We went to Capileira yesterday to visit some friends. We had been there about 2 hours when I received a phone call from a friend saying she had passed our dogs going up the main track!! I asked her to go and pick them up as we are out. We dropped everything and rushed back [...]
The Great Escape
Dogs
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Nov 302008
Ok so today we are living in windy Lanjaron in sunny southern Spain and its due to get very cold this weekend and even windier!!! Our temperamental aga is being put to the test today for the first time this winter as it is windy. On a non-windy day the aga smokes us out of [...]
2 day trip into the wintery Sierra Nevada
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Nov 282008
So off go the 5 of us happy campers for a 3 hour walk in to the Caballo Refugio. We intended to use tents to sleep in and use the hut to socialise in. As it turns out the walk in took 5 1/2 hours in deep snow. By the time we got to the [...]
Nov 282008
China feels much more powerful than before and wants to impose its rules on the rest of the world. China has postponed a summit with the EU because several European countries are hosting the Dali Lama. China has warned the French president that his country risks losing “hard-won” gains in ties with Beijing if he [...]
Look what I found in the swimming pool!
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Nov 282008
Found this little chap in the swimming pool on Monday, luckily for him a big plastic bag had blown in so he wasn’t completely submerged. I fished him out, put him in a rocky area in the sun so he could dry out, warm up and slither off, which he did. Turns out he is [...]
New dog cave
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Nov 282008
The dogs have a new cave to replace the unsightly kennel, blends in rather well with the surroundings.
Nov 272008
Well the training has begun again on teaching Khumbu the art of Skijoring in the Sierra Nevada! Our attempts last winter were not good, he was too young. This winter however it turns out he is a natural so far on the flat snow. For those who dont know what Skijoring is, its using a [...]
Nov 242008
2,000,000 cats and dogs are sadistically skinned alive every year in China for their fur and left to die slowly in shock and excruciating pain. WHY – “Because” say the Chinease “its easier to skin live warm animals” Please Help Us STOP such Horrific Animal Cruelty. Together, Let’s Stop This Sickening Trade. Please visit Animal [...]
Nov 242008
Emma and I took the dogs for a day out in the snow in the Sierra Nevada last week. We all had a great time, photos and video attached to prove it. [MEDIA=9]
Latest on the finger
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Nov 242008
Well this is the latest and last bit about my finger!! We were out in the mountains when the last stitch fell off my finger and showed me exactly what id done. As you can see from the picture it doesn’t look much for all the fuss that it caused, how can so much blood [...]
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