Black and White

Estuarine silt with a puppy's footprints through it

What a nice view of the sea

So, take one WHITE puppy who loves to run.  In fact, the only thing he likes better than running is running through mud.  Then go for a wander down to a nature reserve by the shore.  It’s a nice walk through ground that was only returned to a semi-natural state from being a colliery a remarkably short time ago.  Not far to the shore now.

Oh, that’s right.  This bit of the coast is dominated by tidal mud flats.  That’s mud that is predominantly black, very fine, slightly green and with a worrying smell of fish.  Oh, that’s right.Continue reading

Terribly Un-British

To have a car in your double garage, let alone BOTH of them. Front brakes flushed and replaced (disks and pads) in the morning followed by an afternoon of steady clearing. Et voila:

Cars in a Scottish garage.

Cars, in a garage, how un-British

It was only after her absence was noted, leading to her being found in the back of the Honda happily engrossed in the treat pouch, that I noticed Mia in this. There she is, 10 minutes prior RED PAWED in the act of affecting entry to the premises where the crime subsequently occurred.

Aren’t staffies lovely?

A walk in the park resulted in multiple puncture wounds to and around his left ear, a gash to his left eyelid, a haemotoma to his right eyeball, puncture wounds to his shoulders and right thigh and a copious coating of his own faeces.
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