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Apparently we had the first rain last night for ages, it has been so long since it last rained that it has given us another date to argue over. However, it was very little rain. So little, in fact, that…

I know it looks like we’re parked, but we were actually heading along the Monesterio to Llerena road at a bit of a lick. It turns out that the nice German engineers have placed the Merc’s throttle pedal at much…

This is the look that the collective canine population in the household give us they watch Herbie not only being allowed to beg at the table, but actively encouraged to do so. While this may seem like an blatant inconsistency,…

One of our current plans is to make our million by creating and selling exclusive bijou boutique clothes for small dogs. Admittedly, the first prototype suggests that it might not be the anticipated sure-fire success. Back to the drawing board….…

Today is our 10th wedding anniversary – or long service award as Ian likes to think of it. Significant because not only is it an extremely long time – but also because it is the first when we haven’t argued…

We had to take Wilbs back to the vet on Monday as he had a recurrence of his digestion problem. We went to the new vet – this time in a hire van – and they did a couple of…

The BBC is blocking all content that is recorded at the Olympics, which appears to include all of the news (it is also impossible to see any of the opening ceremony as this is being blocked and taken down from…

Never let it be said that we can’t take a hint. As the car turned up its little wheels again this week – this time leaving Bob stranded at the vets in Zafra, we were astute enough to realise that…

Our little Herbie is gaining mobility in leaps and bounds. Quite literally. He has surprised us a couple of times for appearing suddenly out of the blue. I opened the bedroom door and found him in the bedroom, after I…

jul_10, a photo by ian_pullen on Flickr. Herbie was insistent that I shot his good side. I wasn’t sure which one that was, so plumped for this side. Hopefully I got it right.