It's Sunday but OTL is still working!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, even though we got an extra hour in bed this morning it somehow slipped us by! Old Two Legs went in the office to find that Miss May is sitting in the hammock with her eyes open and looking very pleased to see him. Eric on the other paw was in his bed snoring his tail off!

OTL made a call to the vets and made an appointment  for Monday morning for Eric to get checked over and also get his anti distemper jab like wot we get every year only the ferrets get theirs every two years!

We told Eric he was going to be stabbed on Monday morning and he said that if anyone come after him with a needle they had better be wearing welding gloves!

Yeah, they stab you then wiggle it about!

Welding gloves? I eat them!

 Out walking this morning was pretty, the mist had settled on the spiders webs!

Now doesn't that look pretty?

 OTL was looking for something different and chose a rose hip that had a drip on it!

Yep! Autumn is here!

 Freddy has finally worked out that both he and Eric will be competing in the ferret show and they will both be in the same class, Pastel Polecat Hob!

I reckon my face is prettier than Eric's, wodda you reckon?

Wendy says that we should win everything in that section 'cos she will be in the Pastel Polecat Jill section and although she has a bent ear, it doesn't matter 'cos she has a sweet smile!

May is out on her own 'cos she is a Silver Jill and she says she has a good chance 'cos she is in peak condition. Providing she gets a brush down before going into the judges!

Still, that is not until the 26th November, so we have plenty of time to get a good wash and brush up before the day!

We are off now to watch the F1 Racing, so bye bye and see you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Guess who has arrived?

Hi Woofers!

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

Yes, it has happened, Miss May has come back with a boy friend!

You see we sent Old Two Legs and May off with the 'Holiday Cage' all clean and disinfected and with clean bedding and water and some nibbles.

Miss May travelled in the travelling cage she uses when she goes out for her morning walk or a trip to the vet!

At the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue she was introduced to Buddy, a two year old Hobblet but it just didn't go well with the introductions. Miss May attacked him and bit him on the nose!

Now that was just not on. We know May can be a bit feisty but all out warfare was not on!

It was then suggested that we try a younger Hob.

There was a cage with four ferrets in that had started off with twelve! They had been bred by a young Two Legs who thought he could make some money selling the Kits but no one wanted to buy them and they ended up at the Rescue for Roy and Chris to find them new homes.

So, this young, six month old Pastel Hob was put in the same cage as May. He is a 'Full Hob', that is he hasn't been castrated yet 'cos his testicles haven't dropped yet!

She sniffed, he sniffed and then she attacked him but he didn't run away, he stood his ground and went for her!

That set Miss May back on her tail!

Now there was a lot of chasing around the cage, in and out of the bedding and a plastic tube. May was a bit put out that this youngster was giving as good as he got!

There was a bit of squeaking and hissing and chasing and running but it all slowed down. OTL went off to have a cup of tea and a chat with Roy and Chris.

After about thirty minutes they went to see what had occurred. Both ferrets were eyeing each other and were keeping apart in their own little space.

Next OTL got the 'Holiday Cage' and both ferrets were put in and a bowl of Ferretone introduced. They both were slurping away while standing next to each other!

A good sign!

OTL kept an eye on them for a while and decided that they would both be fine after week or tow, just like Fred and Wendy who now are always cuddled up together when they have a snooze!

So, at the time of writing, Eric is curled up under a blanket while May is snoozing in the hammock.

Eric has had a poo and a wee down on the bottom floor of the cage, correct level but wrong side of the cage!

He'll learn!

When he gets a bit older he will need to be castrated which will help his temperament and make him into a big soft cuddle machine like wot Freddy is!

OTL passed on the donation from Rose and Rosie and Roy and Chris say thank you very much.

While he was there OTL got to see Rufus!

He is doing very well, the large lump he had was a cyst which was removed by the vet and now he is slowly building up the muscles in his back legs.

OTL had a cuddle with Rufus and he wanted to say a big 'Thank You' to the Allhallows Croppers who enabled the Rescue Centre to fund his treatment. Rufus has a girl friend and the pair are to be found cuddled up together every night!

So, that is about it really, Eric will get his Distemper injection next week and after a while will be allowed out on the lead for a walk with May and us woofers!

OTL has promised to get some photos of Eric over the next few day so you can see what a beautiful lad he is!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Getting all Tarted Up!

Yo Woofers!

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

Another 'interesting' day here in sunny North Kent!

You know we went away in the caravan and the electric water heater stopped working. Well, being into electronics, Old Two Legs changed the blown fuse but the heater still wouldn't work, so, he switched the system over to 'Gas' ad off we went, hot water all the time we were up there, providing The Missus remembered to turn the gas water heater on, which a few mornings, she didn't!

Cold showers are not OTL's thing!

Anyway, the man who installed the heater before we went away, came to visit today to make it all work again. The water heater is now working again, new fuse!

Also the fridge was going into 'Deep Freeze' mode and we had tomatoes frozen solid like glass marbles!

Seems the thermostat wasn't connected, so a quick plug switch and Hey Presto, fridge working!

OTL had left a message on the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue asking if he and Miss May can visit to meet prospective partners and we expect a line up of eligible Hobbles (Castrated Hob)!

When we went out for our walk we discussed May visiting Harrietsham, Holly and I have told her she has to sniff like a really attractive ferret so we have been out sniffing for weasel wee!

It was good down on the beach this morning, the sun was up and the clouds were high in the sky.

Good Morning Sheerness!

We spotted a couple of Two Legs having a rest from riding their bikes and OTL asked what they were looking for.

We are looking for Ferrets!

 In the sea?

Strange or wot!

Yeah, a bit of Weasel Wee and some rabbit poo behind each ear should do it!

We helped May locate some wee and she was straight in sloshing it about all over the place!

Yeah! Slosh it all over!

When we got home we found that OTL had almost finished all the paperwork so he will be free for some fun over the weekend!

After lunch we got a call from Chris at the Harrietsham Rescue saying we can come down on Saturday about eleven for introductions to the lads!

May was getting all excited on getting the news and decided to have an early night so she would be bright and beautiful for introductions tomorrow!

Freddy said that she may meet some of his mates who may still be there and asked May to say hello to them for him!

Yeah, there's Jumbo, Wally, Doodle, Pookie, Cadbury, Stan, Silly Sid, Alvin, Echo, Henry, Sammy, Barry, Alfred, Billy Boy,

 The sea was calm and we spotted another 'Floating House Brick' heading into Sheerness to drop off some more new cars!

Left paw down a bit Number One!

 So, we are all excited about who may come back with May! Wendy says that who ever it is, he will have to be big and tough 'cos Miss May is a feisty little girl!

We will be handing over a donation from Rose and Rosie Rogers who asked The Missus to pass it on when she next contacts Harrietsham!

Job done! Every little helps!

See you all tomorrow.

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

A Day on The Beach!

Yo Woofers!

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

We have been having some fun today. As we have been away up in the Yorkshire Dales we have been missing out on the sandy beaches, so today it has been great fun rolling and digging in them again!

OK, We'll dig our hole here, away from those noisy Woofers!

Holly and I did our own thing but we had to watch out for Old Two Legs who tries to stop us from rolling in the beach sniffs!

Me? No, I was just sniffin'!

Mind you, we did have some fun winding OTL up. As the tide was out Holly and I asked for permission to have a roll in the mud instead of swimming!

You should see the look on his face!

OK, no sand, no swimming, how about a mud bath?

We just love winding OTL up!

Poor lad is still bashing away at the pile of paper and it looks like he could have it all cleared up tomorrow, just in time for the weekend!

We have got an appointment at the Parlour next week, short back and sides and a powder puff under the tail!

Yukky, Yuk, Yuk! As Archie Babe says!

OTL is to telephone Harrietsham to arrange for a visit with Miss May and we reckon that she is the one who should be down the parlour getting the Powder Puff Treatment!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Misty old Morning!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, we have had to amuse ourselves today, Old Two Legs has been throwing bits of paper all over the place and though we have tried to help by getting the ferrets to push them all off the desk so Holly and I can bury them in the garden, OTL didn't seem too happy about it!

First thing this morning the mist was down over the sea and while it wasn't quite ethereal, it was just misty!

Misty on The Medway!

We all had a roll on the beach and May even got to roll in some rabbit poo on the grass path!

OTL would never let Holly or I do that!

But at lunch time we had a crafty roll on the beach!

Me First!

 As soon as I managed to distract OTL Holly did one of her famous 'Dives' into the sand, nose first and had a good roll!

This beats Paperwork!

 Even Freddy and Wendy joined in but they both decided to dig a hole first before rolling in the bottom!

This is how it's done!

Then it was all back home for a snooze before dinner!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

We are Home!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy and Freddy de Ferret here all safe and well!

We had a long trip back on the A1 motorway and there were times when there was loads of traffic but it all kept moving so no real problems there then!

We shouted out for Archie Babe as we passed but he must have been asleep 'cos there were no reply to our woofs!

We got back around three in the afternoon and spent a couple of hours unloading the van and getting the ferrets back in their homes!

We were chatting about the difference between Yorkshire and Kent.

Well, for a start off, we got bigger rivers!

Yorkshire.

 But down here in the South we got.........

Kent, and that's with the tide out!

 OK, so some of their hills are bigger than the bumps we have down here but the sniffs are better!

You know what? I've really missed these sniffs!

 We have had the ferrets out with us and they agree that while Yorkshire has big rocks to ferret under, down here there is more chance of catching a shrew or mouse 'cos they like the long grass which Yorkshire didn't seem to have!

We met up with a few of the lads who brought us up to date with the news and location of sniffs on the top path.

Old Two Legs has been tearing around like a ferret with its tail on fire! The pile of paperwork is as high as it normally is when he comes back from a holiday, so we don't expect to see him for at least a week!

I've got to take some small tablet to help me get over my soggy butt problem and OTL cuts a small bit of chicken strip and buries the pill inside. At the moment he is winning but sometimes I do manage to eat the chicken and still spit out the pill!

A bit later this week OTL will telephoning the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue to see about introducing Miss May to her new boy friend, let's hope she doesn't try to beat him up like Wendy did when she first met Freddy!

In the end it worked out very well and now they are inseparable, so claws crossed for Miss May! 

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Last Noisy Day on the Caravan Site!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, today is our last day before setting off homeward tomorrow morning. I don't think we have ever been away on holiday where it has rained almost every day!

OK, I know it is Autumn time and all that but, every day!

Still, we have seen all of the Yorkshire Dales and discovered some serious sniffs and enjoyed listening to the rain falling on the caravan roof at night!

The ferrets have had fun 'ferreting' around under the rocks on the caravan site and found a load of acorns that the squirrels have stored ready for the winter season.

Yesterday, in the field opposite the caravan site the Two Legs were marking out some tracks using plastic poles. Today we found out what it was all for!

It was a Vintage Car Rally! Only this lot decided to make it into a cross country/hill climb sort of rally!

There were loads of Austin Seven cars with different sorts of bodies on them. 

Getting along just fine!

 There were saloon cars full of families who were all bouncing up and down to try to make the wheels grip on the muddy surface!

Come on Dad, Faster!

 There were some seriously large cars as well, this Bentley looked great on the road but didn't do too well on the mud!

Getting ready to Bounce!

 It was all good fun and the small cars seemed to be the ones who got further up the hills.

We've done this before!

 There were even some left hand drive cars there as well, this one just kept on going without much bouncing at all!

Built for speed!

In the end it seemed that the old Austin Seven was the favourite for steaming up the hills!

Austin Seven 'Girl Power'!

Old Two Legs just loves old cars and wished he had one he could drive up and down the hills!

Now we are going to start packing tonight, well we will make sure out 'Treat Box' is in a safe place for the journey home tomorrow!

Bye for now and see you tomorrow when we get home!

Luv,

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

It's Our Birthday Today!

Hello Woofers!

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

Guess Wot?

We turned on the laptop and fired it up and we saw this!

Happy Birthday Daisy!

 Wot a surprise! Google wishing us a Happy Birthday!

Holly and me are all of seven years old!

We celebrated by going on a long walk over the field and across the moor until the path disappeared and we had to go back the way we came. Still, Holly found some serious poo and I stepped into a big quaggy puddle of mud!

Izzy, Hamish and Bella came along too. Hamish found the same quaggy bit as me and Bella was looking a bit 'Damp' by the time we got back but they all had big grins on their chops!!

Great Fun!

OK, Where is Hamish, did he get out of the Quaggy Puddle?

The Missus had gone off to her second 'Master Class' so Old Two Legs had to clean us both up when we got back to the caravan!


Back at the caravan we got cleaned up and rested our weary legs while OTL shovelled Ferret Poo!

Then, as a treat, OTL took them for walks in the tree bit where there are Super Ferret Sniffs!

First is was May who just loves the sniffs!

We don't get sniffs like this on The Beach!

 Next Miss Wendy got a run on her own 'cos when they are out walking Wendy likes to get a move on but Freddy not only wants to drag his tale but he also wants to go in the opposite direction to Wendy!

No Nargles under this rock!

Freddy Boy has developed a liking for Rock Climbing since we have been here. He reckons the rocks here are more 'grippy' than at home 'cos these ones are 'Natural' and not concrete like wot we have on The Sea Wall!

Mind you, they don't have the sniff of the sea here either!

This is good 'cos I don't need Crampons!

Now you would have thought that we deserved a good dinner today, like roast chicken or a bit of steak but wot did TM leave us?

Doggy Scoff!

OTL sent TM a message suggesting Plawns and Plawn Clackers tonight as a treat, claws crossed!

OTL was working on his computer doing some programming on a radio for one of his customers when I got a sudden urge to go for a walk.

I sat in front of OTL and did my 'Talking' trick, he got the message!

On the way up to the top wall OTL stopped at an old tree, all sort of Old and Gnarled, just like OTL actually!

A Tree'ish version of OTL!

Coming back down we met up with Izzy and Co. Who were just starting their afternoon walk. Bella listened to Holly who told her of a 'Super Sniff'' just up the field and off she went!

Yep, she got a good roll while managing to eat some rabbit droppings at the same time!

Good on yer Girl!

Just behind that rock over my right shoulder, serious sniff!

Holly and I left them to it while we slowly headed back.

Holly was looking at the dales and moors but she reckoned that she preferred the West Highlands of Scotland over Yorkshire. Plus, she would have loved a beach to run on and have a dig in! 

Yeah, it's OK but I really need a mountain or two, just to spice it up!

 We haven't heard a thing from TM regarding our Chinese Takeaway so it looks like OTL will have to drive into Skipton and get one!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Off to explore The Forest of Bowland.

Hi Woofers!

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

This morning was one of those 'Early Starts', you know, pitch black outside and all of a muddle inside!

We had to get up early to take The Missus to her 'Master Class' in Burnley. When we got there the place was shut and in darkness, so we had to sit in the car and wait. Funny thing was, the owners were in early as well but were at the back of the building!

As soon as they noticed their 'Star' in the car park they turned on all the lights and got the red carpet out to welcome her!

Old Two Legs Holly and I thought it was a bit over the top and couldn't wait to get out of there!

We had decided that today we would visit The Forest of Bowland, also known as the Bowland Fells,

It is supposed to be the darkest place in the UK 'cos there is very little light pollution from street lights and towns and  factories.

Just loads of trees!

We were expecting to get a run off the lead and spent some time looking for 'Foot Paths' and access to the hills. No such luck!

Wot we found were signs saying 'Welcome to the Hills' then a few yards down the road was another sign saying it was private land and woofers not welcome!

This happened three times before we found somewhere where we could have a run, on the lead. OTL decided to keep us on the lead 'cos there was a road running next to the walking area and there were too many fast cars running up and down the dale!

Even so, it wasn't a bad walk and OTL got his fancy lens out and was playing silly wottit's with 'Depth of Field' which all sounds terribly boring!

We tried to help him out but I don't think he was listening!
 

Hey! There's a Deep Field over there!

 The trees were well on the way to getting their Autumn colours but I think we may have got there a couple of week too early!

Still, OTL tried his best and we had a good sniff around while he was clicking away!

Still not enough colour!

We must say that he does try, you can't knock him for not trying!

Now this ones better, it leads the eye from left to right and back again to the tree trunk!

Unless of course you are left pawed and then you would go from right to left and fall in the stream!

So, just for you left pawed among us, here is one going from right to left!

A Left Pawed Picture!

There, that should keep everyone happy!

Unless you are ambidextrous and if so, this one should be OK!

Straight up the middle!

So, there you go, another two or three weeks and it will be all colour but today, no not quite!

I don't like the idea of all those early mornings, even if you do get a snooze in the afternoon!

Never mind Archie Babe you could always take over the whole bed!

Right, it is half eight and still no sign of Izzy and Co, OTL is half way down a bottle of fine Malt Whisky and TM has been snoring her head off while Holly and I have been exchanging woofs with a woofer in the caravan next to us!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

A Seriously Lazy Day!

Hi Woofers!

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

Now we have had what can be described as a Seriously Lazy Day! You see we didn't get up until late and didn't really have any plans to visit any thing local'ish!

We had been running and tearing about up and down the Dales and Old Two Legs reckons that if we went any further we would end up in the Lake District!

So, to day we decided to stay in the caravan, woofing at the other campers and their dogs!

Holly and I got taken out for our morning stroll by The Missus and OTL used the time to clean the ferrets cages.

Now, you know how we have to keep Miss May away from Fred and Wendy 'cos for some reason May and Wendy want to kill each other! Most of the time we can do this and all is peace and quiet!

Not today!

Miss May was on the loose in the caravan, pinching our 'Nodular' biscuits and hiding them in the washroom at the end of the caravan.

That was all OK and OTL got on with the Poo Shovelling.

That was until May got behind Fred and Wendy's cage and started to pick a fight. Wendy, being just as bigger 'Punch Up Merchant' as May also started to fight May through the wire bars of the cage.

Withing seconds, Wendy had forced her way in between the bars and got hold of May who in turn had grabbed Wendy by the scruff and was dragging Wendy through the bars!

OTL got to them before they could even start screaming at each other and parted them, telling them both they were a pair of terrorists!

Now Wendy had a little while settling down with Freddy when she first moved in but now they seem to spend all their time play fighting or cuddled up with each other.

OTL has decided that May really needs a big Hob to keep her in line! So, with that in mind we have been in touch with the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue and they say they have a Hob who has been or is about to be castrated!

So, providing May or the new boy doesn't take an instant dislike to each other we could have a new 'Cuddly Pair'!

After the mornings clear up and caravan cleaning we settled down to a snoozy rest while OTL and TM read a book. That was until lunch time when it was our turn to go out for a walk.

All the time we have been in Yorkshire we have had to be kept on our leads. Now that's OK but we do love a good run around off our lead.

OTL was wandering out of the caravan park with us when he spotted a sign on the other side of the road saying 'Foot Path'!

We had to climb over the wall by using some big stone blocks and then a silly small gate with a spring on it to keep it closed!

Once inside the field we saw no sheep, cattle, lamas or Yorkshire Puds.

OTL let us off our leads!

It was wonderful! Holly and I just dashed up the field and sniffed all the sniffs and even had a roll in something smelly but non staining!

We got to the other end of the field and over the wall onto the moor and we enjoyed yet another great 'Sniff and Whizz'!

Now we both had a wee but saved our Poo until we got back to the caravan site and just across from the Wardens Office we sort of 'Left Our Mark'!

It was a pity that OTL had to pick it all up!

This afternoon I managed to convince OTL I really needed another poo and we got into the field again!

It was great dashing about off the lead and we must have been out for over an hour before heading back to the van.

I didn't do a poo and I told OTL that it was just wind!

Tomorrow we got to take TM to the first 'Master Class' so that means an early start to get her there so she can get it all set up before every one arrives.

We have found a Rugby Club where we can be let off our leads and it is just a couple of miles from where we drop TM off, so we will be looking for another runaround tomorrow and with a ball if we are lucky!

We are expecting to see Izzy, Hamish and Bella tomorrow evening, loads of fun!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May Dun Lardin, Miss Wendy Bin Lardy and Freddy de Ferret!