Weekend victory

I think I made it quite clear on Saturday evening that I didn't approve of my owner spending all weekend reading a book about horrid Mr Putin.

Thankfully it seems Gail got the message and on Sunday afternoon she took me for a lovely walk through the trees and heather up Millstone Hill. 

The temperature was 26ºC, which in Scotland counts as scorching - see my tongue hanging out in the picture above. So obviously I needed to find a nice muddy ditch to cool off in.

Is there a problem?

Ooops, I did it again...

It's totally not my fault.

So Gail takes me on a walk in the woods on a hot for Scotland (27ºC!) afternoon.

She ignores me, focussing instead on the pretty summer flowers.

Germander Speedwell

Twinflower

Mouse-ear Hawkweed

I would like to have cooled off in a nice clear stream, but all I can find is a muddy ditch. 

You would, I think, have done the same.

PS from Gail: I had hoped Nobby's ditch crawling exploits were a thing of the past, but the recent warm weather seems to have prompted an unwanted revival of this behaviour...

SingalongaNobby

 Go on. You know the tune and you know you want to sing...

Any Ditch Will Do

Out on a hike, I ventured off-route

To check beyond doubt, what I thought I knew.

And right behind, someone was calling,

But I just ignored them.

Any ditch will do.  

I dived right in, I was beyond thrilled  

The ditch was mud-filled, what an awesome coup!

But it soon came clear, Gail’s heart was sinking,

She was not thinking

That any ditch will do.

So home we go,

The bath is run,

My coat of mud will soon be gone,

The dirt is flowing down the plughole,

I am left all wet. 

May I return to the beginning,

When Gail is grinning, and I am too. 

The world and I, we are still waiting

Still hesitating**

Any ditch will do. 

*Lyrics inspired by last week's 'Muddy Nobby' photo, with apologies to Andrew Lloyd Webber

**Gail complains that Nobby's adapted lyric here is totally misleading. He never, ever hesitates before jumping in a ditch! 

Lateral thinking...

When Gail takes me for walks over in Torridon, she prefers that I keep to the straight and narrow.

It seems she gets alarmed when I clamber on a wall with a drop the other side.

She doesn't understand that I just want to check out the marine life for my Nature Friday post.

And you won't believe how cross Gail gets when I jump into a ditch in search of frogs.

Look, here's proof of the interesting things one finds if one ventures off the beaten track.

Happy Nature Friday, and thanks once again to the LLB Gang for hosting this, our favourite blog hop. Don't forget to go and visit all the other posts.