A Sunny June Morning

Taivas Missy and Raffles pose on our early morning walk. it was very warm and sunny at 8am this morning.
On our way home we stopped off at Hatchetts moor Pond to see the lilies and watch the damsel and dragon flies. There was no sign of the little swan family and I think they must have relocated them somewhere away from the other swan family.
On the main pond the seven cygnets are all doing welland the attentive parents were close by

In the garden at home the Goldfinches were having a snack

A Cold Walk at Pigbush

It was a beautiful morning apart from the icy cold wind and we had a lovely walk at Pigbush The Beaulieu River was very high after all the recent rain which pleased Missy. She had a great time swimming whilst Raffles paddled and Miss Taivas tried not to get more than the tips of her paws in the water.

Early Morning Walk at Kingshat

This morning we walked early as we thought it was going to be hot. In fact we chose the best part of the day, because by 11 o clock it was already cooling down, and we have just had a heavy shower. We enjoyed the early morning sunshine and the dogs had a great time bounding through the heather.It was very muddy down by the river and we could see the tide lines from last months floods but we were able to cross the bridge and do a complete circuit with no problems.

Looking across the Solent to the Isle of Wight.
Mud flats at Tanners Lane

Missy and Taivas loved the sea

Missy having fun

The dogs pose for us by the Gorse.

Trying to get a good photo of the dogs took a while but in the end we managed!

Happy Birthday Taivas

Today Taivas is 2!
We went To Cadmans pond to start our walk today. It was much colder than it has been, although the sun did try and come out, but now it is raining. As we were walking down by the stream we saw the first foal on Ragged Boys Hill. We quickly put the dogs on the lead and got close enough to take some photos with the telephoto lens. We did not want to disturb it and soon we continued on our walk going up to Fritham Plain before returning to the car. We put the dogs in the car and then went to see the geese on the pond. Someone was feeding them bread and the Golden Carp in the pond were coming to the surface to snatch the bread. I knew there were fish in the pond but had never managed to photograph one before.

Today at Crufts

Taivas Shows off her Third place Rosette in her class.(Good Citizen )
This is Taivas's Dad. He looks happy

We left home at 5.30 am to get to Crufts , before the traffic jams started. We were there just after 8am and did not leave until gone 6pm. I had never been to Crufts before so it was a new experience. It is massive and so much to see and do. Taivas is in the Pastoral group and the working dogs were also being show. The gundogs had been shown the day before and a Flatcoated Retriever won the group and will be representing them in Best in Show on Sunday.

Missy finds a Forestry Commission sign on the path and with my help we returned it to the Log stacks!


The water levels have risen and Taivas had to pick her way carefully across..she does not like to get to wet.

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Posing in the Daffodils

Missy at the end of our walk , she would quite happily have walked for another couple of hours.

The dogs posing by the campsite. We weren't sure if we wre supposed to get a free dog by this sign.

Beaulieu Heath on a Beautiful Spring morning, plenty of sunshinne, even if it was rather breezy.

At Roundhill campsite

When we arrived at the carpark the dogs were pleased to find some SNOW!

Going through Murrays passage.

We stopped at Andrews Mare Pond for the dogs to have a play