Hot, early morning

Up and out early as normal this morning, good job as well as even at 8.00am it was getting too hot for me to run about in the fields. Some of the farmers were out also as many of the wheat fields have been cut and the remaining straw is now being baled for feed for the winter.

The sunflowers or "tournesol" as the French call them have not all blossomed yet, as you can see but it's still great fun running through them and hiding from the Guv!

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I'm a very lucky canine to have all these fields opposite our house to play in!

Up on the roof.....

Despite it being a national holiday today here in France the Guv and I were still up and out early on our morning walk. Afterwards the Guv decided to start painting the outside of our house, I thought I had better keep an eye on him from the bedroom balcony in case he fell off the roof!  

A "Borg" breakfast

This morning my people took me to Montboyer for my morning run-a-bout. strange I thought we don't normally come here!  Then I found out why, as after a quick bit of shopping we ended up at Borg's cafe & shop in Baignes Ste Radegonde.  At first I panicked as I remember what The Borg looked liked on T.V., but I need not have worried as the owners were nothing like that

My people had the most enormous breakfast, in fact the Misses could not eat all of hers and she did not save it for me!

As I said the owners we very nice as they let me sit inside and I also met some ladies that were making things out of sheep fur.....I'm going to warn those sheep I see most mornings near my home to be on their guard as they could loose their coats!

the Borg.....

Shopping !

Often if my early morning walk includes a trip in the "poppymobile" the Misses goes off shopping whilst the Guv and I have a stroll around.  Mind you why is it female humans take so long shopping?  I get plumb tuckered out waiting!

Lucky dog...

I really know just how lucky a canine I am when I can get up in the morning and be taken for my morning walk with the Guv across fields like these.  What is even better is the fact I know unlike in my homeland of Greece the farmers will not have laid poison down in the fields at random!

Early out....

An early start and morning out before the heat of the day....but I know my place !!

I'm not banned

Yesterday I told you about our visit to Verteilliac and the cafe owner who does not like dogs. Well I found something out from the Guv today, people think dogs are banned from food shops and cafes by EU law. This is NOT true, we can enter any food shop or cafe (as long as the owner agrees), we are only banned by EU law from entering the food preparation areas.(EC) No 852/2004, Annex II

So these are a few more photos of me in Verteilliac on Sunday, thought I'd better let the Misses have her photo taken also...don't think it spoils the picture too much  (woof, woof)

No dogs allowed.....

Today my people took me to another one of these markets where humans try and sell things they no longer want.  After a bit of a walk around the Guv, as normal decided it was time for him to stop and have coffee.  We sat outside this cafe in Verteilliac only to have the Guv told off by the owner, who would not serve him, so we had to leave.....

Now I know some humans do not want me inside their premises and I accept that, but this was outside on the pavement......mind you there were enough signs, I think the owner bought the entire stock of "No Dogs" signs from the local village!  In saying that I think the Guv "should have gone to Specsave!"

At the cafe BELOW I was made most welcome.....thank you.

Shopping !

As the Guv and Misses took me supermarket shopping this morning which for a canine like me is quite boring I thought I would share with you a more interesting photo of a place I get taken to on ocassions.  At least here whilst my people have coffee I can have a run-a-round!

I looked after him....

I did not get much sleep on Sunday night as the Guv kept me awake.  You see he has not been very well so I had to stay up and look after him, with a little help from the Misses.  Glad to say he's much better now and told me he'd be back to normal in a few days time.......what ever normal for the Guv is !