I remember when I was a pup........................!

Och! Eye the Noo!

It's us again!

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret again!

Now first things first, Archie Babe, being a bit Tom & Dick is a doggy thing, we all do it from time to time! I was once told by an old Labrador Woofer that being a dog means that you eat everything that you can get in your mouth and if it upsets you later on...........throw it up!

Mind you, if the reason is that the vet has stuffed something down your throat then you are allowed to throw up all over him!

As I told you yesterday, we all set off for a place called Kishorn where The  Missus has pointed to many a lobster resting in a tank of water and said 'That One!'

Well, today was going to be a good day for lobsters 'cos when we got there and Old Two Legs and TM walked up to the counter and asked for a lobster each, they were told they didn't have any!

Yay!

Lobsters 1 TM&OTL 0!

Mind you, to compensate, TM had a big plate full of Langoustine, so it was......

TM 1 Langoustine 0!

OTL had a plate of 'hand dived' Scallops in Garlic!

Holly and I had to stay in the car and wait until these two Guzzle Guts had finish depleting the ocean of wild life!

After that we headed off to Applecross where I showed Holly the beach I had been on when I was just a year old puppy!
 

It's just as big as it was then!

When I was there it was boiling hot and sunny and the tide was out and I was running all over the place!

Today it was Wet and Rainy but the tide was out and Holly and I dashed all over the place. I even found a big dead starfish that Holly and I had a good roll in!

This really honks!

 Getting onto the beach was fun and what was even funnier was watching Holly instruct TM on how to jump a stream!

Waggle your tail 'cos it helps!

I went all the way down to the waters edge and had a paddle but Holly decided to keep to the sand, that was until she found herself surrounded by a stream so in the end she had to go paddling!

Come on, just a little paddle!

Of course, OTL just had to take a shot 'for the records'!

I just don't do water!

OTL decided that he wanted a wee, so off he goes to a big rock and Holly and I stood guard while he did the wee. Well, why not? He stands guard while we have a wee or a poo!

TM had hold of the camera so as OTL got up close she rattled off a couple of shots!

OTL, fresh from a wee!

 We headed back to the caravan and took the road over the mountain, well it was high enough to have the clouds from the sky and the rain that was trapped in the cloud!

OTL said it was called 'The Pass of the Cattle' and the highest road in the UK!

That was all very interesting but I must admit, I was glad when we dropped out of the clouds and back to sea level!

Coming down from the Pass of Cattle.

 Back at the caravan OTL took the ferrets out for a run about and came across this butterfly. From memory, OTL reckons it is called a 'Green Vein' butterfly.

Dunno why!

'ere mate, wot's your name?

 We had chicken this evening so now we are looking forward to a snooze before bedtime!

TM says we are heading into Fort William tomorrow to do some shopping and Holly says that there might be a Doggy Shop there for us to get some treats 'cos we have nearly finished all the treats we brought away with us from home!

See you tomorrow.

Keep yer tail up Archie Babe!

Luv,

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret.

Holly has a Paddle!

Hoots Mon!

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret with you again!

We have had a super day today!

OK, it started off pouring with rain but as we were cuddled up to Old Two Legs on a nice warm bed, we didn't mind the rain!

By the time the ferrets had been sorted and it was time for our morning walk, the rain had stopped!

After a while, OTL was ready to take us out. The Missus was sloshing ink and paint all over the place so we felt safer going out with OTL!

We started off on a road close to the caravan site but it didn't go anywhere, I suppose it is a bit like Glen Garry but this time we ended up looking at Eilean Donan castle from the back, a view not seen by many of the visitors to the castle!

Eilean Donan from behind!

  

Holly and I were off the lead and searching for sniffs when this whacking great Boxer Woofer came around the corner!

Right scary it was until we discovered he was a big wimp! Even bigger wimp than me!

We told him to Woof Off, and he did!

As you can see from the picture, it wasn't all sunshine and there was still plenty of rain in the sky!

It could get wet later!

 On our way to see some old Brochs we came across a sign by the side of the road which made OTL stop the car to get a picture!

Holly and I decided to stay in the car and keep an eye open for ant Martian Tourists!

Where is the Spaceship Parking Bay?

 OTL found a beach for us to have a wander but it was just too stony and OTL didn't want us hunting rabbits in the gorse bushes, so, back in the car we get!

Too Stony for us woofers!

OTL was hunting for a couple of Brochs he had seen marked on the map. When we finally found them, up another dead end road in a place called Glenelg, they certainly impressed OTL!

Built 1,900 - 2,300 years ago!

 This one looked newer than the other one but the other one had steps you could climb up, well OTL, not us!

Around 2,000 years ago someone climbed these stairs to look out down the glen!

 When you consider how long ago these were built, they have lasted very well. All of the houses built in the last hundred years won't last another hundred!

The first one as seen from the second one!

Now, as you would guess, no woofers are allowed into these places, I don't know why, I'm sure they had woofers in the days when these brochs were being lived in!

We finally dragged OTL away and went hunting for a place where we could be let off the lead for a run about.

We found it!

There was this enormous beach made of sand and the tide was out!

Holly and I dived out of the car and dashed onto the beach. Holly, being Holly, chased after me and didn't notice I had run into a big pool of water!

Suddenly she stopped and said 'Me Bits are Wet!'

Both OTL and I laughed at that and after a few moments so did Holly!

Holly, getting her bits wet!

 I then got Holly to run into the waves but she didn't run too far, just up to her paws!

No, this is far enough

It was great fun dashing about on the beach, we went from one end to the other and at one point both Holly and I had a good roll one the sand and OTL was too far away to stop us!

Driving back, there was a place where you can stop and see down the mountain to where our caravan site is at Shiel Bridge.

We iz 'ere!

Now, we know that out in the country side technology takes some time to reach the little villages, take the Internet connection here, it's terrible! What would take a couple of seconds back home can take hours up here!

So, when OTL spotted this fuel pump, he just had to stop and record the local 'Garage'!

I bet they got stables out the back!

If the weather is OK tomorrow, we are off to a place called Kishorn where The Missus has been promised a whole freshly cooked lobster!

She has been here before and has eaten many a fat lobster she has chosen from the tanks at the back of the restaurant!

There is also a really super sandy beach I visited when I was a puppy and I'm just busting to show it to Holly!

I'll let you know what happens tomorrow!

Bye for now!

Luv,

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret.

A little rain!

Hoots Mon!

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret here!

Well, wot a fun day we have had!

The rain stayed away all morning while Old Two Legs was doing his chores and cleaning and walking and feeding and all the other stuff he does including Miss April and her medicines!

We have finished with the anti-biotic stuff that was prescribed for her sore paw and as we said yesterday, it isn't sore but just a bit swollen, so we will be making a trip to the vet when we get back, unless it has gone down of course!

Mind you, that doesn't stop Miss McApril from exploring in the undergrowth!

Bet you can't see me!

 All the ferrets had a ferret around in the Bluebells and were even digging in the moss!

I sniff Mouses!

After his chores, OTL loaded us up in the car and we headed off to Glen Garry where there is a single track road that leads nowhere but is twenty two miles long!

We managed to get out for a couple of walks off the lead which was great 'cos we aren't allowed off the lead in the caravan place and of course we have to watch out for cars running up and down the road!

There was one place we wanted to get out but OTL said it would not be wise, especially as we were making so much woofing noise!

Still, just think of it, if we moved up here we wouldn't be troubled with cats poo'ing in the garden it would be Red Deer poo'ing on the drive!

Come out here and say that!

There were some super views along the road but because of the rain OTL decided to leave the big camera and lens in the bag and instead use his small camera.

Glen Garry in the rain!

On our first stop we jumped out and were off the lead as soon as we got out, which was rather handy 'cos we both were in need of a wee and a poo! Miss Holly Chops was first to notice it was raining harder than when we first got out of the car and decided that walking off the lead is fun but a nice warm, dry car with the heater turned up was far more preferable!

Here, my tails getting wet!

Holly took the lead and we were heading back to the car at full speed, we didn't wait for OTL to pick us up, our names not Archie Babe!

Last one back is a Ferret!

Once we had arrived at the end of the road, we turned around and headed back! Well, we couldn't go any further so there was no point in hanging about!

About half way back the rain stopped, so OTL pulled over onto the side of the road and we headed out for another run off the lead!

Look! Sand!

This time we got onto an island in the middle of a flooded bit of the glen but the water level had gone down so we were able to walk across the rocks to the island. We even found a sandy beach, so I had a roll and so did Holly!

That was until OTL spotted us and told us to 'Behave'!

Spoil Sport!

Then it started to rain again, so back to the car!

We headed back to the caravan and OTL telephoned to The Missus to arrange for a couple of warm Doggy Towels to be ready for us when we got back!

We do love a good rub down with a warm towel!

That was followed by a bowl of chicken and a teeth cleaning chew then onto the bed to cuddle up to the Raccoon that has lost one of its squeaks!

So, that's it for today, the locals have forecast howling gales tomorrow so it looks like it could be another trip out in the car to look at the misty mountains!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret.

Here be Storms we are told!

Och Eye Woofers!

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret here!

Well, last night Old Two Legs decided to 'Rest'! There is no TV 'cos the mountain is in the way and the DVD box is behind loads of other stuff, so we have left it there. The awning is in the back of the car and won't get put up at least for the next few days 'cos the locals have said that there will be heavy rain tomorrow and howling gales the day after! Or, as it is known in the doggy world, it will be a 'Quick Poo Day'!

Today we have been into the local town called Kyle of Lochalsh to get some shopping and Old Two Legs spotted the bridge to Skye!

Fly Bonnie Car like a bird on the wing, over the Bridge to Skye!

The Missus found a seafood bar, so lunchtime it was Prawns for TM and Cullen Skink for OTL!

I was a bit bored waiting for them to finish their shopping, so I grabbed 'Forty Winks' on the front seat!

Just resting my eyes!

I must admit that Cullen Skink didn't really get me interested but Holly Chops was straight into the bowl where OTL had left a few licks, and she was chasing it around the caravan floor!

After lunch OTL took us out for a walk along the road that leads up the glen and when we started it was not raining!

Dunno, could be one of those Haggis Things!

 Behind the campsite runs the River Croe, just right for spotting a 'Dipper', which is a bird that OTL has yet to 'See' in the flesh!

No, he didn't see one today either!

Wot? No Dippers!

We headed up the footpath and came to a bridge. Not when I was a puppy I didn't like these bridges and OTL had to carry me across, but now, I'm all grown up and they don't scare me at all!

Much!

To think I used to be scared of these!

 We kept on stopping to see if there were any dipper birds but nothing, no kingfishers, wagtails or dippers, just water!

Where have all the birdies gone?

 By now the rain had returned and we were all getting wet so we were pleased when the road ended and it was only footpaths up into the hills.

We took a photo, just to prove we got to the end and then turned around and headed back to the caravan.

The end of the road!

 All along the road there were bluebells flowering and OTL said they were the 'Bluebells of Scotland' which are supposed to be famous.

So, here are some, just for you!

The Bluebells of Scotland!

 By the time we got back we were soaking wet, so a rub down with the Doggy Towels and wrapped up in a car blanket for a snooze before dinner!

Lulled to sleep by the pitter patter of rain drops on the caravan roof!

We are planning on going out with OTL tomorrow to do some serious photography with his Tilt/Shift lens and big camera, providing it isn't raining too much!

See you all tomorrow and Good news on Archie Babes reduction in medications. Miss April has dropped one of her medications, the one for her sore paw. It is still swollen, well it looks a bit bigger than the others but it is not sore, so that is a good sign!

Bye for now.

Luv,

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret!

We are here!

Hi Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Miss Wendy and Freddy de Ferret!

Well, we have finally landed in Scotland! The journey up her was just a bit boring but we all spent the time catching up on our sleep! Gretna Green was about the same as we remembered it except there is a new Kebab Shop in the high street!

The Missus instructed Old Two Legs to head off to the Chinese Takeaway for some Flied Plawns and Plawn Clackers!

We arrived outside the restaurant but it was close, on a Monday, Closed!!

That was it, OTL rattled on the door and banged his bald head on the window but they wouldn't open up!

So, off we went to the Kebab Shop and ordered up a Kofti Kebab and a Burger in a Bun. TM doesn't do foreign food so she had the Burger which is made out of Argentinian Beef, with a bun made from Indian flour and garnished with vegetables from Africa and mayonnaise from Germany!

So much for her not 'Doing' foreign food!

OTL doesn't care, his out look is, 'I'm hungry, does that food taste good, I'll eat it all but don't tell me what it's made of!'

You know, he makes a good woofer does OTL, Archie Babe would be proud of him!

Holly and I shared the Kebab, which tasted super, the Burger wasn't so good, but we forced it down!

OTL and Tm shared a bottle of Champagne and OTL even had a beer as well, so they slept like logs!

Which was just as well 'cos the alarm went off at five thirty so we could get everything packed away and leaving the Gretna Caravan Site at seven!

Holly and I went back to sleep as soon as we got going but the ferrets stayed awake a little longer just so they could see what the traffic was like on the motorway but after about ten minutes they got bored and went to sleep!

The weather was great on the journey, loads of sunshine, that was until we were about half an hour away from the caravan site, then it started to rain!

We finally arrived in a shower of water from the puddles on the road that led to the site. Not only were there big puddles but there were big piles of poo from a herd of 'Highland Coos' that were ambling up the road in front of us.

So, all over the front of the caravan is lumps of poo that OTL had to wash off when he set up the caravan.

Setting it up is always fun, first is the satellite dish is powered up to lock onto the satellite, not today, the dish kept on going around and around looking for a signal but the mountains were blocking the signal, so that means we will be watching DVDs this holiday!

We have decided that OTL can put up the awning tomorrow, providing the rain stops of course!

We have got onto the Internet via the Wi-Fi here but it is a bit slow, well, I mean, very slow, well, in fact it is so slow that OTL reckons it would be quicker to write it all down on paper and post it second class!

Never mind, we will do our best to post some snaps tomorrow!

By the way, a Big Hello to Linda from Montreal, Canada! We are glad you like the blog and our frogs. We love to chase the frogs but they are just too quick. Miss May also loves frogs but she says she can't eat a whole one in one sitting!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

McDaisy, MacHolly, Miss McMay, Miss McApril, Miss McWendy and Freddy de McFerret!

One Last Roll!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Miss Wendy and Freddy de Ferret here!

It has been a very busy day for everyone here. Old Two Legs has been washing the caravan and to car so we can go on holiday and make it all mucky again!

Us woofers have been packing all our holiday stuff, like Chicken nibbles and teethe cleaning chews and Rawhide chews and balls and the squeaky raccoon we got from Auntie Sue and all the ferret food and stuff!

It has been all go!

This morning the tide was in so I made time for a last dip before heading off to the Lochs of Scotland!

One last splosh in the River Medway!

 I tried to get Holly in, just to wet her paws but as normal, she stayed dry!

Think again!

 We did meet up with Barney II who is still wondering what the ferrets are! Soppy pup just won't accept our explanation that they are 'Long Wheel Base Rats'!

........but they are sooo sweeet!

 Lunchtime the tide had gone out so I had a last roll on the sand 'cos tomorrow we will be at Gretna Green and all they have there is a muddy football pitch!

Come on Holly Chops, look, it's not wet!

 Even Freddy and Wendy joined in the fun and games and had a roll in the grass!

A last roll before the Heather!

Now, we may not get to upload the blog tomorrow 'cos there is no Wi-Fi in the caravan site, so, don't worry, we'll tell you all about the trip once we have arrived in Morvich!

Bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Miss Wendy and Freddy de Ferret.

Frogs 4 Us!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Miss Wendy and of course, Freddy de Ferret!

Another fun day here in North Kent!

It wasn't so warm and sunny this morning but that didn't stop May chasing Holly along the beach!

Slow down and I'll bite your tail!

We got back home to find The Missus had left two bowls of Doggy Scoff for Holly and me. We were not amused!

Old Two Legs got a telephone call from TM saying that there were four frogs waiting for him and a little woofer by the name of Missy!

That was it, OTL was off like a shot but he left Holly and me at home while he got to make friends with little Missy!

As Missy was trying to decide if OTL was going to eat her or not she spotted Rosie coming through the door and decided that her arms were a safer place to be than close to OTL!

Rosie got a 'Thank You Licky Kiss' from Missy!

This is a safe place to be!

Steve had brought along four junior frogs from his pond for our pond! OTL was Tickled Pink and was heading home with the frogs.

.......are we there yet?

 OTL put the bin on it's side next to the pond and all four frogs jumped out at the same time!

Two of them immediately disappeared into the reeds but the other two sat there taking in their surroundings!

Well, this is a different pond!

 There were other stuff swimming past the frogs and it wasn't too long before they decided that this swimming stuff was really food!

That tasted good!

The frog in the reeds said that there wasn't so much to eat where he was so, doing a quick back flip he landed in the deeper part of the pond and was soon diving down under the Lily Pad leaves!

You know, I could get used to this pond!

That was it, they soon disappeared and now we will just have to keep our eyes open to keep Herons and Cats out of the garden so the frogs have a chance to grow big and fat, just like Holly Dog!

Tomorrow we will start to pack the caravan and OTL says he will give it a wash and also clean out the car.

So, it's going to be a busy day!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Miss Wendy and Freddy de Ferret.

P.S. Croak, Croak from the frogs!

An Alarming Day but sunny!

Yo Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss may, Miss April, Miss Wendy and not forgetting Freddy de Ferret!

Old Two Legs was up early this morning to look at his weather monitoring machine thingy wotsit! There he was, eating his bowl of rabbit food and milk and telling the ferrets all about the wind direction and humidity!

As if the ferrets were interested!

Still, it keeps him out of trouble, which is more than can be said for Wendy and May!

Every morning OTL lets May and April out of their cage and April goes straight to her medicine bowl which has her heart tablet crushed and soaked with antibiotic, then topped up with Lactose free milk, (two tea spoons full) and a squirt of diuretic and finally a sprinkle of Ferretone which is a sort of cod liver oil!

Now, if that lot was presented to me in a bowl I think I would kick it over and walk out of the office!

Not April, she just loves it and slurps down every last drop!

Maybe she knows that it is keeping her fit and healthy and mending her sore paw!

Down on the beach Holly was soaking up the rays and telling May all about the times she has been on holiday and the fun she and I have had chasing rabbits!

.....then Daisy went around one side and I went the other way to trap the bunny!

Unfortunately, ferrets have a very short attention span, a bit like OTL, and it wasn't too long before May said she just had to go for a run up the beach!

Back home we were waiting for some workmen to arrive. OTL had booked them to come and give the house alarm system a check over and to re wire a power supply. Of course, Holly and I got in their way by sniffing all of their tool boxes and bag looking for and food we could mug!

No food, seems they were on a diet!

We left them to carry on while we went for our lunchtime wander.

Now normally Freddy gets a carry all the way to the beach but today he just needed to get his paws on the ground and as soon as he had done a wee, he 'Fell Over' saying he couldn't go any further!

Wendy said that he was getting 'Just Too Embarrassing' and left him in the middle of the path!

That ferret is just too much!

In the end OTL gave him a carry to the beach 'cos we just couldn't wait any longer!

While we all had a game Freddy found a shady spot under the Sea Wall and fell asleep!

This is the life!

You know, he didn't even tell us his legs were seized up, he just crashed out and before long was snoozing!

It don't get any better than this!

You know what? OTL had to pick Freddy up and carry him to the Grass Path before he would even try walking again!

It was terribly slow going waiting for Freddy to walk along to the bench. Holly and I got a move on and before long we found a cool shady spot under the bench, just right for waiting for Freddy to arrive!

I don't know why he tries it on all the time, you think he would have learnt OTL is not going to carry him!

Back home it was fun, the engineers were testing the alarm system and they set it up while Holly and I ran from room to room setting off the PIR's! In the end we got locked in the bedroom and told not to move!

Tomorrow The Missus is off to her Master Class so we have a day of fun with OTL!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss may, Miss April, Miss Wendy and Freddy de Ferret.

Sunshine and Gutters!

Hi Woofers!

It's us back again!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Miss Wendy and of course the Wunderful Freddy de Ferret!

It has been one of those busy but fun days.

It started off with Old Two Legs reading the instructions on his new all singing and dancing weather machine. Seems it tells all about the weather where we live!

It tells you wind direction, rain fall, UV Index, barometric pressure, Sunrise, sunset, moon phase, dew point, outdoor and indoor temperature and humidity, wind chill and wind speed and, well it goes on for ages listing all the stuff.

Us woofers just stick our noses out of the door and can tell straight away if it is raining or cold!

This thing uploads all manner of details onto the internetty thing and if you Google 'Wunderground' and then search for Allhallows or IALLHALL2, you can see our contribution to the worlds weather forecasting!

Mind you, we really didn't need it this morning 'cos when we looked out of the door it was sunny!

It's sunny down on the beach as well!

Miss May tried taking the Micky out of OTL by sticking her head into the Sea Kale and saying that it was 'Poor Visibility'!

Can't see my paw in front of my whiskers!

Back home OTL got all busy. You see he has been promising  for some time to clean the gutters and get rid of all the moss that had blocked the gutter. So, there he was, hanging onto the top of the ladder scraping the moss and stuff out and putting it into the rubbish bin!

By the time he had done that and cleaned the ferret cages out, it was time to take Freddy and Wendy out for their lunchtime run.

They both had a game of 'Chase' on the beach and then dug a few holes!

Hot work this 'Dig and Whizz'!

 When we got back to the car we all had a drink of cool water and of course Miss Wendy just had to crack a funny!

I said 'Stired not Shaken and where is the ice cubes?'

We are all getting ready for the holiday now. OTL is getting his camera gear ready and The Missus is loading up her cardy stuff, the ferrets are storing food in their travelling cage while Holly and I are trying to find the Chicken Fillets!

Let's hope Archie Babe had a gentle wash down at the parlour, I mean, it wouldn't do to get too wet!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Miss Wendy and Freddy de Ferret.