Schnauzer Walk at Fewston Reservoir

  

                      

Last Saturday me and Trilby and Pip with Judith & Leigh met up with some other schnauzers and their peeps for a walk around a reservoir and we had great fun there.

                      

                           There were lots of ducks and geese with their chicks.

                      

                     Woodland streams and pretty flowers for the peeps to enjoy. 

                       

                   And plenty of good smells for me and the other canines to enjoy!

                       

                        

                      Everyone had a good time and some got very wet and muddy!

                         

                         

                         Pip loved the smells and searching out rabbit droppings BOL

                          

By the time we came home all we wanted to do was curl up together for a good nap.

                           

Walk at Fairburn Ings

                       

This is a photo looking across the river from the RSPB wild bird reserve near where we live. I had a lovely walk there yesterday with Crybbe and Aoife and our peeps. It was very sunny and warm and lots of flowers are coming out now making it bright and cheerful :-)

                        

                         

                                             A little robin was singing in the trees.

                         

                         

                         

When the peeps stopped for a cup of coffee, we dogs were able to have a rest in the shade under the table, although we did keep popping out in the hope of a titbit BOL

                         

                         

              As well as the little birds there were ducks and geese and even seagulls visiting.

                           

                           

                           

                           

We had a fun walk and came home very tired - I was glad to settle down for a rest all afternoon.

                             

  

Abbeys and Castles

                          

Here in Yorkshire there are lots of abbeys and castles which peeps like to visit even though they are mostly in ruins BOL 

                            

Yesterday me and Crybbe went for a visit to Easby Abbey and Richmond Castle which are not far from each other - Judith and a friend came along with us too :-)

                              

                                  Here I am in one of the huge doorways of the abbey

                                                  

                   It is an enormous building even in ruins - see how small we look in the photo!

                It was founded in 1152 so over 850 years old - English Heritage look after it now.

    

                                   

                  This is the River Swale that runs nearby and these are the Swaledale sheep:

                                   

It did start to rain while we were there so we took shelter in a dog friendly cafe and met two more schnauzers outside:

                                     

                                  At the castle we had to climb many stairs to reach the top:

                                    Here we are on the parapet - it was very windy up there!

                                                      

                                   

                                    And a few more views of the countryside around the castle: 

                                   

                                    

 

                                    

                                                          This is me furtling in the wild garlic!

                                    

                                                                          Crybbe :-)

                It was a good day out and we may go back again when the weather is better BOL

     

Schnauzer Walk at Oakwell Country Park

                           

Today was a lovely sunny day - we are all hoping that summer is really coming now! Me and Trilby and Pip went on an organised Schnauzer Walk with our peeps to a great dog friendly country park with woods and streams and bluebells and so many pawsome smells! 

                           

                                    Here I am enjoying a good scent in the grass :-)

                           

                                        And running to catch up with the others!

                  Here are some more of the schnauzers who were on the walk with us.

                           

                            

                             

                              

                                                               We saw horses too!

                               

                                

                                                       And lots of pretty bluebells :-)

                                 

                                    We had lots of places to run and jump as well as sniff!

                                 

                                                  Me and Trilby with our friend Lottie

                                             

                                                                          Trilby :-)

                                  

                                                                       .......and me! 

                                                   And to round off a lovely walk - ice cream!!

                                    

                                     

I am sure we will be able to persuade our peeps to take us back there as they enjoyed it too!

Yarn Bombing in Thirsk

   

                         

Today bloggy friends Crybbe and Frida are going to show off the photos of their visit to Thirsk which is a small market town in Yorkshire. They went with our peeps after it had been yarn bombed in preparation for the cycling Tour de Yorkshire this coming weekend. 

                           

If you have not heard about yarn bombing it is when a secret group of community artists go out at night and place knitted and crocheted items all around a town or village. The items are knitted by anyone who wants to take part from children to elderly peeps in care homes! The decorations were great fun and every shop had a little knitted sign which represented their trade BOL

                             

                                                Outside the Chinese restaurant :-)

                              

                                                        Outside an estate agent :-)

                               

                                              

                                               All the bollards had knitted coats :-)

                             

                                 And many had little peeps or animal scenes on top BOL

                              

                              

                               

There were knitted creatures on the backs of the seats and even the bus shelter had pom-poms!

                                 

After walking round looking at all the fun items, Crybbe and Frida were lucky to find a very dog friendly cafe.

                                

                                             Every dog that visits is offered free sausages! 

                                

                                  Just small portions for the affens as they are very small dogs.

                                

                         This is Frida looking very pleased after eating her sausage piece :-) 

It was a fun day and Judith and Leigh were so happy about the dog friendly cafe they said they will go again another day even when there are no knitted decorations to see and hopefully I will get some sausage next time!