Normal Service

........will be resumed as soon as possible.

Now that the holiday season has more or less passed,

now that the weather is more settled?

It has been quite grey and drizzly here over the last week.

Boxing Day was lovely and sunny

it was also when we had our last decent walk.

So it was about time we took ourselves off again.

We headed along the river first

which as you can see from the first photo

has flooded over it's banks.

It has been like this since I returned from the UK

nearly 2 weeks ago.

Curtailing our walks along the river.

Even when the water goes down,

the route we usually follow is too muddy.

Here we are crossing the bridge to try a new walk.

Once we get across the other side

it's worth stopping to take a look back.

We take a walk up through the trees but decide

to turn back and go a different way.

Further on the hounds smell deer.

We later saw some running away.

Jewel would have chased them if Mike hadn't had hold of her firmly.

My turn to pose with the hounds.

Stopping for a picture on the bridge again on the way back.

Have you spotted our new hound

Arthur?
He's second from the left of the photo.

He looks a lot like Jewel

in size and colour.

But more about him on Monday.