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01/10/2024

Day 10/11/12

The big secret will soon be out we are on our way to Ile D Re for 6 whole days, we’ve never stayed anywhere that long 6 whole days yay!!! there’s beaches & forest holiday heaven for me!

Andy & Carolyn are already there & waiting for us to join them at St Martin port, so we have to park up at the campsite & walk to the port to surprise them. We head to a bar in the port Debbie Simon & Betsy hide inside the bar while we sit at a table outside, we let Andy & Carolyn know which bar we are at then await their arrival. Once Andy, Carolyn & Byron arrive & are seated I distract Carolyn by jumping up at her trying to give her lots of licks as I’m so excited I haven’t seen her in 3 whole days!!! ( a lifetime for a dog)
My distraction technique works Debbie & Simon sneak up behind & surprise her, there’s hugs all round but Byron & Betsy don’t hug. Byron doesn’t seem happy to see me or Betsy, I don’t understand I’m always overjoyed to see them but they never return my hugs & licks just growl at me, bossing me around.
At least I get some fishy bits from the humans meal tonight so that made me happy.

I have lots of runs around the forest with my she human, she has this band thing that she puts round her waist then attaches my lead to it (not really sure who’s taking who for a walk!!! ) she makes me run ahead of her pulling her along the pathways, it’s infuriating as I’m not able to get into the tree areas for some good sniffs & hunting, I’m knackered at the end of it pulling a human lump of lard around!!!🐾🐾

We’ve been out on the bikes but I had to give up my buddy rider to my sister as Betsy didn’t like it in the bike carriage, so she took my place in the seat on the bike & I laid out in the carriage on a nice soft comfy bed, it was luxury!! I felt like the king must feel in his stately carriage, humans & dogs looking at me I just turned my head to them & barked, it was so comfy in there I didn’t even get up to bark at them.
I hope the humans buy me a bike carriage for Christmas for my next holiday.
I really enjoyed the bike day as when we eventually stopped I got to run along the beach with Byron & Betsy( they are my friends today) & we get to roll in loads of seaweed which felt & smelt so good but none of the humans wanted to hug or stroke us, what is wrong with them, I don’t complain when they put stinky aftershave or perfume on & force me to hug them, their stinky stuff makes me sneeze but I don’t complain curl my nose & lip at them, well I can’t really as they’ve usually got me in a headlock to hug me!!!!😳🐾🐾🐕‍🦺

Day 12

Today Joe & Geoff are joining us at the campsite they are bringing 2 of my favourite friends Maisie & Nancie ( I usually go on holiday with them to their house in Whitby where we play & run on the beach for hours & days!!) but they are coming on holiday with me in France Woop Woop!!!. They will be so happy to see me especially Nancie she likes me jumping all over her & licking her face, Maisie is a little more stand offish when I try to lick her but we all love running together.

To celebrate Carolyn’s birthday the humans put up bunting, lights & ballon’s all around the motorhome, it’s like a disco when it gets dark.
I have a great time as I manage to sneak into Debbie & Simon’s awning while no one is looking & eat Betsy’s Dinner😬 even though I’ve already had my own hee hee!!, then to my delight Debbie puts down a second lot of food for Betsy ( she’s so fussy with her food its food what’s not to like!!) once again while everyone is busy getting their food I nip in again & eat that too!!
It’s like all my birthdays have come at once, I’ve never felt so full 3 dinners YaY!! But there’s always space for more & Carolyn is distracted I nip into her MH as Byron never eats his dinner either & there it is a bowl full of biscuits , not as yummy as Betsy’s butternut box but thrives can’t be picky, I’m just about to tuck in when I’m spotted & chased out, Byron shows his annoyance by growling & barking but not bovered I’ve got a full tum to sleep on until tomorrow. I’ll be back for a breakfast fill up😬!!!!🐾🐾🐕‍🦺

Day 13

Joe & Geoff go off to La Rochelle on the bikes, everyone else departs to go their own way.
Nancie & Maisie hang around with me all day while the 2 humans catch up with chores & have a down day
Later we set off the 3 of us on leafs😫to meet up with Joe & Geoff in St Martin port so the humans can have something to eat, we get nothing just scraps of burger( good job I had those 3 dinners yesterday). It’s a really boring day for us 3 dogs as we’ve not been free of the lead to run free, today as been a very down day for me!!🐾🐾🐕‍🦺

01/10/2024

Happy Black Dog Day 1st Oct.

22/09/2024

Day 8

Today we are travelling to Nantes in convoy, the campsite we are staying at is very near to the town so no forest or beach to charge around on, so that means the lead all day!!!! So I have to entertain myself by pulling extra hard on the lead till the humans get fed up with me & let me off😬!!

I had a great time trying to run after the pigeons & frightening them away with my barking, it’s also funny cause it makes passing humans jump & tut at me & give the humans funny stares.

Hoo noooo!! the humans have brought out the muzzle lead & that means they are very unhappy with me, I’m going to have my snout contained, I won’t be able to pull & run 😳 why doesn’t a police human arrest them for cruelty to me😫

They make me walk round Nantes for the rest of the day walking to heel on that stupid muzzle lead I HATE IT!!!! then they put me on a packed tram back to the motorhome, it’s no fun!!
I’m mentally exhausted from trying to find ways to escape the muzzle so I’m glad to be back on the settee in the MH I sulk for the rest of the evening in disgust at those 2 mean humans!!!!

22/09/2024

Day 7

Today we meet up with Debbie Simon & Betsy in Renne for the evening, so best behaviour it is then😬.

I enjoy it at the campsite in Renne it has a forest with parkland lots of great sniffs, my humans let me off the lead to run around a little in the forest when no other humans are around.
The following the she human takes me on a long run but keeps me on the lead the whole time!!!
She says she doesn’t want me buggering off & spending half her run trying to find me & shouting out my name, I don’t know why she has to be so mean, she doesn’t have to shout my name I know that it’s Ralph!!! AND I would eventually come back from my foraging once I got hungry!!! 🐕‍🦺🐾🐾

20/09/2024

Day 6

Today we are catching the bus to Juno Beach, I have to sit on the she humans knee all the way there which is lovely aside from didn’t want to lay on the hard floor with strange noises underneath me.
We get to the beach area but instead of taking me straight onto it the humans have lunch!!! But there’s no lunch for me!!! Or beach visit today as it begins to pour down with rain & it rains & rains for hours!!!

The she human & I find shelter under a stairwell & cuddle in the only dry spot available while the he human looks around a war museum for hours!!!!
We are squished in a corner like a homeless person & their dog, the she human keeps offering me bowls of water, Whywould I want water when I have trillions of litres of the stuff all around me😡!!!! No what I want is a bowl of food a warm cosy bed or at least a couple of dog treats !!!!
Eventually the he human turns up when the rain has STOPPED!! he’s all lovely & dry & smiley giving the she human a KITKAT!!! I ask you the nerve, what had he brought for me BUGGAR ALL!!!
I’m fed up cold & starving it’s not a holiday for me so far vs & to top the day off I had to be carried to the bus stop like an old sack so I didn’t get wet & not be allowed on the bus to get back to the MH, when are we going HOME😟😫!!!🐕‍🦺🐾🐾

20/09/2024

Day 5

Sorry I’ve been very quite but I’ve been extremely busy, also I had a secret to keep from my human friend Carolyn (Byron’s mum)

Carolyn Andy & Byron ( who also knew the secret) left Honfleur to continue their journey until we were to meet up again in Ile d Re to celebrate Varolyns 60th birthday, what she didn’t know was that Debbie Simon & my half sister Betsy were going to join us as a surprise.

Betsy is my bossy older sister( we have the same dad but different mums we’ve got loads of brothers & sisters, my dad was a handsome dog & very popular with the ladies what more can I say!!!)
Betsy always keeps me in check making sure I don’t get into any mischief when she’s around😳my she human is always telling me what a good boy I am so don’t know what her problem is with me but she loves telling me off!!

So first we are heading to Bayeux as the he human wants to visit the Normandy beaches but the weather is not great, there’s sun cloud & rain but the campsite is nice & near to a river walk so we head into town on the first night along the river but I’m not allowed off the lead again😫!!! But there are ducks along the way that I can bark very loudly & incessantly at to the annoyance of the humans( well I have to pay them back somehow for keeping me on the lead😬🐕‍🦺🐾🐾

03/09/2024

03/09/2024

01/09/2024

Day 4

We have been in Honfleur 3 days now, so all that planning & preparation by the he human as gone out the window as we should have travelled to the Normandy beaches but they liked Honfleur & the weather was not to good where we were travelling to they decided this place was as good as any.
I particularly like it as there’s a forest close to the campsite that we’ve run to & around the last 2 days, Byron & I have had a great time running free in the forest loads of sniffs & today we found a lovely swampy pool the we cooled off in, the humans weren’t impressed shouting & waving their arms around but we didn’t pay them any attention, they looked like lunatics🙄
When we got back they got the shower thing out & proceeded to shower me with cold water, I tried to protest I’d already had a bath in the lovely swampy water why did I need a shower!!!
There at it again with the water obsession they had last year, yesterday they tried to get me to walk in a water channel that was in the middle of a street, why oh why, I’d just had a drink at the millionth shop they’d been in!!! I was so tired the first day with all that walking & shopping I collapsed in the she humans arms while they were having yet another drink at a bar!!! & to make things even worse they’ve put me on this lead thing that wraps around my nose they say it’s to stop me pulling but I like to be ahead sniffing making sure it’s safe for the humans to walk there!!! I’ve tried desperately to try & get it off my nose, tried with both my paws, I’ve even rubbed my face along the floor & rubbed the skin off my nose but they won’t listen to my protests, there very mean. 🐾🐾🐕‍🦺🐾🐾

30/08/2024

So folks I’m off on my hols again for a long long time 7 weeks👍. The humans have told me we are visiting the Normandy beaches, which sounds great to me as it means I get to do lots of running!!!
So yesterday we headed over to France on Le Shuttle, I was dead chilled this time wasnt scared by any of the strange noises. We stayed at the campsite where we’ve stayed before in Calais, but guess what!!! It was like being at home as Carolyn ,Andy & Byron were there , they only live down the road from me & they’d followed us to Calais can you believe that!!! & then to top it off Suzy & Brian ( who we stayed with in Chamonix last year) also came to see me but I didn’t get to see my mates Dave & Kev as they’d had a long journey from Wales so they’d gone to bed early & missed me!!!
We went out to dinner I had some of the she humans fish it was delish she wouldn’t let me have any of her chocolate cake & ice cream even though I gave her the sad eyes & tried to give her lots of licks, so had to settle for crumbs off the floor!!! Then in the middle of the night the he human got up to use the loo & landed right on top of me he’d fainted!! it’s a wonder I wasn’t squashed to death with that huge lump landing on me I was very scared,I managed to get out from under him & jumped onto the bed with an injured foot & hid behind the she humans pillows, she checked to make sure I was ok & not badly injured then checked on the lump on the floor( glad to see I’m higher up the chain than the he human!) I thought he was drunk but it turns out he’d had some sort of reaction to the food he’d eaten so I’ll forgive him for injuring me. Anyway my injury was soon forgotten when the she human made me comfy on her pillows & she shuffled down the bed all squished up so that I could have the best position, so now I’ve started how I mean to go on at bedtime on this holiday, I’m on those pillows before she gets anywhere near that bed let her try moving me!!!
Today we are off to Honfleur for the night & guess what Carolyn Andy & Byron are also going to Honfleur I’m starting to worry that they are stalking me( I’ve watched Baby Reindeer with the she human) I’ll have to keep my wits about me & watch for any signs from them that they ARE STALKING ME!!!
I will post some pics from Honfleur but here’s one of me on the Shuttle yesterday being chilled chewing my chicken stick. Lots of licks cc Ralphie🐾🐾🐕‍🦺