch near to the nest and she was getting Dive Bombed by a couple of Hooded Crows who reckoned that the eagle was encroaching on their space!

This is The Second Warning!

Then after a while the eagle went off to do some shopping and the baby eagle was looking out of the nest to see where Mum had gone!

Muuuummmmm!

Neither of the parents returned before the Warden announced that the show was over and they should all clear off!

Still, OTL got to see the Eagles and when he came back, we gave him a good licking hello and demanded a walk down the forest!

Well, he shouldn't have left us with The Missus all day!

Mind you, we did get a chance to have a quick snooze before we went out for our walk, we just can't seem to settle when he's not at home!

First good snooze of the day!

Once again, he was too late to up load this blog down at the 'Choccy Shop', so he will have an early start tomorrow!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly (Tickless!) 

Sorry it's late but OTL has been De-Ticking us!

Beetle Bums!

Hi Woofers!

It's McDaisy & MacHolly here again!

What a night! The rain just fell from the sky all night long. Holly reckons that the caravan was floating around the field and she even heard the ducks complain it was just too wet!

We were taken down to the forest path but neither of us wanted to go 'Walkies' even though we had our coats on!

So, we dug our claws in and refused to follow Old Two Legs.

Old Two Legs said that after he had got up early, got dressed up in his 'Wet Weather Gear' the one thing we were going to do was 'Go Walkies'!

So we got dragged along the path until we couldn't see the car and that's when OTL let us off our lead and continued to walk down the path.

We stood still and refused to move.

OTL kept walking and refused to come back.

In the end it was Holly who started to walk after OTL and in the end even I gave up and followed him.

We weren't happy about it but we did it!

When we got back to the camp site we all went in and we got a rub down to dry us off. It was then that we saw a crow sitting on the windscreen wiper at the back of the car, ripping the rubber wiper blade off!

Not good!

By the time OTL got out the damage had been done and the rubber wiper blade was in bits on the grass!

OTL Not Happy!

Lunch time came and the sun came out so off we went to Loch Torr again!

Look! Loch Torr, Again!

MacHolly spotted a Beetle crawling along the path, so, like all dogs, she stopped to sniff it's butt!

Pheew! You Honk!

A Beetles Butt is Terrible, MacHolly reckons it must have been rolling poo around with it's back legs! !

OTL took some photographs of the Wood Primrose and they looked good after the rain had washed all the dust off them!

Primrose in the Wood!

The burn was in full flow and of course OTL just had to take some more pictures!

OK, so, it's just water!

A bit further up the path we spotted a Buzzard in the trees, at first Holly thought it was an eagle but OTL confirmed it was a Buzzard.

This buzzard looked all mean and hungry and even flew over us, just to check we weren't black and white rabbits!

Mmmm!  B&W Rabbits?

After that we were looking over our shoulders all the time, just in case!

This road was better than the last time 'cos it was pretty, even though the trees had been chopped down and of course OTL was looking for some landscape shots.

Now, morning light would improve this one?

Pity it wasn't first thing in the morning or last thing at night, he might have got a sunset!

We are feeling a little worn out after the run, so, off for a snooze before dinner, then it's an all out mugging for some shortbread tonight!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly!

Sunday and Bear Hunting!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & MacHolly again in sunny Scotland!

As it is Sunday we have had a sort of 'Lazy Day', which makes a change 'cos we normally have 'Busy Days'!

We were late in getting up and enjoyed a super 'After Wake Up Snooze' while Old Two Legs had a shower and brushed what is left of his hair!

Then, once he had finished his breakfast of 'Rabbit Food' as he calls it, we went up to the forest and along the new road right up to the end.

The End!

There were loads of sniffs of rabbits and foxes and badgers and bears and wolves and deer!

Me Hunting Bear!

So you see, we had a lot to sniff at!

On our way back, we met up with a rather dopey spaniel type dog who was rather busy digging roots up from trees that have been felled, I told you he was dopey!

Well, anyway, it seems that his owners moved up to Tobermory about eleven years ago from their house in Sheerness, just across the river from where we go for our stroll along The Sea Front!

Small world!

We didn't tell them about where we think the bear lives, just in case we were wrong!

Here be Bears!

Back at the caravan OTL decided to have a lazy day as well, so no driving to mountains or big beaches where there are loads of rabbits, instead he read his magazines and snoozed!

That was until lunchtime, MacHolly and I decided we had been good doggies all morning and now we wanted to go out for a run, a good long run, somewhere we hadn't been before!

Before long we were off in the car and down the road to Loch Frisa.

This is the place where until a couple of years ago, a pair of Sea Eagles were nesting alongside the loch and the RSPB ran trips up to a shed that they called a hide, so people can see the birds. The only trouble was, it was so far away that all you could see was a grey sort of dot sitting on a branch!

OTL reckons you would have had to be using a telescope like the Hubble Telescope to see anything!

Loch Frisa but No Eagles!

Then the nest fell down or the tree fell over, but now there are no eagles nesting there.

So, the RSPB have lifted the hide up and moved it to another site where there are nesting eagles and OTL is going to have a look at them next week some time!

Well, we ran all over the place chasing the sniffs and MacHolly and I even went into a big garden where we had a good sniff, until OTL came and put us on our lead and took us back out to the road again, yep, we were in trouble again!

We soon got let off the lead again, just the other side of the cattle grid!

More sniffs!

We didn't see any eagles, just a few buzzards floating on the thermals and some sparrows and blue tits!

When we got back to the car we were both worn out and wanted to get back to the caravan for a drink, a bit of breakfast we had left and of course a snooze!

You just can't beat a snooze on a Sunday!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly (All worn out!)