Packing for the Hols!

 Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here.

You can tell things are begining to happen. This morning Eric came out with us and had a great time digging in the sand bunker. He got really grubby and had sand and rabbit poo all over his head!

Of course, when Holly and I tried to have a roll all we got was warning noises from Old Two Legs!

Back home Holly and I were shut up in the bedroom while OTL took the ferret cages to bits and proceeded to 'De-Poo' the whole thing from top to bottom and side to side!

It was around ten to two that he finally finished and had the ferrets back in their cage.

Now, just to make things interesting, OTL has re-organised the sleeping places and food bowel locations but has left the water in the same locations.

It didn't take long for them to sort it all out and after their marathon rampage around the house, a whole six hours, give or take a few minutes! Wendy spent her time investigating the insides of the chairs and under the TV while Eric followed OTL around and kept getting in the way.

One thing was interesting to see. While the cage was in bits, Eric had the urge to do a poo, so, he climbs into the shower while it is pouring down onto OTL's arms while he is brushing the mesh on the cage walls. 

Eric climbs over OTL's hand, raises his tail and does an enormous poo that only a ferret can do!

Well, Eric got wet and the poo got washed down the plug hole!

OTL picked Eric up and started to dry his back and also gave his butt a wash as well!

Finally it was all done, except the clearing up, and Holly and I headed off to the sea side for our walk!

Before we left home, both ferrets were fast asleep in their beds, snoring their tails off!

I think I've found a Ferret Poo!

Back home we have started to get out our holiday stuff, you know, Chicken Strips, plastic balls, knotted rope balls, rolls of kitchen paper (for the ferret cage) and our doggy towels!

We have got some tinned doggy food on order as we can't take our normal frozen doggy food 'cos the freezer compartment isn't that big in the caravan!

Tomorrow we start loading up the caravan and OTL has promised to have a haircut and get his beard trimmed, which as far as OTL is concerned, is the same thing, you know, clippers set on No.1 and shave everything off!

It's a pity that the gas meter got put on the floor. In fact anyone mounting it that low has got to be stupid! Mind you OTL managed to get a hassle free meter reading system.

He don't read the meters any more!

His gas and electricity supplier installed one of these 'Smart Meter' and it has a SIM telephone card installed so that the supplier can dial in and get a correct reading whenever they want. Better still it didn't cost anything to get it installed!

Mind you, we have got to have some idiots in the world 'cos if there were no idiots how would we feel superior!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

The Missus is spreading the (Inky) Gospel

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here again!

Well, we have been having some fun and games here. You see The Missus is almost paranoid regarding this Covid19 thing wot is rampaging around the country, plus she is missing seeing all her mates at the Village Hall Bash!

Well, she has decided to set up a meeting 'online' using this Zoom program. This means that instead of doing her videos with no immediate feed back, using Zoom she can do the demo then monitor what everyone is doing.

Sounds all complicated and very technical but she has put information up on her FaceAche Page that will give you all the information you need!

Eric came out with us this morning on our walk around the golf course, he had a great time digging in the sand bunkers that were all overgrown but he still enjoyed shoveling the sand into piles!

Miss Wendy said that too much exercise interferers with her sleep pattern and she is best left at home!

OTL has been fiddling about with the 'Little things' like washing the caravan water tank and flushing the system! He has come back with some stuff to seal up the roof vent and I did see a couple of bags of Chicken Strips in his arms as he came in the door after doing a bit of shopping!

Holly and I have been chasing that Black and White cat that hides in the plants under the bird feeders and tries to catch the birdies! Holly and start howling as we charge up the garden and it is so funny to see that cat take off vertically and over the fence!

Talking of fences, we are suposed to have a new fence panel delivered on Friday, with any luck! 

Tomorrow OTL plans to get the high pressure hose out and give the ferret cage a good blasting, he has been promising it for some time, the only problem is where to hide the ferrets while he does it!

No pictures today, sorry, maybe tomorrow providing the ferrets get cleaned!

Bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

Just Checking!

 Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy ad Eric de Ferret here.

We have been looking at the weather up in Scotland and have decided that down here is getting the best of the sunshine. Where we plan to go on holiday they seem to be getting loads of rain and the future forecast is also rain and more rain!

I see we will be taking out rain coats with us!

This morning Wendy was up early, leaving Eric in bed snoozing. She likes a wander around the golf course but does require a carry in Old Two Legs arms when her legs get tired. Mind you, it doesn't help when she insists on digging in the sand, between carries!

Lunchtime Eric was showing off, he decided to stay in bed and let us woofers go out for a walk.

The Wild Sweet Pea is still pretty with the colours still bright.

I really must get some seeds this year, we can plant them where the bird seed is hanging.

It looks like they have been painting the rigs, either that or the sun was shining!

While looking for a sight of the Common Lizard we caught this Common Carder Bee. We've not seen them for a year or two and they are pretty rare!

As we got close to the car park, OTL spotted another Common plant.

A Blackberry Bush! OK, I know it's not rare but you can bet the Two Legs will be out with their plastic buckets, picking the berries and taking them home to make jam or maybe some wine!

There were some red berries to the left but they weren't ripe yet, give them another week and it will be picking time!

OTL has got to do a little bit of work on the caravan tomorrow. Just a little sealant around the roof vents, can't have water dribbling through the edges!

He has sent an email off to the camp site, checking to see if it is still open and Covid Free!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

Holly see's the joke!

 Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret back again!

It's been another one of those days today, Eric was out with us first thing, digging holes in the sand and getting seriously grubby in the process!

Yesterday it was Wendy digging holes but today Eric was digging in the same spot and getting further down into the sand!

Going around the golf course we spotted some fungi sprouting up, I mean, it isn't even October yet and here we are tripping over the things!

 Old Two Legs told Holly that he had found some mushyrooms, which made Holly start to giggle!

 Mushy What?

 

 Roomsies?

You are joking 'aint you?

Oh No! I don't believe it, Mushy Rooms, Oh No that is so Ripe!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

And a bag of Mushyrooms!

It's Brrrm, Brrrm Day Today!

Hi Woofers!

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

Yesterday was one of those frustrating days when the computer system decided to automatically do a 'cleaning' of the hard discs!

So, Daisy's Diary had to miss out on my exciting day of doing nothing very exciting unlike today!

First thing this morning I tried to wake Old Two Legs up by jumping up on his bed and attacking his eat with my tongue!  I even got Holly along to give me a hand and finally he fell out of bed and into the shower!

Going into the office, we saw that Eric was still asleep in bed, or you could say he had gone back to bed!

Miss Wendy was up and sitting by the cage door, guess who came out for a walk!

Miss Wendy had a great time digging in the sand bunker of the old golf course. She was covered with the sand. She was digging deep into the sand having a great time!

Lunchtime came and we headed off to the beach but this time we took Eric who had been rattling the cage door all morning!

We could see Southend and if the wind had been blowing the other way we could have sniffed the Kebabs as well!

We were all sniffing at the sniffs but OTL was busy trying photograph butterflies!

He was also busy trying to find the Common Lizards he had seen a couple of years ago but for whatever reason they were all in hiding.

Holly and I spent most of the time, nose down, catching up on the new sniffs

I remember this one from two days ago, it belongs to Bob the Staffy who loves OTL!

Yeah! I remember, he's the one with a soffy plastic ball that OTL kicks down the path!

There was one Dragonfly who landed on the bushes, looking all worn out after chasing around fighting with other Dragonflies. I don't know why he was fighting cos the poor lad looked exhausted!

Eric had been doing his normal trick, you know, trotting along then climb up OTL's leg so he gets a carry from OTL then later climbs down and off he trots again!

It's a Ferret Thing!

Mind you, when he got back home there was only one thig he wanted to do.

It's another Ferret Thing!

A Snooze, a Snooze, my kingdom for a Snooze!

Something I forgot, we were sniffing our way along the middle path when this horrid buzzing thing passed overhead. Holly gave it a good woofing and it carried on past us. Things should be banned!

Go on, buzz off ans stop scaring us woofers! Wot's more, he is waving at us, come down here and Eric will sort you out!

At least the butterflies don't wave, they just bask in the sun!

Pity it wouldn't turn around, it might have been a good shot of its antennae!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

Friday is for Ferreting!

 Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here with you again!

You know, I just love Fridays. You see, every Friday we all wind down after the hard week working our claws to a stand still!

Take today, we were up an hour late, mainly because The Missus was up at Three Fifteen with a super idea of a new card. It woke us up, you know, all those lights being switched on and off, kettles being filled and marching up and down stairs!

Old Two Legs doesn't like being woken up cos it disturbs his sleep pattern and makes him late getting up in the morning!

By this time the ferrets were charging around the cage and rattling the food bowl!

So it was, Eric, who made the most noise, was allowed to come out for a run around the old golf course.

Then, back home to get the books prepared for the finance chap. We had almost finished it when lunchtime arrived!

Now, the weather wasn't too hot and the wind wasn't too strong so Miss Wendy was invited to come with us down the beach.

Miss Wendy doesn't often come out with us as she is getting a little old but today she said she really fancied a roll on the beach!

She had a little dig in the sand but as the tide was coming in that means the sand was too wet, so she stayed up at the sea wall!

As soon as she was off the beach she ran all the way up the hill, stopping just to give me a nip on my back leg! A ferrets way of saying 'Hurry Up'! I remember Freddy used to do that, then he woulf roll onto his back saying I had kicked him!

Once we were up the hill we all had a breather and Wendy tried a little digging, just to help trim her claws up a little.

Wendy thought it was great fun nipping me and tried several times to creep up on me but I was keeping a sharp eye out for a fast moving ferret behind me!

Aw! Come on, just a little nibble!

Holly was keeping well back, he had been nipped a few times by Freddy and wasn't going to let Wendy get the better of her!

Back home OTL finished off the 'manufacturing' and rushed it all of to the carriers. After that it was snooze time and while OTL was pounding on the computer us woofers, ferrets included, fell fast asleep until dinner time!

Not too sure what's planned for tomorrow but we hope it's going to be fun!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

Bald Butts!

 Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here.

Well, it happened, after a good run this morning, joined by Eric! we had some fun playing 'Hunt the Squeaky Ball' then it came to lunch time and instead of heading off to the sea side, Old Two Legs got the hair cutting stuff out of the shed!

There is the 'Table of Death' and the 'Executioners Chair'  followed by the 'Jet Powered Hair Drier'! Then there's the 'Dunking Bucket' which is used to store 'Acid Based Shampoo'!

Holly said OTL was pretending and that he had received instructions from The Missus to clear up the shed.

I didn't agree 'cos OTL also got the shavers and scissors and that blindfold that goes over your eyes so you can't see when your getting shaved!

Next thing we see is OTL with the harnesses and a smile on his chops as he asked if we wanted to go for a walk?

Does a dog like sniffs?

So, off we went and enjoyed a super time on the beach, rolling in the sand and not getting told off either!

We couldn't work it out why OTL wasn't telling us not to roll in the sniffs!

Well, that lasted until we got home and I was first to get invited to enter the shower cubical and I got it, shmapoo in every orifice I posses! 

All that sand and sniff got washed out of me and down the plug hole!

I mean, what a thing to do to a puppy!

Well, that was followed by that 'Jet Powered Hair Drier' thingy that blasted away so hard that I thought my hair was being blown away!

Well, I won't go into too many details but I lost a couple of kilos of hair and my butt got shaved as well. 

It was just the same for Holly and she got shaved as well but when she was let loose, she dragged her butt over the carpet cos it was itchy!

I was lucky, that didn't happen to me but I think the anti tick stuff goes on tomorrow and that itches!

See you all tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

I'm a Soggy Doggy again!

 Hello Woofers!

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

Hi again! We are back with you again! Just for a change, Old Two Legs took us over the old golf course this morning. We left Wendy and Eric in bed snoozing their tails off!

While we were on the golf course we met up with a couple of woofers we had seen but not been introduced to. One was a Schnauzer crossed with something spaniel who insisted on dong some sniffing! The other was an old hairy poodle based hound of unknown parentage who let OTL stroke him behind his ears but every time OTL stopped, the hound smacked OTL's leg with his paw to let OTL know he wanted more tickles! 

OTL is still after the Common Newt but it seems that the Common Newt is becoming as rare as rocking horse poo!

He did find another one of those hoppy things but it didn't hang about too long!

Not the most exciting insect to be seen!

 This one is the Red Admiral who was all camera shy!

There seems to be a lack of Hawker Dragonflies so we have to put up with Darters!

Now I had some fun, you see, while OTL was snapping away at insecty things I saw a chance to get down to the sea front, I was off like a shot! I was in the water, splashing about while OTL was up on the hillside wondering where the devil I had got to!

It's OK going in for a splash but having to ride home on the car sitting on a wet and soggy damp patch is not the most comfortable thing a woofer can do!

Holly and I were going to get a hair cut today but after lunch OTL fell asleep and forgot all about hair cuts. The only problem is, it looks like we will have to do it tomorrow!

See you all tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

Getting Tyred of this!

 Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here.

Wot a super day it's been, out first thing this morning with little Eric tagging along. We went over the old golf course and Eric was doing his favourite trick of jumping down, getting his tummy all wet on the dew laden grass, then climbing up on Old Two Legs arm and dry himself off on OTL's sleeve!

Crafty or wot?

Just for a change the sky has been blue all day today and the breeze has been gentle. So walking down on the sea front was very pleasant!

And the sniffs were OK as well!

Well, bless my tail, those rigs are still there!

Now, other than the normal jobs OTL has to do every day, like poo shovelling and cage cleaning, there is also the 'Must Do' jobs that have been stored on the computer diary. Today is the 'check Tyres' day. You see one wheel has developed a leak. Trouble is. it is a 'Slow Leak', so there is nothing for it but to take the wheel off and wander on down to the tyre man to check it all out!

Now, in the fourteen years that we have had the caravan we have never had any problems with the tyres at all so this has tested OTL's tool box!

First of all the wheel nuts have to be tightened up to a 'Torque Setting' of 115nm. So, he had to buy a Torque wrench. Next he had to buy a tyre pressure gauge and some spare valves and a little tool to screw the valve in with. Lucky he had a socket set that fits the wheel nuts! On top of that he had to buy a hydraulic jack, just in case he had to change a wheel on the motorway!

Well, he got the wheel off and in doing so he had to roll around on the ground to position the jack ready to lift it up to get the wheel. Now that's no big thing but in doing so he disturbed all the spiders who to get away decided to run all over OTL.

OTL don't like spiders!

Well, in the end the leak was traced to a small leak between the tyre and the wheel rim. Off came the tyre and the leaks pasted with some sort of black gunk!

Back home it was another roll around amongst the spiders and on went the wheel and the nuts tightened to the torque setting and the jack packed back into it's travelling box!

So, there we are, another step closer to the holiday, all repairs done, van serviced, tyre mended and van cleaned!

At the end of the week both Holly and I have our anti tick drops and the ferrets get their  dose as well!

I must admit, I hate it cos it makes my shoulders all itchy and the ferrets hate the wet as well!

Roll on holiday time!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

A relaxing day!

 Hi Woofers!

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

You know, I could get used to these Bank Holidays, no phone calls, no working and loads of snoozes!

It's OK when Archie Babes TL's go off to work leaving him to enjoy a snooze without the roar of a jet powered vacuum cleaner like wot we have to!

It was still dark when we got up and only just got light by the time we went out!

Lunchtime it was a bit better, the wind had dropped and the sun was out dancing between the fluffy clouds!

Mind you, there was even more cloud blowing in and the cloud got thicker but we managed to stay out of the rain!

Old Two Legs has ben looking for Common Lizards but has had no success so he had to put up with butterflies and dragonflies. Today there was no dragonflies just the occasional butterfly. Maybe it was the wind that kept them all tucked up in the trees!

Tomorrow it is all 'back to work' again and there are some orders that have to go out, so OTL will be a busy little puppy running around getting it all out and down to the carriers.

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.