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Welcome to "Man with two dogs" - the family website for dog owners and dog walkers.
This is my countryside diary which appears each Saturday in the Courier & Advertiser newspaper.
Archive for May, 2004
Scottish country gardens
Saturday, May 29th, 2004
BIG TREE country is what they call Perthshire, and quite rightly so when you see the magnificent stands of trees planted by the Victorians at places like the Hermitage near Dunkeld. And growing, apparently free seeded, in places like Glen Lyon and around Aberfoyle. (…read on »)
Web of mystery
Saturday, May 22nd, 2004
MAD MAY hares are a twist on our ideas of mad March ones. Macbeth and I watched three playing together in the middle of a field of spring barley. (…read on »)
Death of a friend
Saturday, May 15th, 2004
OLD SHEBA is dead, and while we feel sadness at her loss, we are thankful that her discomfort and pain are ended. (…read on »)
May morning kisses
Saturday, May 8th, 2004
MAY MORNING, first morning of May month, is traditionally the morning that young girls rise at dawn and dash outdoors to bathe their faces in the early morning dew, hoping this will bestow on them a flawless complexion. (…read on »)
Scottish country garden
Saturday, May 1st, 2004
CAPERCAILLIE WATCHING at 4.30am certainly wasn’t on our – the Doyenne and I, that is – agenda. But a very enthusiastic couple from Cheshire, who we met over a pub supper were looking forward to the experience with great excitement. (…read on »)