The Prodigal Hamster

Like so many Folk Tales, Bible stories and legends before, Harry has returned to us on the third day after his departure. Certain he was dead, killed by bandits or on a ship to the far east to be sold as a slave we never thought we would see our little man again. On Monday night Harry sheepishly emerged from the hot water cupboard and burst into tears. Harry had not realised but Cirque de Soleil has a strict "No Hamster" policy and thus could not give him the job he had dreamed of for so long. The only bonus for Harry was that they said his Triple roundhouse reverse back flip was 2 nd to none. Harry has decided to stay with us for a bit longer and Corinne has promised to close his cage at night now too.
Harry we love you and please never leave us again.

Brecon Beacons NP

Last weekend we met up with liv and downy in a village called Talgarth in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. We stayed in a B&B called the Old Radnor Barn - more to come on that later. We had dinner in a nice mexican restaurant nearby and the next day we went Horse riding in the hills. Both Friday and Saturday night we went out and had a pint at a couple of the local pubs. On Friday night we arrived back at our B&B to find the door locked, thats fine we had keys. Ah but no the stupid, stupid owners had dead bolted it from inside because they were sure we were already in bed. 15 minutes later after knocking, trying to break in through the windows and barging the door one of them woke up and let us in.

Saturday night we had probably one of the best meals we have had in the UK. We went to a quaint village called 'Three Cocks' and had dinner at the Old Barn Inn. I had venison, Corinne had chicken wrapped in prosciutto with a stilton cheese filling - delicious. Sunday we left the B&B only to find they had not receiced our deposit cheque or so they said. We ended up going to the bank and filling in fraud forms only to find the mentally deficient people had receivede the cheque and had to send us one back in return. Suffice to say I highly do not recommend the Old Radnor Barn in Talgarth. Sunday we went to some Caves with a long name - check out liv and downy's blog for the name.

We also went to a nice pub for lunch near the caves and had a sunday roast.

Goodbye my Love

Harry our hamster has broken a new record for Corinne and I. He has become our shortest owned/lived pet. Unfortunately we woke up saturday morning to find a small letter beside his cage. Harry said that although we had provided him with lodgings, a wheel to run on and a lot of food to store away he was just not happy. He has always dreamed of being a circus hamster and has left to find himself a position with Cirque de soliel. We now know why harry has been spending so much time on the internet looking at circus sites and learning french.
We are sad but harry left us a few numbers to ring if we want another one.
Goodbye my love:(

1 year Wedding Anniversary

Today is our one year wedding anniversary. True to form we have spent the early part of the day with a big hangover after going out with Rob and The Stoff last night. We hunkered down into a big grease up this morning and have just come back from seeing pirates of the caribbean. Tonight we are off to a snooty Italian place in the Brum.
The last year has been great, like a walk in a green field on a spring day with flowers and birds singing - corinne said I had to say something nice.
Cheers

Harry the Hamster!

This is Harry our new pet. He's a Syrian hamster and is very cute. We figured we should have one of these over here as we can't have them in Oz.
They only live about 2 years. He's a bit shy at the moment but he's getting used to us.


This is his cage which we got free from Ben's clinic. He loves his tubes- you can just make him out sleeping in the very top part of the tube. This is where he's decided his bed is. They are nocturnal so he sleeps during the day and is crazy overnight. When he wakes up he runs down to look around. He grabs every bit of food he can find and stores it in his cheek pouches to carry it back to his bed. Next to his bed (in the green tube) is where he stores all the food he has collected!

Harry's favourite new pastime which he only just discovered is running in his wheel. It's so funny to watch him running aimlessly. He runs for ages then hops off for a drink and gets back on. Here are some still photos and check out Harry's own youtube entry for the real thing.