Todays walk  

The city I live in now is smaller but just as busy 😬

Well todays walk was our first adventure from 'the book' it was in the grounds of a small manor house near to the woods we often walk in. Its not huge or a long walk but the paths are nice and I can see that in the summer the shade from all the trees will give us a nice shady afternoon walk.

Ooo!  What a pretty home!

@AmongTrees it is pretty isnt it and Im surprised that they allow dogs in the gardens, I really hadnt expected dogs to be allowed so Ive never investigated it before but thanks to my book Ive found lots of very surprising places that we can go to.

So frustrating ... I had just taken a nice sunrise photo when what should scamper across our path but an otter, it was  less than 20 yards away! Of course the camera wasnt focused or at the right setting so I missed it again.

However this little guy in all his finery almost made up for it...

I miss pheasants.  My heavily wooded valley isn't good habitat for them.  

Yesterday was stunning and we had a great walk with Murphy off lead and even got a family photo!

Today OH has man flu so it was just Murphy and me walking in a grey misty world but Mr Bitey bird was sitting waiting at the gate as we arrived and we like seeing him.

Then Murphy spent half the walk with his head down holes !

Today Murphy stared at the cold grey water and dreamed of sunny days when the water will be blue again and he can swim..

How’s everyone doing in this cold weather? We’re pretty lucky here in BC Canada it hasn’t been too too cold! Still cold but nothing crazy (around -10c) Today we had a super nice and sunny day and we went to play on a frozen lake. Nikita had a lot of fun:)

Hi there @MariaandNikita  such lovely blue skies I love it.  Do you use paw protection?  Murphy has some for the very cold days and his feet are rinsed after every walk to get rid of mud and more imortantly the salt that is on roads and pavements ( people are very civic minded, they clear the path outside their houses and spread salt but its not good for the animals)

We had some lovely cold weather at the start of the year but as always it has gone downhill and is now the normal wet soggy stuff we are used to. Im not a fan of snow and ice maily because here in NL we are not equipped for it and people drive like idiots on summer tyres!!!

But a nice day with no wind and - 8 or - 10 is great for walking. Plus 10 with rain is miserable and makes me want to hide under the duvet.

Yea rain and wind are the worst! I don’t mind the cold you can always dress warm:) We do use paw protection sometimes if it’s really really cold. We almost never go for walks where it’s salted, we have some much wilderness here so we don’t have to:) 

We're going to get more snow in the next few days.  Miss Keezy loves it, but Pompey prefers dry ground. 

Pompey made himself a little cozy place on the couch this morning.

@AmongTrees Pompey looks very comfy in there , almost ready to hibernate!

He's very good at finding cozy places to have a good nap.  😉 

Benny always loved the laundry basket we had to be very careful when folding laundry from the dryer or you would find Benny snuggled in there...