Dad......

Today is fathers day.....I lost my dad 8 months ago tomorrow.

He was the best, kindest, most brilliant dad and grandad ever and nothing will ever replace him....
Miss you more than words can say Dad... x
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RIP DAD X 

Shaggy Dog Story ....

On Sunday I went to St Bee's beach in Cumbria with my mom to take Leo for a run on the beach.

You can't let the little bugger off because he'd never be seen again so he has a long extending lead.

He loves the sea and it wasn't long before he was right in there with poor mom trailing behind.

I have a pretty good camera that the Mr bought me for my birthday and I've started trying to keep it with me, fortunately I had it and got some great shots of them both.

It was nice to see my mom so carefree and happy. She's struggled since losing dad and by her own admission has found it hard to move on, but she seems to have negotiated a little bend in the road of late and hopefully her and Leo can build on that.

Leo chased stones, dug holes and generally got into a state but a good hour or so was had by all even if we did bring half the beach back with us !!


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France.....part 3

Bonjour

Well finally the last part of my trip to France. You can tell I'm home and have no time again!

So whilst in France we went to the monkey forest just outside Rocamadour and it was THE best experience ever.
We have a monkey forest near to us at home but we have never gone - something I will be rectifying this summer....

The monkeys were all roaming around freely albeit in an area that did have fences but they were not obtrusive at all and the area was very large.
We were asked if we wanted to feed the monkeys when we went in and they gave us some plain popcorn only a small amount each I assume so they don't get too chubby.

The monkeys were so cute and funny and the babies were the cutest of all. One little baby wanted to hold your hand is it took the popcorn - I guess just in case you tried to take it back.
I don't know what it is about monkeys - maybe its because they are so close to us but they were fascinating to me and they seemed fascinated in us but I think the popcorn helped them...lol

There was a really old one whose eyes were all glassy and he looked just like a little old man sat on the wall watching the kids running about like nutters after the popcorn, he really made me smile.

We had a great week in France, as ever and exploring the Dordogne was heavenly and the fields and fields of poppy's we saw were beautiful, we'll definitely be going back again.

On the way back home we managed for the first time ever to get on the outer ring road at Paris with the aid of just the map and my instincts so I never did get that picture of the Eiffel Tower unfortunately, there's always next time.....

Au revoir mon amis ......

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