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Mon 20th Mar: Hebden Bridge and pupcakes


Crinkly

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Cato:

It was a fun holiday, but it was a weird holiday too!

It kept raining.  Mum says she has never had such a wet holiday, and a sleety one too.  although she has had more snow.  We only had a bit of snow.  We travelled all the way there, in the rain.  I don't mind long journeys, cos I sleep a lot.  We always know it is going to be a long one cos Mum sets up a second crate and we have one each.  That way Tara can't trample on me and sit on me all the way there.

Mum says it was too wet and grey and manky for pics, even though we had a good walk when we stopped for a break.  And treats.  Dad gave us treats too.

Then it was back into our crates for the rest of the long way.  It was OK though, cos we had nice things piled around the crates that sniffed of home.  There were our fleece blankets, and our bag with treats in.  And Mum's coat that smells of stinky perfume.  I was very glad Mum had packed a python and some pigs ears.  It isn't the same without them, is it?

It was all wet when we got there too.  And we got carried from the car to our new home-den.  There was a tree, and a bench and a big outdoor splashy pool for mum.  And a really nice leather sofa.  All low and wide and soft and snuggly.  Mum and Dad found it difficult to stand up, but me and Tara loved it.

It was too grey and wet for pics.  And then it rained the next day too!  All day.  We went out to a town and sat in a pub and sat in a cafe, and watched it rain.  And Dad didn't have wifi, and Mum didn't have wifi, and Dad wanted to come home!  But Tara said she wanted to see some mountains.  And I wanted to stay with Mum.  So then Dad decided that if he could sleep better he would stay, so he made a nest-den on the sofa, and we slept with Mum on the bed.  And Dad cheered up cos his back and hips didn't hurt any more.

 

Tara:

In the end, we went out and found some mountains!  In the rain!  Dad and Cato followed me.  See:

This is the park.  All wet and grey and splooshy.  I was wearing my purple bow wot Dad picked out for me.  And I rolled Cato in the puddles!  Haha!

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See this is him trying to stand up to my Ninjaness.

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Oooh look!  this is my first sight of a mountain.  It is high, isn't it?

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Me and Dad went exploring the mountain range, and Cato tagged along.

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Mum says the pics are blurry cos of the downpour.  Wot is downpour?  I thought it was raining.

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I came over to see Mum.  she is very little, isn't she?

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This woz a pack of very bouncy dogs.  Their Dad shouted at them a lot, and they didn't take much notice.  I decided to go and stand behind Dad til they went away.  Cato just stood and watched them.

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It got wetter and wetter, and Dad said he wished he had remembered his lovely red hat wot I gave him for Xmas last year.  Cos his head fur was getting even soggier than my tummy fur.

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There were ducks too!  (Mum: geese actually) All swimming uphill against the river.  It was all floody and fast, and Cato didn't fit through the fence, or he would have gone Hunting.

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Mum thought you would like to see this pic.  Something about flowers growing out of the trunk.  Yawn.

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We both had a drink.

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This is called a canal.  Says Mum.  Not as interesting as the park though.

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a sniffy euphorbia.

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and another mountain!

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Then we walked along the canal for a bit.  which was boring.

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except when I found some duck poo to sniff.

I think Cato wanted to get on the boat thing.

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some forsythia, Mum says.

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And this is when we were going over the canal bridge.

That man is chopping trees off the bank.  I wanted to go and say hello and help, but Mum was a spoilsport and put me on a lead. :( she said something about 'the last thing that poor man needs on a day like today, is you Tara.' :(  Not Fair!  I would have made his day, wouldn't I Aunties?

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We walked along some streets, and talked to a lady with a black Lab who woz quite nice.  And then we went over old Hebden Bridge.  We had seen it before.  Ages ago. (Mum: last year when we stayed around here for a few days - remember when Tara was climbing dry stone walls?), but I don't remember the sniffs.

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This is me showing Dad how to cross the bridge, and Cato trying to trip Dad up.

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And see that building with the benches outside?  That is our Paw Cafe.  It is called The Lamppost.  http://www.thelamppostcafe.co.uk/

They like having paw customers.  Last time we came they had been flooded and were closed down, but they were open and we went and sat inside.

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It was great.

There were hessian dog beds for us to use, and menus http://www.thelamppostcafe.co.uk/menu with pupcakes on them, and dog beer.  We even had a menu for us, and a menu for Mum and Dad.  They had scrambled eggs and stuff, and we had a cheese pupcake and a beer!  http://stories.barkpost.com/beers-for-dogs/  we had this one http://snuffle-dogbeer.com/

They were a bit weird.  The pubcake sniffed of banana, and the dog beer had animal deri-derva-teeves in it, so Mum only gave us a little, but it was exciting.  And the Sausage Lady came and said hello and made sure we had water, and stroked us, and liked my purple bow.

Mum said that it was a long drive from our holiday-den, but she was glad we came back, cos we like Hebden Bridge.  And wot else are you going to do in a downpour?

And then the sun came out. :)

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PipsMom

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Mountains and mud...guess you thought you were in heaven didn't you Tara :D

Too bad about the down pour of rain...but the Pup Cafe made up for the foul weather don't it.

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Sorry about the rain :rain:but looks like you two still had a fun time :dog::dog:

Mom's says that Lamppost restaurant is so neat having a pup :gathering: menu.  Is this common in your area? 

Pup beer :beerchug: is so very cool B) How did it taste Cousin:wine:Cato and Cousin :cocktail:Tara?  

You both didn't get looking like this:puke::puke: after you sipped your beer right? 

I like the ending picture with the sun coming out :sunshine:

You two sleep well tonight :zzz::zzz:

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Missysmom

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Wow what a great place to visit, it looks really nice! Love all the climbing places Tara, looks like you had tons of fun! But the best was the doggie beer, Missy woulda loved to have joined you for one! ;) I loved seeing those pretty flowers growing outta that tree, really neat! :D

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Crinkly

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Tara:

@Auntiebeebalm the dog beer was weird.  it was sort of like the bone broth that Mum makes sometimes.  Only not so nice.  We didn't drink it all.  And the pupcakes were weird too.  I really TRIED to like it.  But it had stinky banana in it.  I did suck it a bit though, and then Mum gave the rest away to a big black Bedlington who was sitting under the next table.  I didn't think I liked it very much, but that didn't mean I wanted someone else to eat it!!!

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