Thursday 11 August 2022

Bonny Scotland - July 2022

Kirkcudbright

We love Scotland!  So when an opportunity of a housesit in Borgue, Dumfries & Galloway, came up, we grabbed it.  Fortuitously, the sit coincided with a summer heatwave in the south of the UK so it turned out to be the best time to head north.

We passed by the farm in Drybeck on the way through and caught up with these ones.

Reg and Poppy were pleased to see us

Arriving in Scotland, we soon settled in with our gorgeous and fun charges.

9mth old Border Terrier, Hettie
such a joy

Roscoe, our first ever Red Labrador, a very
steady character
Peggy, a typical active and lively Springer
Brothers from the same mother,
Pip and Posy

Roscoe and Peggy were extremely well trained to the whistle which made them really easy to walk off-leash .... and Hettie just did what they did, so for such a young girl she was super easy too.

In the fields

We spent lots of time at the nearby beach playing in the waves and chasing balls.


Being so close to the coast we trotted out a couple of times to fish from the rocks catching the odd dogfish and not much else, but we never mind an opportunity to sit by the water wherever we are.


The sea also presented an opportunity for staying cool, even though we were only reaching temperatures in the mid twenties where we were, unlike the mid to late thirties down in Suffolk!


Peggy found her own way of keeing cool

At the house, we were busy picking and preparing fruit from the garden for the freezer, making gooseberry crumble for the family's return and generally relaxing a playing with the crew.



Cheers Pip


It really is such a joy when the cats and dogs get on so well together

Although we all know who's the boss here!


The obligatory wrangling of the crew for the scenic shot is always a bit of a laugh


What a wonderful and rugged coastline.  We will certainly be back at some stage .....




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