A new friend at Talkin Tarn

Friday dawned bright and sunny, so mum decided we were going to Talkin Tarn.

We have been there many times, but today promised to be special as mum picked up the phone to our friend to see if she wanted to meet us there.

Towels gathered and bottles of water at the ready, we took up our places in the car and off we went.  On the way we had to stop and give the car a

drink…”Oh come on mum” said Charlie…”it’s in our heads now and we are eager to get there!”

The sniffs on the way to Brampton were very familiar and it was great to see our friend again.

We set off round the tarn with Charlie desperate to get into the water, but mum said no because it was full of nasty green algae and I have to say, it did smell a bit rural.  The Blue Green Algaecan kill doggies, so we had to make do with the path.

Then my friend said we were going to meet up with someone else who was taking his mum for a walk too.  Sure enough, as we approached the trees, a black and white Border Collie appeared.  He was very friendly and said his name was Joe.

Off we went, along the path and while the two leggers talked about lots of things, we decided to show Joe our bird spotting hide, overlooking the water.

Mum and our friend stopped to talk to some fishermen who said they had been catching Pike, but we couldn’t see it because they had just put it back in the water.  He was busy untangling lots of slimy pond weed from his net.

The two leggers decided to go to the little cafe for some hot chocolate.  Good job mummy brought our large water bottle because unusually, there was no doggy water bowl outside.  We shared our water with Joe and then did our best to sneak pieces of biscuit from our friend when mummy wasn’t looking.

Our new friend Joe, has a Facebook page which we will link to soon.

What a great day!….so, time for some dinner and sleep before daddy comes home and we can tell him all about our adventure.