Stanstead Forest walk....

Afternoon,

As promised, an update of the last walk we had with our temporary guest Amy.

On sunday afternoon we went to Stanstead forest. We took Amy, Jay, Jackie's sister Clare and her two dogs Sheeba and Kahlua. That did make for a full car, 3 adults and 4 dogs. Luckily that the greyhounds stayed in the back and the other two sat on the back seat with Clare. When we got to Stanstead forest we opted for going the long way around as the last three days of rain had changed the paths into a quagmire. As we came around the corner I spotted a huge herd of deer in the distance. Luckily our dog pack did not spot the deer... Otherwise they would have been after it. I know, as one of my previous greyhounds was partial to a bit of torn apart venison...

There must have been at least 50 deer in that herd. So within minutes all the dogs were on the leads as we did not want a bloodbath... Amy was on the lead anyway as we do not let her of in places that are not enclosed. We are not sure if she would come back and I guess Gary and Stacey would not look to kindly upon me loosing their dog hahahahaha....

Ok, she did want to run around with the others but as that was not possible we had her on one of the extendable leads so at least she could join in a bit. When we were out of sight of the deer the other three were off the lead again and a great time was had by all. Just before we got to the car Sheeba and Kahlua decided to pamper themselves with a mudbath... So when we got to loading up the car with dogs we got the dog blanket from the boot and stuck that on the back seat so the wet dogs wouldn't mess up the back seats. So then I put Jay and Amy in the back. Stupid Jay sees his blanket on the back seat and hops over the back rest and gets comfy on the back seat, stupid mutt... After a lot of jigging dogs around we finally ended up with two greys in the back and Clare and her dogs on the back seat... Greyhounds? Thick? Never....

Amy the house guest will be going back on wednesday or thursday after her owners have had enough of sailing down mountains with two planks tied to their feet in Austria. I'm sure we will miss the little tike, she has been excellent! No messes in the house, no fuss about the food and no fights with Jay. All good. She is welcome to stay again!

Tomorrow I am off to Saudi Arabia. I'm overnighting in Jeddah and then making my way on wednesday to somewhere between Arar and Turaif near the Iraqi border for a few days. Should be back on sunday...

Cheerio,
Alex.