no idea

Just can't think why we like living here. 

I mean

look at it

theres 

nothing to see

hardly anything 

its quite 

dull in fact 

might as well 

stay indoors

and watch 

TV
 

Back to life

 Darcy has made a magnificent recovery. It took 48 hours at the veee eee tees but she is home with a massive scar and a huge appetite . Here she is trying to find crumbs on the dining table. Seconds previously she helped herself to a cooked chicken off the kitchen counter. 

Fingers crossed

 There are times when you wish they could talk. Darcy here yesterday lunchtime looking fit and healthy, when actually she was terribly sick and this was at the vee eee teees where she was given a thorough examination and a few injections whish should put her right. For reasons unknown she had been throwing up vast amounts of foul smelling guk, we thought she might have poisoned herself somehow. By early evening she was fading, getting weaker, still puking and was in and out of consciousness.  The veee eeee teee kept her in overnight and there was some progress, she perked up, especially when MBAOSPW turned up at breakfast time and took her out for a walk in the rain (read monsoon) but she then faded again and a further scan revealed that her intestines had folded over and so is now in emergency surgery being sorted out. Fingers crossed!

A bit camp

We are off camping again soon and given the amount of kit a trailer might be a good idea, hence the 

work in progress. I'm sure it will be ready in time. 
 

They grow so fast!

Thanks to a combination of factors, like friends who turned out to be thieves and covid it has been too long since we last went to one of my favourite places, Centre Parks. 

Now much has changed at the Sherwood Forest centre, not least the urinals!

But the cocktails are still fab 

and as usual we kicked of the weekend with a very inept bowling seession.

Before retiring to our luxury villa which has two advantages over home, central heating and no dog hairs!

What is so cool about Centre Parks is that it is entirely kid friendly. 

Our two are growing so fast! Now a lifetime ago I was a climbing instructor so was very keen to get the boys in the climbing wall.

Despite their initial reservations they took to it like a fish to a bicycle and were soon getting disco leg and falling off at every opportunity. 

RRMK2 chose his own route 

while the apprentice followed his dear old dads instructions and was therefore more successful if success is measured in height.  

Now you know when you are old when you can truthfully say I remember this when it was fields, and I do, when I first started going to centre parks in a very fetching aqua shell suit this was the driving range. Its now more villas. 

The post ride snacks have improved with age, this my reward for a very hectic mountain bike thrash about.

While this was my reward for booking a good restaurant. 

The weather was kind to us in our forest lodge

and the apprentice showed me how much his bike handling skills had improved by leading the way along the forest trails. 

The boys also went quadbiking. 

as we all know red ones go faster.

So fast that on the last lap the apprentice decided to 

take the racing line on the corner 

and launch the quad and himself through/over the tyre wall

but managed to walk away smiling while the instructors tried to organise a crane to get it out of the ditch.

There was time for more sedate activities

but the favourite was mountain biking. 

Thanks to everyone who made our going away possible!
 

Back on patrol

The lazy spell has ended 

and the K9s are back out 

on a daily Bonsai Mountain Patrol.

The BMP is essential in this mad world to focus on the here and now and 

remember that even though there are stupid evil wicked people in the world, 

there are outnumbered by nice people. And dogs. 

Lots of dogs 

the furry feel good factor. 
 

The new normal

I am one of those who agrees with the science and know that our exploits on this blue green planet have had an impact on the weather. The new normal is weeks without rain then lots, more than you could ever want in a day, for many days, then the pattern begins again. 

Which was why on the one hand I was glad the rain was filling the water tubs emptied by thirsty critters,

on the other I was a bit concerned that this car journey might be Moby's last given the depth of water.

Depth and quantity, it seemed every diversion ended in a river that should not be there.

The reason for my journey was to collect these two poseurs who had been having a great time staying with super grandma.

Eventually I found a longer dry route and 

made it back to the ranch in time for tea and medals. 

I'm sure they were pleased to see me 

and at one point they were quite excited about the prospect of not getting home and having to spend a night in a bed and breakfast!
 

A bit early

A bit late this post but these have been in our garden some two weeks now, they are really early unlike this post.

Every picture improved by a dog!