does sound like a special day

 Always good to spend time with my babies.

And they will always be your babies too, of course ;

It was about a couple who had a pet grizzly bear! It was crazy but very good.

Hi moonie

 Always! 

I'm nodding off again, I can hardly see the screen.lol

Good luck for tomorrow, Summer.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Summer.

Bramble, no nonsense tonight, go straight to sleep!

Hug for Ros. BTW, I'm liking the first Shetland book.

Hi Sweet
I see a certain little lady kept you from sleep last night

Sweet dreams yogi thank you and have a lovely day tomorrow

Goodnight Yogi. Sleep well and have a lovely Sunday. Sweet dreams

She was very funny moonie, even though I didn't appreciate the unusual behaviour! I actually think she was channelling my adrenaline, I've had nervous/excitement energy all week and she'll have picked up on it. Why she chose the middle of night to run around the house when I was sleeping is a mystery though lol

what a lil devil

Yep, sounds like she did pick up on you Sweet

But still strange behaviour for the middle of the night

I'm turning in moonie, hope you enjoyed the football today
Sweetest of dreams

Leaving hugs for our absent friend come back soon

I did and am Sweet fankoo I hope tomorrow goes well for you and Mr Summer
Nite nite. Sleep well and I hope your sleep is uninterrupted tonight
Sweet dreams

oo didn't notice that - yes very clever EL

they are really good yogi - night

night summer and moons

Goodnight Ros. Sleep well and enjoy your extended weekend

Good morning everyone

 

Ckoudier here than yesterday but no rain expected.

 

Summer, I hope today's walk goes well

Re Rocky, here's the running scene from Rocky 2 which is inspitational for all athletes. There are similar scenes in other Rocky films and I think they use the same music "Gonna Fly Now"

(although the title of the video implies it's from the first Rocky film, it's not)

 

Good morning everyone, a little grey but dry.  I hope all goes well today Summer and there's none of this

 

I think I have seen that film about Hercules the bear before, to that couple he was like their child wasn't he?

 

Have a good day everyone, you are getting your lunch cooked for you aren't you Yogi, I hope it is deeeeelicious

Morning Buddies

Its looking like it may be another nice day today. So the lawn may get cut

Sweet, I hope a certain lady didn't keep you awake last night again

Good luck with the walk. I hope the weather is good for you

Yogi, I hope get your promised meal
Squiggle and El have a great Sunday

Good morning everyone. Misty and damp weather today.

Summer, lots of luck with the walk today.

Yes Squiggle, youngest son is on cooking duties for dinner tonight.

Having watched last night's documentary about orcas in captivity (BBC4 Storyville, if anyone wants to watch it on Iplayer), I certainly won't be visiting any Sea World places.

I must admit, several years ago, we visited Loro Parque in Tenerife - before they had orcas - and Ocean World in Dominican Republic, which has dolphins, not orcas. We got to go into the pool with the dolphins in Dom Rep and loved the experience, but now realise that these mammals ought to be out in the ocean where they belong.

I echo Summer's sentiments and send love to our absent friend - hope you are back soon, we miss you.

Have a good day everyone, see you later.

 

 

 

 

Hi Yogi

Yogi, I didn't watch Blackfish last night but orcas (killer whales) and dolphins shouldn't be kept in capitivity as they are intelligent. Though there is the downside that whales have been hunted down when they are in the oceans by Japan for so-called scientific research.

Anyone who has seen that documentary might want to then watch Free Willy.

By coincidence considering Summer's walk, in the C of E, today's gospel is the road to Emmaus. This is the account of 2 men walking towards the village of Emmaus when they are met by a stranger. They start talking whilst they are walking. This takes quite some time and by the time they get to Emmaus it's getting towards evening. They invite the stranger to eat with them. When he breaks the bread for them they realise that it is Jesus, after his resurrection. He then goes, and the two men decide to return to to tell the disciples about this.

Hi Buddies

I have decided to take a few days off the forum, so will see you again soon.

Sweet, I hope your walk is going/went well

Take care

 Sorry I missed you, Moonie. Take care and come back soon.

Keiko, the poor whale which appeared in Free Willy also had the bent over dorsal fin, caused by being kept in captivity. His release into the wild was not completely successful.

Yogi, having googled about Keiko, I see what you mean.

Although I've never watched it, Au Hazard Balthazar is probably the best fictional film about the mistreatment of animals by people (in this case a donkey). It's black and white and French with subtitles. Directed by Robert Bresson who made very serious minimalistic films which are highly regarded but as far removed from Hollywood blockbusters as any film can be.

 

On a more cheerful note, that waterslide down Park Street in Bristol has been popular today and here's a clip:

I haven't seen that fim, El - but poor donkey.

 That's quite a distance. I wouldn't mind a go on that.

I think the slide looks fun, it's all those people watching would put me off

I'm not sure one would notice onlookers when sliding down as the exhilaration would take over

evening!
I'm just running a bath, will be back after to catch up properly. may be a while though

Fantastic day, loved it, felt very fit! Complete in 9 1/2 hours

evening!
I'm just running a bath, will be back after to catch up properly. may be a while though

Fantastic day, loved it, felt very fit! Completed in 9 1/2 hours

 Yay, I knew you would do it! Congratulations Summer.

I'm back

Thank you yogi It was one of the best days of my life! I felt great, but now I'm home I feel very tired lol

How was your dinner?

Moonie I hope you're ok, come back soon ok

You must feel a great sense of achievement. Did the weather stay dry for you?

Dinner was good, thanks.

I do yogi! The challenge is 12 hours so I'm very proud to have achieved 9 1/2 and without feeling exhausted.
The weather was misty on the summits but reasonable lower down, it was ideal for me because it kept me fresh and I couldn't get disheartened by seeing how far or high I had to go...

What was cooked?

I'd planned on doing a big steak tonight but I'm actually too stuffed to eat