The Adventures of Fripp

 Can I tell you I very nearly cancelled the blog today because moi has been a bit bored. We set off this morning for coffee and croissant at the Pollinator but it was too hot to get that far so we had to come home again.  We then had to wait in for my turkey mince which always arrives safely but a lot of the stuff Nix ordered wasn’t available. She’s been having a moan about that and saying she’ll have to go shopping now in all this heat…she’s not happy. I’m fine, turkey mince…tick. Green beans…tick. Carrots…tick. Butternut squash…tick. Pasta…tick 👏👏👏 Now I just need to get Nix in the kitchen cooking it.  We had a trip to the local park again where there’s lots of shade and I enjoyed that but it was a bit short and sweet. Nix said it was because of the heat but actually it was so she could get back and get to the beach while the tide was in the right place. It’s a very exact calculation that has to be made as if it’s too far in Nix is too scared to go in and if it’s too...

 It’s Freedom Day here in the UK and the humans have been released from their captivity. Some of them have gone a bit mad and gone dancing and things. Obviously Nix does not do dancing and we should all be very grateful for that. Let’s face it she has enough trouble staying on her feet without throwing herself around a dance floor and embarrassing herself…and moi 🙄 I don’t think Freedom Day has made much of a difference to us, today was exactly the same as usual, just a bit hotter.  We went out early this morning and stopped off at our new little cafe for tea and croissants except there weren’t any croissants. Doesn’t matter, I was able to meet my friend Bollow who actually told me off when I jumped up to get a dog treat. It’s allowed I suppose as we were in his garden. Freddie was there too, he’s a bit obsessed with moi… of course 🙂 On the way back I was getting a bit hot so we walked down to the sea and I was allowed off my lead as the BCJ never comes down there. The water...

 I don’t want to keep repeating myself but it is very hot out there. Nix has been down to the sea but the pavement is too hot for me to get there.  I’ve been left on my own twice today, once when Nix went to church (there was rhubarb) and again when she went for her splash about in the sea. Don’t tell her but that’s why I’ve been more cuddly just lately, I think I appreciate her a bit more. I hope she’s told you what a good boy I am when she goes out. I don’t panic at all like I used to and sometimes I even have a little nap when she’s gone. I have had a walk today. This morning before it got too hot we went to the woods. It was still too warm for me though, I don’t really like it and Nix was nearly passing out. It’s much cooler where we live because we get the breeze from the sea. Nix says we can go out again a bit later on when it cools down a bit. At the moment I am resting in the garden and Nix is watching me like a hawk to make sure I don’t dig any more plants up. I like ...

 Summer’s here everyone, Nix is very happy and I don’t mind it either because we get to go to the woods to stay cool. Having said that we haven’t been to the woods yet today but I think we shall go later.  This morning we did our usual walk down to the old fort but I had to stay on my lead still. I don’t mind really because I don’t run a lot these days unless I’ve lost Nix. Actually I quite like walking by her side and I like to trot to make her walk faster…keeps her fit. This morning was very exciting because there is now a coffee place there, it’s called the Pollenator Café. You remember my friend Bollow, the big Newfie well his family own it, it’s actually in their back garden. There’s lovely cold water in the bowl and dog treats and it’s just perfect. Bollow’s owner plays the guitar and he’s very good. He was filming up at Devil’s Dyke yesterday but it was too hot for me to go. After we came home Nix went to the beach with Jackie next door and they went for a swim/paddle. ...

 Yes I know it’s 6pm and still no blog, simply can’t get the staff. We’ve had a very lazy hazy day today and it’s been very hot. We go out very early on a Friday because Nix Zooms at 8am but next week they are going to do it in the church garden so I shall go too because there won’t be any microphones which as you know I’m not keen on. There will be breakfast too so I’m very much looking forward to it and being able to make some new friends.  After the Zooming was over we headed to our local park, because there’s lots of shade there. I met a beige dog that I really liked and when he ran off I ran after him and wouldn’t come back. Nix thought it was very clever to hide from me and make me panic. She will say she wasn’t actually hiding and if I’d been paying attention I should have known where she was. As you will see from the video I was not panicking…not one bit. This afternoon we have been next door to Jackie and Peter’s for tea in the garden. I like it there because they hav...

 I apologise for Nix’s tardiness, I have been badgering her to get typing but last time I looked she was fast asleep on the sofa supposedly watching Homes Under the Hammer 🙄 I can see I am going to get the blame for the delay in my blog. Nix said if I hadn’t kept her up for half the night then she wouldn’t keep falling asleep. It’s impossible to get any sympathy in this house, I was very poorly last night. Nix was too busy panicking about how she was going to drive me to the emergency vet in the dark as with her eyesight she’s a liability on the road even in daylight 🤣 I wasn’t that ill, I just felt a bit weird so I wouldn’t lie down. I did my staring into space too and it was this that seemed to freak Nix out the most. Eventually about 4am I did go to sleep and this morning I was completely back to normal.  Nix was exhausted of course 🙄 Today we have been to Ferring to meet Debbie and Scruffy. Nix was still worrying about me not being well last night and thought it might h...

 It’s very hot here in Sussex so Nix decided I should have my main walk this morning. Notice there is no consultation with moi, it’s just not good enough! Anyway Nix decided we would go to the beach at Carat’s cafe which is a bit further along the coast. There are two ways to get there, the quick way which entails crossing the lock gates or the much longer way which means driving all the way to Hove and then turning round and driving all the way back again. Obviously most normal people would go across the lock but need I say more. I did think bearing in mind I’d only had a quick wee up the Sweet Peas Nix might try and overcome her phobias and tackle the lock. We’d only really just set out when she decided she couldn’t face it. She said she couldn’t enjoy her breakfast there if she had to think about getting back across the lock afterwards.  You see this is what I have to put up with, it’s no wonder I go off the rails every now and again.  We never did get as far as Carat’...