Had a terrific weekend with pickle at the new house she has been helping clean and feed the animals, Issy loves all of them Angie the horse, Dolly the sheep, Billy & Gruff the goats, Fizz & Pepper the Guinea pigs, the 8 crazy chickens and Morris the Yorkshire terrier she has a real soft spot for him,so pickle was upset when i told her Morris had run in the road and been hit by a car the day before and was at the vets he was very lucky to survive and needed an emergency operation and would not be allowed home until Saturday, Issy kept asking if we could visit him and she said she would look after him until he was better, when we got home pickle asked if the tractor had arrived, that's her name for the lawn mower, i said it had and she asked if she could go on it so we rode it round and round the garden pickle steered while i did the throttle she said it was like a ride at the fair. when it was time for bed pickle asked if she could watch Disney's aristocrats so i said OK for 20 minutes as we where going on an adventure in the morning to check out the town, after 10 minutes we both fell asleep. Pickle woke bright and early the next morning rearing to go i tried to persuade her to let me sleep a bit longer but she insisted daddy gets up so we had breakfast fed the animals then headed into Newark we parked near to the old ruins of a castle and pickle spotted a play ground full of kids so you guessed it that's where we headed first. it was great there were sand pits and climbing frames swings and slides she quickly made friends so i sat on the grass and watched her play, after an hour and a half and some bribery pickle came to explore the town we walked round the ruins then down a cobbled street witch opened up into a beautiful square there was a town hall with huge colloms on one side and a church with a steeple on the other and about 50 market stalls in the middle it felt so relaxed almost like a holiday resort, i had promised pickle some clothes so we went into monsoon they have such lovely clothes for kids pickle had loads of fun trying stuff on i bought her a summer dress a hat and some great welly boots with fairy's on them we walked around a bit more looking in a few shops had ice creams then headed home Morris was back from the vets he has a big scare and is lucky to be alive Issy sat with him telling him she would make him better, we had a bath then pickle put on her new clothes before we went out to eat, pickle slept well, witch was a relief as the hot weather and our day out was tiring, after breakfast we cleaned out fizz and peppers cage pepper got loose and pickle thought it was funny watching daddy run around after him before we knew it, it was time to go so we headed of to Sheffield to meet mummy, always the hardest part of my week and it never gets any easier