What are you all up to

All our dogs have been puppies when we got them a d so had the pleasure,of naming them ourselves. The first came at a time when I was reading Lord of the Rings to the kids, so we chose Strider (nickname of Aragorn in the book). Then the next had to have a connection, and we didn't think any of the other of the book's characters' names appropriate so chose Reuel instead, J.R.R. Tolkien's 3rd Christian name. Our 3rd we called Beren, from the Silmarilion and JRR's nickname too. Finally we ran out of Tolkien connections, but as after we had Beren put to sleep at Malton we went and sat for a while opposite the lake at Castle Howard, and in memory of that we name our current dog Flyte, after Sebastian Flyte from Brideshead Revisted, filmed at the castle. We too didn't think Sebastian an appropriate name for a Springer.

Love the photos and her name, B2. I'm certain that you both will have lots of fun and get great pleasure from having her as part of your family.

We had a little rain overnight,but today has been dry but very windy. Spent nearly an hour driving down and waiting at our recycling centre this morning before getting rid of a car load of wood and garden waste. After lunch a rather energy sapping 4 mile or so walk. 

We managed a walk up one of Wainwright's Outlying Fells on Wednesday, Great Burley, and saw 3 others there,  and after lunch a trot along above Dunnerdale. There were lots of vehicles, including 3 M/Hs parked alongside Coniston Water as we came past from Torver towards Nibthwaite. 

Couldn't resist sharing this one with you all.

Nellie great names for dogs.

I admire anyone reading Lord of the Rings, I got lost with it, even watching the films 😲, but to read it aloud I am impressed. I tried it on cassette in the car when driving - still lost couldn't remember if I'd heard that side or not - hopeless case 😂

Wish we could get rid of the garden rubbish, although they are opening them next week its only for domestic waste  no bulk items and no garden waste. Flipping waste of time, we have 12 big bags of garden waste. According to the council that's not until phase 2  

Edinburgh's garden waste was picked up this week!

They have been emptying the brown garden bin every 2 weeks as normal but with a big garden we need access to the recycle garden waste. According to our council they are only taking bagged general waste, no DIY waste, no bulky items and no garden waste. Seems daft, they wonder why folk are fly tipping. No trailers, no vans and only 6 bags if waste per car, only one person at a time is allowed out of the car, they will not help so if its a 2 person lift you can't take it.

My second binfull is away next Tuesday so I'll not be complaining   { for once   }

It was a nightly ritual with us especially when away in the caravan. Both The Hobbit, and LotR, have been read that many times that our copies are falling to bits. I must have read it at least a couple of times myself apart from when reading to the kids.

The  Brown bins have been collected here every other week for the last month, but as we're not usually home enough to warrant the cost of their collection all we do is bag up our garden waste and I drive down to the Recycling Centre as and when required, during normal circumstances.