Monday 29 August 2011

Weekend Away

We're home today after a rather wet weekend away at Cannock Chase.  Michael was really busy working all Friday afternoon so we didn't arrive until 6.30pm, but like real heros Michael and Sandra got us organised and having dinner before the rain started.  We didn't get much chance to explore but did manage a stroll around the site after dinner and in between rain showers - I’m sure I smelt the presence of bunnies.

Saturday 5am - I was right ... there are loads of bunnies here and thanks to Murphy waking us all up really early we managed to see them having an early breakfast.  We went back to bed for a few hours and then after we had our breakfast and watched the rain for a while (it was really heavy) we went out for a walk on Cannock Chase. We had an interesting walk - it was quite hilly and on our way back to the site decided to take a short cut.    That was a bit of a mistake as we found ourselves in the middle of a mountain bike trail and it was classed as a black run, so VERY steep.  We survived and made it back to the caravan safely. 

Sunday - another early start but this time thanks to the cockerel that lives next to the site.  It was raining again this morning (is this getting boring?) so Michael got to watch lots of cars racing around on the television and when that was over we went out.  Sandra and Murphy both requested that today's walk was less steep and not as stressful as yesterday (avoiding those bikes was a bit nervy) and that's what we had - it was really nice.
We had one piece of excitement this evening when Michael took Murphy and I out for our last walk before bedtime ... I spotted more of those pesky bunnies and managed to break my new collar when I tried to charge after them.  Michael was not impressed, but pleased I think that I didn't go through the fence onto the chase as it was 10.30pm and very dark!

Today we packed up and headed home.  I'm not sure what we have planned for this week, but I did hear a rumour that I have a training lesson on Saturday and Murphy has an obedience test on Thursday so I can guess that lots of practice will be on the agenda.