Puppies and deer

The puppies are really becoming quite a handful now. They run out of the shed like a gang of very naughty school children looking to see where they can cause the next bit of havoc. Any plant that tries to get its head above the ground is fair game to be chewed, bowls are wrecked, they continually try to get anywhere they shouldn’t – up in the paddock, under the shed, tearing down the bank and just causing complete and utter mayhem and we love them to pieces! They are the biggest time wasters and so funny causing endless amounts of amusement for everyone who calls in (we have never had so many visitors). We now have homes for 6 so hopefully by the end of February they will all have places to go but they will be sorely missed and I’m not looking forward to it.

Derek took the dogs up to Dunkery Hill Gate yesterday and took these lovely photos of a very handsome herd of Red Deer stags. The weather has been beautiful the past few days and lots of people have been visiting Snowdrop Valley. Lucy came up at the weekend and from the photos I think she was more pleased to see Wagtail than us (certainly Wagtail got more of a hug)!