What are you all up to

You make a very valid point Peedee.  I lived in Germany for 12 months 80-81 and the work ethic, compared to back here in the UK was far better, even people such as refuge collectors took a pride in their job and didn't leave rubbish all over, if it had blown out of the bins, as they tend to do here and you could guaranteee that the trains would turn up and be on time!

I was staying in Lee around  21 months ago for my ex mother in law's funeral (she used to live in Stubbington and later in Lee) and had a walk along the path next to the beach around 7.30 in the morning.  I was very surprised to see people swimming at that time in the morning in September and I definitely admire them for doing so.

You really do have to wonder about the mentality of people who let a dog off a lead when there is a specific notice telling them not to do so, as there are sheep and lambs around.

I think yesterday it was all a bit unfortunate, a very young dog with clueless owners. They let it off in the woods apparently but it soon found some open ground and was off! I hope they got the message when we handed the dog back. 

Lovely morning here, I expect the coast will be packed with visitors out for the day or longer.

Enjoy the holiday weekend, hoping we might have a day at the Bath&West Show next week and then the area around it will be gearing up for nearby Glastonbury...!

Agree with that 100%. Over the 30+ years that we've had dogs we have never, ever let them off the lead when there are livestock around, and the vast majority of our walks are in places where they're likely to be encountered. I just cannot understand why folk do that with even (what they undoubtedly consider to be) the best trained dog in the world. 

I have posted before about Ralph, who came to us at 18 months old and would be absolutely frantic around sheep in particular - now, 3 years on he can walk through a field of them without batting an eyelid. It just takes patience and a firm hand along with suitable rewards.

Result - happy owners and happy dogs!  🐕🐕

I’m with you fully👍🏻. My Dogs(every one over the decades) come back to the single whistle, I never allowed them out of sight from puppyhood & always on a lead around livestock. I love Dogs but would accept the shooting of them if attacking any livestock & it would be my failing. Having a well trained Dog isn’t something to boast about it’s Dog ownership 101.

A busy day for us yesterday. Granddaughter has been at home for a couple of weeks for various tests and hospital appointments. We took her back to Uni yesterday, for various reasons, we couldn’t leave until midday so we accepted her offer to stop over at hers.    We stopped off at Tesco on the way and got her food shopping, unpacked it all, and I did a bit of ‘tidying’, while OH had a nap. We had arranged to take her and her friend out to eat, they choose Pizza Hut, which was quite nice. Before going out we realised that her air bed wasn’t staying up too well! The Student Union, opposite, was having their end of year bash until the early hours, and the student upstairs was having a party! So we decided to travel home after all. Our granddaughter manages most of student things but she can’t drink alcohol and she gets very fatigued and needs very early nights so cannot do the nightlife, hope that she did get some sleep. Plymouth was unusually very quiet hardly any traffic, and we came home on the country roads, which were quiet. Beautiful evening travelling across parts of Dartmoor etc, home very late but we made the right choice.