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Bird Blue's favourites

Bird Blue's favourites
'Tiny Toad'

Bird Blue's favourites

Bird Blue's favourites
'Mr Cruisedog on watch'

Bird Blue's favourites

Bird Blue's favourites
My Vixen

YIPPY I OH ... (The sad tale of Boozing Bird Blue)

Mr Cruisedog in his bunk bed

PRECONDEROTOUS

PRECONDEROTOUS
A rare photo of Preconderotous - which this site is named after. Everyone told me that I 'couldn't' name a chihuahua that but it was meant to be. He answered to 'Precon' and his son had half his name - De Rotous ... so long ago has been their passing, but his name lives on for all to see ...

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Saturday 28 August 2010

My Vixen

... as she turns side way on, you can see that all her coat has been restored ... even in June nearly half of her fur had gone due to an attack of sarcoptic mange which ravished the local fox population last winter. Thanks to treatment from Derbyshire Fox Rescue and good nutrition - including vitamin tablets, liver and sunflower oil, she's in remarkable condition for her advanced age ... calculated at 5 - 6 years ... average life expectancy of a UK fox being about two years.

About to leave for the cliffs

... with Mr Cruisedog, who's in charge ...

RAMBO STILL GOING TO HAVE A GO

As Rambo's TDS Ultra Trail Mont Blanc had been abandoned due to extreme weather conditions, I was convinced it was over for him. I emailed him at 01:55 hrs thinking he'd retrieve later but got the following message back immediately:

Starting CCC at 10 trying to sleep now.

The CCC race had commenced quite a few hours previously, so I can only think that the TDS entrants have been given the choice to abandon or stagger their start into this race ... I'll monitor the race stages and keep you informed ...

Friday 27 August 2010

RAMBO SHELTERING AS EXTREME WEATHER FORCES DELAY IN ULTRA TRAIL MONT BLANC

THIS IN 2 HOURS AGO LOCAL TIME:

BORROWDALE AGAIN?
The UTMB started on time and is now being cancelled due
to the severity of the
weather. We arrived for our coach transfer to Italy
at 9pm and are now
sheltering in the sports centre while they decide
if our start will be delayed
or cancel our event as well, so I was right to
be concerned about the bad
weather forecast. The UTMB had to be stopped in
part because of a mud slide on
way up to the Pass into Italy.
They now have a logistical nightmare about
repatriating them or transferring them to Courmayer
to start again in morning.
The CCC has reached Switzerland & is also experiencing
bad weather. No idea if
they are keeping us waiting to see if we start
later rather than cancelling
outright. Bit difficult as hard enough to start
at midnight starting at an as
yet undisclosed hour would be probably harder.
I have no spare food/drink pre
race than I had allowed for on a midnight start.
At least we are indoors in the
dry rather than struggling over a high pass
in stormy weather!

With regard to logistics for bad weather
on OMM and recent experience in
Borrowdale it is very sobering. RAMBO

Arfanar's Birthday downdown

Thursday 26 August 2010

R's Sole now steps up

... to the oche to award - and as there are now only hashers in the bar, we can get going - we are The Party Hash, after all ...

Flip Flop downdown

... and we are very sorry if we upset the two diners who leave during the downdown ...

Downdowns commence

... inside The Cleave ...

Wednesday 25 August 2010

The floods of Noah

... a dreary scene outside ...

The Cleave - we take a look-see ...

... just for you ...

Tuesday 24 August 2010

And they're checking it out

Mouldy explains the trail ...

Circle from the Cleave Inn

... using spare cam after main cam failed spectacularly ...

KC reunited with his dad, Archangel

... after three weeks on holiday at Cruisedog Towers with Mr Cruisedog ... but he's overjoyed to see his master again - as you can see ... Mr Cruisedog and I will miss him ... a lovely little lad.

Well, here we are ...

... at the Cleave Inn at Trusham ...

Monday 23 August 2010

And after ...

... our return from a very muddy, slippery and obviously wet excursion over the cliff tops ...

It's all panning out ...

... exactly as we feared ...

Before ...

... Mr Cruisedog and I exito less than rapido Cruisedog Towers in the pouring rain ...

Drat and double drat!

Sunday 22 August 2010

We're going to get

... wet, Wally, tonight ...

All quiet on the western front (of Maidencombe)

Everything back to normal for Mr Cruisedog's nightly cliff top patrol. Both vixens relaxed and confident and the old badger boar snatched a banana from my hand. There are three things that disturb rural foxes: the presence of humans - especially off road; windy conditions which always 'spook' them ... and heavy rain - like cats, foxes dislike getting wet - badgers don't care.

Have to go out later tonight

... as our last port of call is near a holiday cottage let. Last night at about 01:15 am the lights were on and they were pretty noisy - so much so that My Vixen (not to be confused with Meadow Vixen, higher up and to the north of Maidencombe) was decidedly spooked and Mr Cruisedog and I had to wait for about twenty minutes for her to summon up courage to approach. I'll tell you how we got on a bit later ...

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