Category Archives: walks

Next stop, pamper shop!

Posted on July 3, 2020 by

This is a conversation I had with a fellow dog walker the other day on opposite sides of the road. ‘David! How lovely to see you!’ ‘My dear! And you! How are you?’ ‘I’m fine, thank you. You?’ ‘Yes I’m … Continue reading →

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Let’s all go to the beach

Posted on May 30, 2020 by

It’s the start of another beautiful weekend and we went up on the prom to see what the situation was. This was the beach on the 22nd and 23rd of May, so just a week ago. These were taken this … Continue reading →

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A Walk in the Park 17th May

Posted on May 17, 2020 by

We’ve had a social day today, from a distance of course, starting off with elevenses on the drive with our neighbour. The neighbour whose wife died at Easter was walking past so we invited him to join us and spent … Continue reading →

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Hot off the press today………….

Posted on May 3, 2020 by

We have just got back from walking in the park which was quite pleasurable apart from the umpteen tourists we saw and had to avoid. Did any of them think about going a different way or keeping their distance in … Continue reading →

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Today is Thursday 23rd April

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

Happy Birthday Shakespeare! These pictures were taken in July 2016, a month after I first joined SW and before Humphrey and Dick. I am two stone lighter now! If nothing else came of attending grammar school, I remember his dates: … Continue reading →

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I’ve ‘sniffed’ you so much………………

Posted on April 20, 2020 by

A lot of things might be failing on our girl, but there’s nought wrong with her sniffer! I have just walked her round the block (fourth time) in the hope that she would oblige me with a poo, and the … Continue reading →

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Ducklings!

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

We have just got back from a walk in the park and seen the first brood of 2020 ducklings! Mum was proudly escorting seven babies towards the island, but the problem is the water level is so low, they can’t … Continue reading →

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Observations 14th April

Posted on April 14, 2020 by

After a bit of a dodgy start to the day, it’s turned out glorious, so we’ve made the most of it. Not quite warm enough for shirtsleeves on our walks, cardigans were good enough. Walking through the park, there was … Continue reading →

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Welcome Visitors

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

It’s taken a while to get to writing this post, which in a way is actually in two halves! I walked Maggie in the park on my own this morning. As things turn out, she has only had three walks … Continue reading →

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Spring’s in the air.

Posted on February 21, 2020 by

You might remember these fuzzy pictures I took a week or so ago when walking Maggie Well, although we don’t have this many in the park just now,  we do have about a dozen and this morning I noticed they … Continue reading →

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