Away and home again

We have just got home from our last trip of the year.  We went to one of our newest favourite sites at Bulwick (the best dog walk ever with loads of rabbit holes to investigate) and wasted no time in stamping or mark on it - Murphy refused to let a man and his dog through the gate into the dog walk on Sunday morning .  He stood inside the gate and barked at him until dad came along and dragged him away.  The man was very nice about it, but I did notice that his 'van had gone when we came back from our day out! 

On Sunday Dad went to a model rail exhibition, so Murphy and I went with Mum as she drove around a few of the villages looking at gravestones in churchyards.  She said she has someone in her  family tree from the area (I didn't even know she had a tree of her own) and was looking for signs of them.  Needless to say we found nothing, so went on to Burghley House for a quiet walk. 

It was quiet too until these guys appeared from nowhere and started to follows us.

On Monday we went to Bradgate Park which Aunty Debbie had told us was a great place for a walk ... and she was right!  As it turned out, Dad had spent all day last Friday there with a chap called Paul taking photographs of the deer.  They were everywhere and didn't seem a bit bothered by the people and other dogs.

Our coats provide quite good camouflage in the bracken

Here we are with Dad .....

... and investigating the ruins of Bradgate House

On Tuesday we stayed close to the 'van as it was very windy and rained nearly all day.  Yesterday we went for a walk to Fineshades and then took Dad to Wakeley Woods where they had a picnic lunch (Mum has to get at least one in every trip!) before finishing the day with a stroll around Stamford and dinner at the pub.

We've had a lovely few days and now its back home to what I have been told is a long overdue appointment with the scissors.  I am not looking forward to that.