A First for Eric this year!

 Hello Woofers!

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

You know sometimes you wake up first thing in the morning and there is something nagging at the back of your head, a sort of premonition of things to come?

Well, I had that this morning and I just couldn’t put my claw on it.

Our morning walk went off without a hitch, it was warmer than yesterday and no wind. Mind you, we didn't see any foxes but that's no trouble 'cos you need to be up really early to catch them!

At half ten, after Old Two Legs had cleaned the cages and had his breakfast, I decided it was time for our lunchtime walk. It took a bit of persuading to get OTL to stop what he was playing about with and into his coat. It was then that Eric fell out of his bed and started to rattle the cage door. A good sign he was wide awake and looking for an adventure!

Just for a change, The Missus said she would come along as well!

So, off we went Eric, TM, Holly, OTL and me!

Eric hasn't been out for some time, what with this Covid, which ferrets can catch!

So, to begin with Eric wanted to hide in the ferret bag but he also wanted to see what was happening out there!

 What happens if the Covid chases me?

After a slow start he got the message and was sniffing and searching like a ferret should!

 

 OK, it's sniffin time!

He even chased after me on our way back to the car!

Outta my way woofer!

Now, around this time of year we can expect the ferrets to start moulting but Eric hasn't started so he looks a real star in his winter coat!

It won't be long before he starts dropping hair all over the place but at the moment, a star!

So, now he has been out I can see there will be more times when there will be four of us out walking!

Bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

All Done!

 Hi Woofers!

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

Well, what a relaxing Sunday it's been. This morning after all the cage cleaning and dog walking Old Two Legs finished off the satellite installation and tidied up the caravan and made a mental note of couple more jobs to be done. The roof vent blinds are in need of replacing and the battery is past it's renewal date, so some more jobs for later!

We had the Cat Woman visit today to drop off some stuff for the Ferret Day Extravaganza Raffle. That’s when the Village Hall Ladies have a great day making cards, singing songs and having a great time after which to profits go to the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue.

Our caravan is full of stuff for the raffle prizes and The Cat Woman brought some more stuff.

On our lunchtime walk down by the sea side was fun, once you got out of the wind. There were some Two Legs sitting on the grass having a picnic with their two Mini TL's so Holly and I decided to help them eat some of the goodies, that was until OTL told us we couldn't and shooed us away!

Meanie!

As we walked along the sea front, three couples with woofers passed us and asked when we would be bringing the ferrets out for a walk!

OTL was surprised that they remembered it was him who had the ferrets, we told him that it was us they recognised, not him!

Mind you, if the weather gets just a little better, I reckon that OTL will bring Eric out first, mainly 'cos Wendy is getting on and will need more attention when she goes walking!

This afternoon OTL has been looking at the price of Leisure Batteries and replacement roof vents, scary some of those prices. You know, there was one Li-ion that was priced at £999 and they had the cheek to charge carriage as well!

OTL has got to measure up the holes in the roof and the battery size as well before he orders anything on line.

So, that's it for today, we are off to watch a film now!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

Nearly done!

 Hello Woofers!

It's daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here again!

Busy Busy today! We went out for our walks and today it is chilly and cloudy so it was a good job Old Two Legs got the 'sticking dow2n' done on the caravan. Today it the wiring and stuff.

Now, we have had a puzzling day today.

The 'Instructions' for installing the dome and stuff says in an almost throw a way comment. 'Do not shorten or lengthen the coax cable between the dome and decoder box.

Now, the cable going to the decoder will not go through the ceiling so OTL left that in place, added a couple of connectors and assembled it all.

It wouldn't work. 

So, after a load of fiddling with the controls and getting nowhere OTL disconnected the additional coax, plugged it in and 'Pow!' it worked!

Now, OTL is into radio and antennae and understands things to do with coax lengths and frequencies etc.

After a little thinking OTL reckons the coax length is tied up with the frequency of the transmissions from the satellite and the coax feeder cable has been cut to act as stacked antenna. Stacked meaning a number of resonate antenna giving gain to the incoming signal.

No, I really don't understand it either but just accept that it makes it work! 

So, all day he has been twiddling and fiddling and routing the cable around the bedroom door frame.

In the end it looked OK and now he has to finish off the other bits, get a new battery and tidy up all the tools.

So, there you are, a day of hard work for OTL and a day of snoozing by the front window watching OTL climb up and down the ladder and in and out of the caravan.

I'll bet he sleeps well tonight!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.