Our Dog Bracken Has a Few Words to Say
Hi pawtners ....
I’m a mischievous, travelholic golden retriever with a passion for being immersed in sand, sea and mud - and the odd cow pat.
I’m in canine heaven exploring new smells and scenery on our motorhome adventures.
Bracken's Travel Tails
On my explawations I’m a great believer in learning from the past to understand more about the present.
I rufflected and respected the bravery and heroism of our British soldiers and their allies during my pawgnant visit to Normandy – famous globally for the ‘D-Day’ invasion on June 6, 1944.
Codenamed ‘Operation 'Overlord', the epawmous operation, history’s biggest ever by land and sea, saw 150,000 troops from Britain, America and Canada landing along a 60-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline.
A seal basking in the beautiful sunshine was among my island-hopping Orkney highlights.
Normally a placid pawsonality - my pawtience was tested en route to the Shetland Islands when cheeky canines commandeered my kennel on the ferry! Imagine howling gales as I recall this pawticular travel tail.
My explawations as a travelholic hit a new high when I visited the unfurgettable Hebridean Islands.
Here’s why I found Skye, North Uist and Lewis and Harris truly inspawational.
From the aspawational Cairngorms to the extrapawdinary highlands.
On rufflection, my second week in Scotland was the most pawfect week ever.
As a travelholic who woofs beaches and mountains, I want to share with you why I’m in doggie heaven after week 1 of our motor home adventure in bonny Scotland.
It was a sleepy sunshine Sunday and I wasn’t pawticularly in the mood for yet more sightseeing.
“You’ll love Ronda, it’s inspawational” they said. I hate to admit it - but they were right.
The excitement levels were getting out of hound as we entered the historic Spanish seaport of Cadiz in anticipation of the biggest Carnival on mainland Spain.
Warming up after a chilly swim in the river Tyne (minus the fog!) got me contemplawting the endless stretch of beautiful beaches in sunny Marbella - my Mediterranean pawadise.
Of all my magical travel memories - one that pawticularly stands out is when I became the Mountain King in spectacular style.
We were hoping to camp in the Sierras de Cazorla in Andalucia - Spain’s largest national pawtected park and the second largest in Europe which stretches over 2,000 kilometres.
As every furiend knows, the Lake District is a doggy heaven with extra-paw-dinary smells and sights.
My pawrents took my grandpawrent away for the weekend - we drove from Yorkshire to the Wirral - one of my favourite coastlines - then to Bowness in the Lakes. A long and pawring journey but worth it!
With so many visitors descending on the lakes every summer, getting lunch can be disa-paw-nting if left too late. They ordered mouth watering fish ‘n’ chips at the Boathouse Bar and Restaurant in Bowness - saving some chips for yours truly! (had to work pawticularly hard for them!).
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