It was early(ish) in the morning when the suns rays hit the trees.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Skywatch In The Forest
I've done this week's skywatch in Whinfell Forest in Cumbria where we went for the weekend.
It was early(ish) in the morning when the suns rays hit the trees.
It was early(ish) in the morning when the suns rays hit the trees.
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
A Weekend At Center Parcs
Very much needed after the year we have had.
We went to Whinfell Forest. We have been once before to Whinfell in wintertime and a few times to Sherwood at various times of the year but never in October. I couldn't have hoped for nicer weather.
This was the lodge we stayed in. It was the comfort plus variety. 20 Meadow View which is about as far away from the village centre as it is possible to get so lots of walking involved. Not complaining though because the surroundings are beautiful making it a pleasure.
and the back view
This window is amazing
We went to Whinfell Forest. We have been once before to Whinfell in wintertime and a few times to Sherwood at various times of the year but never in October. I couldn't have hoped for nicer weather.
This was the lodge we stayed in. It was the comfort plus variety. 20 Meadow View which is about as far away from the village centre as it is possible to get so lots of walking involved. Not complaining though because the surroundings are beautiful making it a pleasure.
and the back view
This window is amazing
Blogger is playing up so I'll post some more pictures tomorrow.
Monday, 11 October 2010
A New Scarf Journey
Aswell as the travelling scarf journey I am doing I am also taking part in a new one which is a lace scarf journey.
I am sending the yarn with the scarf on this one so it will all end up the same but with different sections of lace.
The yarn is a 4 ply merino. I'm hoping there is going to be enough.
What I have done with this one is knitted two end sections and put them onto holders and then whoever has the scarf can knit from whichever end they like and I will graft them together once it returns home.
I am sending the yarn with the scarf on this one so it will all end up the same but with different sections of lace.
The yarn is a 4 ply merino. I'm hoping there is going to be enough.
What I have done with this one is knitted two end sections and put them onto holders and then whoever has the scarf can knit from whichever end they like and I will graft them together once it returns home.
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Furminator
I have heard a lot about the Furminator but was always put off by the cost. The large dog one was anything upwards of £25 so when I saw that Amazon had them at greatly reduced prices, mine was £6.97 including postage, I just had to get one.
Anybody with dogs will know just how much they shed. One of mine is a labrador and the other is a labrador cross and both have the same type of coat. They shed a massive amount of coat and not just at moulting time. The yellow lab is particularly bad and my carpet has a permanent top layer of blonde hairs despite using the Dyson every day.
I've tried undercoat rakes and they got a lot of the dead down out but there is still a lot left which eventually provides the top layer to the carpet.
The Furminator arrived and I set to work. Daisy (blonde bimbo lab) was far too giddy to groom her properly but it did remove quite a bit of undercoat. Charlie (black lab cross) loves being groomed a bit too much at times and gets rather *lets just say amorous*. He loves his belly combing and the furminator removed lots of undercoat from that area. Once I managed to get him over his *amorous* stage I used it on the rest of his coat and managed to get a lot more than the undercoat rake has EVER done.
Picture is a bit blurry
I will try using it again on Daisy when she is less giddy but she has been due in season for a couple of weeks now and giddiness and general misbehaviour usually means the season is imminent so I might have to wait a couple of weeks before she will co-operate.
All in all though with the amount of dead coat it removed from Charlie I would definitely recommend it especially with the current prices on Amazon or even Ebay. They do them for cats too.
Anybody with dogs will know just how much they shed. One of mine is a labrador and the other is a labrador cross and both have the same type of coat. They shed a massive amount of coat and not just at moulting time. The yellow lab is particularly bad and my carpet has a permanent top layer of blonde hairs despite using the Dyson every day.
I've tried undercoat rakes and they got a lot of the dead down out but there is still a lot left which eventually provides the top layer to the carpet.
The Furminator arrived and I set to work. Daisy (blonde bimbo lab) was far too giddy to groom her properly but it did remove quite a bit of undercoat. Charlie (black lab cross) loves being groomed a bit too much at times and gets rather *lets just say amorous*. He loves his belly combing and the furminator removed lots of undercoat from that area. Once I managed to get him over his *amorous* stage I used it on the rest of his coat and managed to get a lot more than the undercoat rake has EVER done.
Picture is a bit blurry
I will try using it again on Daisy when she is less giddy but she has been due in season for a couple of weeks now and giddiness and general misbehaviour usually means the season is imminent so I might have to wait a couple of weeks before she will co-operate.
All in all though with the amount of dead coat it removed from Charlie I would definitely recommend it especially with the current prices on Amazon or even Ebay. They do them for cats too.
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