A close shave

I'm down in Bristol visiting Dad for a few days and Paddy has stayed at home with Keith. There could be a bit of male bonding going on there! Yesterday afternoon I rang Keith to see how things were and he had just been out on a call to a motorist who was having key problems. So far, so good. He had taken Paddy with him on the passenger seat, using the special clip to attach him to the seat belt, but by his collar instead of the accompanying harness. After a while, he noticed that it was getting a bit warm in the van, so he wound down the window to give Paddy some air.
Just as he was finishing the job, he looked up to see said dog hanging helplessly by his collar, having tried the Great Escape but failing to realise that he was still attached at the other end! Luckily, it had only just happened and he was able to rescue the silly mutt and no harm was done.
However, had Paddy been a cat, he would definitely have used up one of his nine lives.
You see! You can't leave 'em alone for five minutes!

Alyn Waters Country Park

I am ashamed to say that, despite having lived in this area for six years, I have never ventured into Alyn Waters Country Park , which is only two miles away - until today, that is, when I decided to take Paddy there for his walk for a change of scenery. No camera with me today, I'm afraid, but I will definitely go back. The sun was peeping out and making a brave effort to shine, Paddy had lots of interesting scents to investigate and we had a very pleasant, relaxing walk.

But I'm not going to take the risk of expressing the hope that the worst of winter is over; no, that would be tempting fate.... but it would be nice to think that Spring is finally just around the corner.