Saturday 31 January 2015

Just enough, not too much

Hello my friends....apologies for another unforgivable gap in our blogging schedule....poor typist has been furry busy at work and we have had to ration our activities just the teeniest bit....anyhoo, we are back now for an update...


...Miss Lola has been sadly neglected in the grooming stakes....she got to be looking a bit like a wookie......

....so we took her to the groomers...in the middle of winter.....brrrr....but doesn't she look smart?.....


...it has made her "naps by the fire" a lot more comfortable.....

....but has gives rise to the need to wear her hated coat when out on our winter walks.....

....the typist and I went to Wimbledon to do some shopping....er...in no way have you caught us in a bike shop...nothing to see here...move along please.....

...er....we really needed a cup of coffee after all our hard work!....

....it was busy on a Saturday afternoon but I got my own seat on the train on the way home.....

....but OMD...we arrived home to find that Miss Lola had missed an intruder.....

...so we took her to the woods for some squirrel training.....

....we conducted a full debriefing on the way home via the rearview mirror!.....BOL

.....she put everything into it...at least, that's what she claims.....




...*sigh*....we had the awful news that another of our border terrier pals had been stolen this week so we staged a protest about this on Twitter with our #BTPosse pals....we want @findginny brought back to her family where she belongs.....the whole of BT  HQ joined in....

....on Thursday we got a little warning of the weather ahead.....Miss Lola was out on her walk when it started to hail....

A video posted by Marley Terrier (@marleyterrier) on


...she seemed to be enjoying that...although she did rush home......

....so it was no surprise today when we woke to find snow.....the Colonel insisted on going for a walk.....

...Miss Lola was a bit uncertain....she does not enjoy cold wet paws.....

....she kicked up a fuss!....




....the Colonel was at home in these conditions...he enjoys a challenge....

...Miss Lola had to run to keep up.....

...when she wasn't snootering that is......

....the Colonel did not mind the cold....even on his felty paws......

...and enjoyed being able to survey from the higher ground.....


...."terrier located"....

...we hope you are all well and we look forward to catching up with your blogs and stuff this weekend.....wooof

Clapton, snowy BT HQ....



Saturday 10 January 2015

Price of Freedom

We have all learned a little bit about the price of freedom this week...we at BT HQ says its priceless....



Charlie Terrier...le woof


#BTXmas

Last year the inestimable @thomasterrier organised the first ever Christmas party for the #BTposse which he named #BTXmas...and, blow me down, if he didn't do the same thing for us all before Christmas....a great night was had by all....you can still see all the fun of the show if you check out #BTXmas on Twitter.....the BT HQ staff performed a little pantomime....and I am showing it to you here for those who couldn't make it on the night.....we were very proud to take part and over £500 was raised for doggie welfare charities.....




Hello my friends...*waves*...and welcome to Clapton and the Beanstalk!! #BTXmas


Little Clapton Terrier lived at home with Old Mother Lola.....they were very poor....#Lolafallsonhardtimes #BTXmas


Old Mother Lola worried & worried the only means to provide for noms was milk from the family cow, Daisy #lookwhoitis! #BTXmas (p.s for those who don't follow him on Twitter that ape is the Typist....)


On the way to market 1 day...Little Clapton met a cunning old military dog who offered to swap Daisy for magic beans... #BTXmas (hee hee...its the Colonel in disguise!!)


Little Clapton’s mum was not best pleased.....she threw the beans out of the window into the garden...#austerityBTHQ #BTXmas


... overnight they grew into a beanstalk stretching up into the sky....#whathaveyoubeendrinking? #BTXmas


..at the top of the beanstalk Little Clapton found a huge Castle... where lived the Great Ogre Marley...#sacrilegesurely? #BTXmas....


...the Great Ogre Marley had a chicken that laid golden bones....#itshimagain!! #BTXmas


....”Come with with me little ape..er...chicken”.......*run run* ...CAN ANYONE SEE THE OGRE?? #BTXmas


..quick as a flash  he was down the beanstalk with the golden bone-laying ape...er...chicken...*whacketty WHACK* went the axe #BTXmas


...down came the beanstalk...and the Great Ogre Marley was no more.... #BTXmas


.....and they all lived happily ever after at BT HQ.... *bows.....* #BTXmas