New addition to the family!

Hello this is Frankie she came home on 16th November 2018 and was born on 10 September 2018 so she is 9.5 weeks old.

 Compare Lucy full grown adult at 9 years to the puppy! Similar colouring but different size and coat.
Lucy is due for handstripping next week though, then she'll be very smart again.

 The girls came home from UNI to meet and play with Frankie and have oh so many cuddles with her. And a photo-shoot on the bed upstairs...

Very Beautiful

 And hardly ever stops biting/mouthing like a true baby....

 This was JJ and his duvet on the floor where he fell asleep with her on the first proper day.
I'd been in the kitchen with her all night then needed a nap so it was his turn...

 The reindeer toy was a big success.

 Lucy is not very impressed yet

Ok so she's little but no I do not want to play...

Our SNOWDON adventure on 19 September

 Parking in a layby next to a lovely lake as the pig path car park was already full at 9 am.

Walking on the road back up to the other car park to start the walk ''proper''.

 10:04 the start of the walk on the pig-track.

 JJ leading the way all the way.

 Looking back at the pig track car park.

 Having started to walk in light drizzle this is a hopeful glimpse of a patch of blue sky!

 First look at the lake with the smiley faces! Lake weeds.

This was at 10:29 am. the first big lake.

 What is JJ looking at?

Aha a hairy caterpillar! a bit late in the season?

more to follow about this day at a later date...

Maldives holiday start thereof

 Lounge at Gatwick with lovely buffet of food, free drinks and tea/ coffee and cake and lovely comfort. What a way to start this lovely holiday! Bliss.

 A wrinkle in time, one of the movies watched on ICE on the Gatwick to Dubai EMIRATES flight.
( 6 hours and 50 minutes) It was a comfortable flight, I watched 3.5 movies which helped pass the time. The Female Brain, A Wrinkle in Time, Goodbye Christopher Robin and half of Victoria and Albert.

 A lighthouse on the boot, magic.

 Lovely costume, a suit of the sea and a beach ...

 view from plane.One of the first Atolls seen.

 Still the flight from Dubai to Male. ( 3 hours 41 minutes)

Team building day - punting and some SUP-ping!

 Though I haven't been blogging it I had some pics on Facebook but am temporarily locked out so am posting here today.
On 4th and 5th August I had a 20 minute session on a paddle board at Country File Live at Blenheim Palace and fell in love with the sport! if you can call it that.  I wanted to buy a board straight away and did almost that, within a week or two anyway. Also took a SUP lesson to get my ''ready to ride'' certificate and then off I 've been going all about, Cherwell, Thame river, Grand Union canal, Thames, etc.

 So when the work summer outing was punting I offered my board for some try-outs for anyone interested. Only two were at first but there may be even more after the event.
It was quite a cold morning hence the fleece as I had only been sup-ping in t shirt and shorts until then. Lovely sunny day though.

As you can see after the try-outs and a nice drink at the Victoria Arms we head back for lunch at the Cherwell boathouse: very very slow service but delicious food! Two punts and a SUP.