All packed and ready to go!

Yo Woofers!

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

It has been a busy day today, loads of packing and storing and then re-packing!

Other than the last minute stuff, like water bowl and food tray and ferrets, we are almost ready to go!

The Missus is getting together all her crafty stuff she wants to take and all of the cupboards and storage spaces are stuffed full of paper, card and chemicals! Old Two Legs hasn't been in the caravan yet to see how all this stuff is spread out. If there is too much weight at the back or in the front then the van tried to 'wobble' along the road, a bit like Miss Wendy does when she gets a wiggle on!

We reckon the will be some last minute adjustment before we go!

Today OTL remembered to take the ball down to the beach but unfortunately the tide was out!

Holly and I did some dashing along the beach, chasing the blue ball that OTL has secretly hid in the ferret bag! 

He's taken it back and put it in the ferret bag!

Eric and May were digging in the shells looking for any new sniffs.

I told you they would loose that ball, they should have kept it!

 Lunchtime we were down for a walk but half way around the walk it started to rain! That was it, we all turned around and headed back. Freddy and Wendy even climbed up into the ferret bag to get out of the rain!

By the time we got back to the football field the rain had stopped, so we had a quick game of 'Chase the Ball'.

After a while I got a little bored, well, I mean, I'm a terrier type not a retriever!

Well, I happened to turn my tail and before  I could do anything, the ferrets nicked the ball!

OK, Got IT!

 Freddy kept on jumping up and down and shouting out 'On Me 'ead!' After a while Wendy kicked it up and towards Freddy who missed it all together and he ended up rolling on the ground!

Do it again! Do it again and I'll get it!

Before Wendy could get to it I dashed in and grabbed it and ran off!

OTL was going to throw it for me but it started to rain again, so off we went, home!

It took a couple more hours before we had everything ready for tomorrow. Now all we have to do now is get an early night and an early stat tomorrow!

The caravan site says they have Wi-Fi so I should be able to share our fun with you all.

Bye Bye for now,

Luv,

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

Wot's your computer called?

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, wot a story we have to tell! Old Two Legs has just changed over bookkeepers and decided to install a new 'Accounts Package' and to get a new computer with an up to date operating system.

Now, if anyone had tried this you will know that there are some serious button pushing to be done and a very steep learning curve to manage!

Now, we all know how frustrating  this can be especially when things go wrong. It is in times like this that we discover that OTL has a whole new set of words that he uses to try to influence the computers actions. The only trouble is, he uses all these new words that we are sure are not the real names for the computer.

Holly and I kept very quiet and we hid downstairs, not daring to get anywhere near OTL, so, that is the reason we didn't get to the computer last night!

Today has been better, he has been working through everything and is slowly 'building' the new system.

This morning The Missus left us and headed over to the village hall, she had got fed up listening to the all the name calling!

We headed off to the beach for our morning run. Holly and I were doing a bit of 'Dig and Whizz' while OTL was taking pictures of a big husky type woofer!

Just the one photo, OK?

 Holly had decided that she would do a good impression of a beached whale!

Just catching a few rays!

 Lunchtime Freddy and Wendy had some fun digging a hole in the sand and as OTL had brought a ball, Holly and I decided we would have some fun!

How about we extend it that way?

 We both dug a big hole and then hid the ball at the bottom!

Let's see if OTL digs it up again!

 Down on the football field we had a game of 'Chase the Ball' !

So where is the goal posts now?

 It was funny seeing the ferrets watching us and knowing they wanted to play ball as well but we also knew that they would run off with the ball and hide it in their travelling cage!

How about you trip them up while I nick the ball?

OTL has been working on the computer but things have settled down now 'cos he took a break to wash the caravan so we will be travelling with a clean van!

TM has just come back from the 'Master Class' and it seems she has had a great time sloshing the glue and glitter all over the place!

Hey! Wot good news, Archie Babe has reduced the visits to the vet! Yay! Never mind the cuddles, it's those big sharp needles they stab you with!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Rain stopped play, sort of!

Hello Woofers!

It's the Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret Show!

Well, blog anyway!

As it is only a few days before we head off into the sunrise, Old Two Legs planned to wash the caravan today.

Unfortunately, he got bogged down with some other chores that had to be done, which included taking the weather thingy down from off the roof! After just three years it has decided to go all wobbly and give false readings, like, Outside Temperature, Sixty Degrees Centigrade! 

Night time temperature Minus Forty Degrees Centigrade!

You know I thought it was getting a bit chilly at nights!

Well, after having a look inside and then telephoning the suppliers to find out they don't do repairs.

I think he had decided to bin it and get a new one!

Lots of tapping on the computer and searching different web sites, but no decisions yet!

First thing this morning Miss May and Eric were down on the beach with us, enjoying all the sniffs and a little bite of sunshine!

No! I'm not sniffing your tail!

In our house the ferrets seem to react the same to a walk. The Wimmin get going quickly and are soon dashing along the Sea Wall or up the Grass Path leaving the boys to cuddle up to their tails and try to blag a lift off OTL!

If I don't get a lift soon I'm going to freeze my tail off!

 Holly and I had fun doing our 'Dig and Whizz' game along the sand, that was until we spotted some woofers heading our way. Both Holly and I did our 'Woof Off' woof and you know what? They turned off the Sea Wall and headed in land!

Hey Look! They are turning away! Result!

 Back home OTL got the ladder out and was climbing all over the roof dismantling the weather thingy and opened it up to find it full of dead spiders and other bugs all sort of laying on their backs with their six legs in the air!

After getting it all down, it was time for our lunchtime walk!

It was lucky the tide was in and I got a dip in the water!

I forgot my ball and I couldn't find a stick to chase so I have been hunting sea weed!

 Freddy and Wendy came along but Freddy says he is getting too old to do any running and he really needs a lift.

Now where have I heard that before?

I need a carry, it's my joints that are squeaking!

 Back home OTL was all set to get the bucket and sponge out but it started to rain, so, caravan washing has been postponed until Saturday when we should see a 'Window of Opportunity' to enable the van to get a wash!

The Missus has been out all day today, she has been out at one of her Crafty Days with all her mates. Holly and I were sitting up at the bedroom window waiting for her and gave her a big 'Woofers Welcome' when she finally arrived home!

OTL has got to see his accountant tomorrow so we are not too sure who will be taking us out for a walk 'cos TM is going to get measured for some new glasses!

Bang goes the pension this month!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Back to Normal, whatever that is!

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Last night we had a good snooze, no burping Two Legs or silly giggles!

The whisky bottle was empty and the bubbly was all flat, not that there was much left in the bottle!

Down on the beach we met up with a load of the lads and I got chased by young Prince who didn't seem to know that when I woofed at him, he shouldn't try to sniff my tail!

Back home May and Eric were let loose for a rampage while Old Two Legs de-pooed the cages!

As normal, Eric sees The Missus's craft space as one great big adventure playground!

He was climbing all over the place, upsetting bottles and stamp racks and piles of paper and, finally, he did a massive great leap and landed in the rubbish bin.

Unfortunately, TM had dumped some Jesso in there and Eric got turned into a Snow Ferret!

It took a lot of washing and scrubbing to get it off and after all that he still tried to jump into the bin again, just to see what was in there!

Down on the beach it wasn't too bad, not too hot, not too cold, not too wet!

It's a 'Not Too' morning!

 Holly and I spent our time sniffing the air for new sniffs!

Fish 'n Chips with a dash of Kebab!

 Back home it was 'As Normal' you know, poo shovelling and cage cleaning followed by some work, well that was Old Two Legs, Holly and I just made do with a snooze!

Lunchtime Fred and Wendy decided that they would come out with us 'cos the weather was still a 'Not Too' day!

Wendy does like having a run along the grass path, unlike Freddy, he likes a short walk, followed by long carry!

Miss Wendy enjoying a run on the football field!

 The field is full of sniffs, there is the food sniffs and the woofer sniffs and the fox sniffs!

Sometimes a woofer didn't know which way to turn!

No! It's this way!

 Freddy enjoys a trip across the field and reckons he could sniff mouses and shrews!

I just fancy a mouse!

 Getting OTL out at lunchtime is great 'cos if you time it just right, the tide is in and the waves aren't too big! Mind you, I must get OTL to stick a ball in the ferret bag and he could throw it in the sea for me to chase!

All I need now is a stick or a ball!

 This afternoon OTL has been working on the paperwork, you know, 'End of Month' stuff. Holly and I were downstairs woofing at the birds in the garden.

Up in the office, Eric had decided he needed a rampage, OTL let him out and the first place Eric headed for was the Cat Litter and spent some time trying to get in the bag!

Next he explored the drawers where all the balls are kept and had fun hiding the squeaky balls in new places under our 'Doggy Beds'!

We all got our 'Anti Tick' stuff and we all sniff horrid now!

The ferrets say the sniff is terrible but if it keeps the fleas and ticks away, they will put up with it!

It won't be long before we are off for our holiday and OTL says that if we are lucky we may see the bones of dinosaurs!

Now that will be something we haven't seen before!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Wot Fun!

Hi Woofers!

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

The last two days have been great fun! As you know, we had visitors, Alun and Glynis, Old Two Legs cousins. Now OTL just loves it when he meets up with them 'cos they always have fun reliving old times and planning for future 'adventures'. It was with Alun that OTL went to Orkney and up Glencoe and then down Glen Etive!

So you see, they are always getting each other into trouble!

This visit was no exception, Alun told tales of OTL falling into a boggy bit up to his knees after saying 'I know the way' 'SPLOSH!'

When we went for a walk at lunchtime OTL said that all along the Sea Wall and on the grass path it would be very wet so Alun had best wear his wellies!

Of course, when we got there it was perfectly dry, not a puddle to be seen!

The Missus said that she was fed up with making tea and coffee so she and Glynis did some serious damage to a couple of bottles of bubbly!

OTL didn't join them 'cos he was the one to drive down to the Chinese Takeaway and you mustn't drink and drive!

Mind you, when he came back with a mountain of stuff, he did open a bottle or two of beer followed by his favourite slurp, malt whisky!

Us woofer made little pigs of ourselves, there was rice and King Plawns and Plawn Clackers and bits of chicken and loads of tasty bits!

Both Holly and I ended up with very full tummies!

As the evening progressed I'm afraid that my blog sort of got pushed back a little and when it was time to go to bed, I had eaten so much my brain was all fuddled!

OTL was not help 'cos he was in a slurping contest with Alun and TM and Glynis were trying the same trick with the bottles of bubbly!

We all slept very well last night!

This morning we were all up late, TM looked sort of 'Tired' just like OTL! We headed out for our morning walk but Alun and Glynis were still asleep, too many Plawn Clackers Holly reckons!

We didn't take the camera 'cos it was raining, not very much but enough to get OTL to leave it in the office!

When we got back Alun and Glynis had just sat down to eat breakfast so Holly Chops decided to try some mugging but  that didn't work and Glynis finished off the bacon and the sausages and the eggs and fried bread and the tomatoes and the toast!

Wot a piggly!

Holly and I decided that we would treat ourselves to a long snooze this afternoon 'cos we deserved it! Especially as it was raining when we went out at lunchtime!

I do hate weeing in the rain.

Hey, we could make a good song out of that......... I'm weeing in the rain, just weeing in the rain, such a glorious feeling I'm happy again!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

A Fox And a Nargle!

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Well, after yesterdays rain and last nights floods, well there were puddles out the front of the house this morning!

Mind you, we did go through a couple of puddles on our way to the beach!

As we arrived, Old Two Legs stopped the car short of the parking place, then, slowly, he crept forward and parked the car.

Then.

He made us stay in the car and he got out the camera and went stalking along the bushes at the side of the car park.

Then we saw what he was doing and both Holly and I did our 'We're Gonna Get Yoo' woof!

One woof and it was off!

 Well, that's one down, what's next?

Down on the beach we saw that the sea had deposited a ton and a half of sea weed on the sand. Now Holly and I tend not to get too involved with sea weed 'cos the bugs and sand flies hide in there.

Not so our Miss May, she just loves the stuff and is always diving into the stuff, head first!

Miss May, going potty in the weed!

  Holly and I prefer the sand and the sniff hidden therein!

This is a good roll!

Lunchtime we were down on the beach but there was loads of tourists marching up and down the Sea Wall and most of them had dogs that were running all over the place. That means OTL spends most of the time watching for woofer getting too close and picking up the ferrets!

It was one of those times that Miss Wendy, from the safety of OTL's arms, pointed towards the rocks and calls out..........Look, A Nargle!

A Nargle looking like it's a bit Crabby!

We all had a good close look and after a while we decided that it was a crab, so Wendy is still looking for her Nargle!

It was good to get back home and we all sat down to watch the recording of the F1 Racing.

It looks like Hamilton is now in  the lead again after the easy win! I mean, Ferrari didn't even get close!

I think OTL has got Venison Burgers tonight, with some egg to dip it in!

Yum, Yum!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Short Back & Sides and a bit off Under My Tail!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret back with you again!

Well, wot a sunny day it's been today! You know, Old Two Legs didn't even put on his fleece thingy when we went out!

I and the ferrets went sniffing on the beach while Holly Chops was walking on the Sea Wall!

It's called Promenading!

 On the way back to the car park Holly met up with Bert, he's the one who fancies Holly rotten and she just acts the Tart!

Sometimes I feel right sorry for Bert, all he wants is a sniff!

 Once we got back home OTL set about cage cleaning and as soon as he had finished he got all the Hair Cutting stuff out!

Holly was first in line and got washed and scrubbed and cleaned and made to sniff like wot the Tart she is!

Next she got dried using our Doggy Towel and blow dried using the hair drier that belongs to The Missus.

Then OTL got to work shaving hair off all over her! She got clipped, trimmed, snipped and also got a close shave in a very tender place!

She stood very still when OTL was snipping with the scissors!

In the end she didn't look to bad, that OTL is getting better!

Next it was back down to the beach again for our second walk of the day and the tide was in!

Better still, OTL found a ball and was throwing it in the water for me to chase!

A Ragged looking Periscope!

Such was the fun I was having that Holly joined in as well. Well, to be honest, she just got her paws wet when she was trying to rob me of the tennis ball!

If you want it.........come and get it!

 I got soaked and to finish it off I had a roll on the beach and got covered in sand!

Holly, having been washed and stuff decided that a roll in a particularly good sniff was called for!

So, without listening to OTL who was jumping up and down..........she had a roll!

I'm having a roll and I don't care!

 After dropping in to see Rosie up at the village hall we headed for home and I got the same treatment as Holly.......................all over!

Now it's me wot sniffs like a Tart!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Autumn is here!

Hi Woofers,

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

It has been all warm and sunny today, not a sign of the wet stuff at all!

Miss May is getting more woofer like every day, just look at her having a roll on the beach, I mean, is that a woofer roll or wot?

Oh! This is Grrrrreat!

 Being a Friday, the Beach Cafe was open and of course, there were loads of tourists as well. Loads of new woofers and new sniffs!

Old Two Legs has to be careful when there are strange woofers about 'cos you never know when they might creep up behind you!

That being so, OTL spend more time picking up the ferrets than taking photos of us all on the beach!

We keep seeing the sea birds floating in on the tide, all looking for some mud to dig into!

They can almost feel the mud with their feet!

By the time midday arrived it was super sunny and Fred and Wendy had decided that a cuddle in OTL's arms was preferable to jogging in the sun shine!

Miss Wendy kept on changing her mind, first it was 'Let me down, I want a run', then it was 'Pick my up my paws are on fire!' followed by 'Put me down, I need a breath of fresh air!'

You just can't win with her!

Tomorrow OTL has promised Holly and I a bath and a hair cut 'cos we are getting close to our next holiday and we have got to look our best when we go!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

First day of Autumn?

Hello Woofers!

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

We were watching the news this morning and there was a slot for the weather woman who told us all that today is the last day of Summer and tomorrow is the first day of Autumn!

Autumn already? We haven't had our second holiday yet!

Old Two Legs had better get things organised or we will be making sandcastles in the snow!

OTL belongs to a Ferret Forum where he reads all about ferrets and what they get up to. He also has in the past, uploaded pictures of our mob if they were doing anything funny or interesting.

He had to save the picture on a free photo site and link it to the Ferret Forum, well that was the way it happened right up to the moment the 'Free Site' wanted to charge $399 a year to carry on the service!

You can guess what OTL said about that!

So, he has found another 'Free Site' called Flickr where he can do wot he used to do and a picture of Eric in the Cat Litter is now on the Ferret Forum.

While he was in the Flickr site he did a search on ferrets and found two pictures of him and Snowflake down on the Sea Wall!

Fame or wot?

Next he found this one  The Ferret Man

Now it's going to be five bob just to talk to him! Actually, it's not a bad photo!

Enough of this fame bit, any more and we will get The Missus showing off 'cos she reckons she is more famous than OTL!

Down on the beach we met up with Bryn, Polly and Bo.

An early morning sniff, you just can't beat it!

 On the way back OTL stopped by the blackberry bushes where the fruit was ripening, yep, Autumn is on it's way!

Fruits of Autumn?

 The sky couldn't make up it's ind what it wanted to do, one moment it was sunny and next, clouds!

Looks like Wet Clouds to us!

 We said 'Hello' to Mr Corvid who was hunting lunch in the rock pools, even he agreed that the weather was changing.

With a bit of luck it may be a mild Winter.

Back home OTL has been working on the computer as it is the end of the month and he needs to get all the invoices off to his customers.

Next week we have Alun and Glynis visiting for a couple of days. It is normally a great time and OTL always gets 'Giggly' with Alun as they plan their next trip 'Off Season'!

Alun wants to go hunting Sea Eagles while OTL fancies a trip over to the Outer Hebrides to see the stone circles!

One good thing for us, we get a share of the Chinese Take a Way with loads of Plawns and the Plawn Clackers!

This afternoon the rain came down and on OTL's Weather Gissmo, it registered 10.5mm of rain! You know it all fell in a ten minute 'window', there were puddles everywhere!

I'm not sure what is for dinner tonight, knowing our good fortune it will be Doggy Scoff, so that means OTL is in for some serious mugging!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Other houses get moths and flies and mosquitoes but not us!

Hi Woofers!

We're back again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Hey! Guess wot? .........................  It's been raining almost all day today!

Started as we were driving down to the beach, just a few drops of rain but by the time we got there the screen wipers were on all the time!

The ferrets didn't mind the cooler temperature or the drops of rain. In fact it sort of livened them up, especially Eric!

There we were mooching along the beach when a couple of soppy Yorkie Woofers came along the Sea Wall and both were very interested in the ferrets, especially as they were just under the wall!

'Ooh!' Says one of them, 'I could just fancy a ferret for breakfast!' Then he proceeds to stick his nose over the edge of the Sea Wall and looking down at Eric, who was looking straight up at this woofers nose!

OTL gets the camera out and was expecting to get a picture of a ferret looking at a woofer who was looking at a ferret.

Just as he was going to press the shutter release, Eric jumped up, mouth open, teeth exposed to do a maximum puncture bite!

Another centimetre and it would have been a  'Woofers nose for Breakfast!'

Wot the Woof?

OTL very nearly got the 'Shot of the Day' but instead that woofer got to save his nose for another day!

Back home we arrived back, a bit damp and soggy and while Holly and I got a rub down with a Doggy Towel, OTL was taking his boots off.

Out of the corner of his eye he noticed something that normally is not seen in doors.

It was a Dragonfly, resting on the curtain!

Now, just to show you how these Two Legs think. The Missus came running with a net she uses to pick up leaves and stuff from the pond.

OTL rummaged in his ferret bag for the camera!

This is known as a Migrant Hawker!

OTL reckons it had been playing in our pond and had flown indoors when TM left the door open to the garden.

After the first flash from the camera it started to move, we reckon he didn't like bright lights, so we opened the window and off it flew, looking for the pond again!

We have zoomed in and this is what it looks like close up.

The white bit in his eye is OTL's flash on the camera!

OTL said he would have liked to spend some time photographing it but it didn't hang about long enough!

Now that is the first time we have had a dragonfly inside our house, normally its butterflies or moths, still, it makes a change!

Lunchtime it was still raining and we didn't hang about too long and OTL didn't take the camera out 'cos it was too wet!

Holly spent the afternoon sitting by the window and watching the pond area seeing if the dragonfly had come back.

So far, nothing!

That's it for now, with a bit of luck the rain may stop tomorrow and we can go hunting lizards along the Sea Wall again. We have seen three but they move so fast that OTL hasn't managed to get a shot of them yet. He will keep trying, and trying, and trying, and, well you know!

Trying!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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