In which we went on a road trip. By Bessie

On Sunday Tonks, Mummy, Katie and me got in the car and drove to Sam's.   Then all of us and Louise went on a road trip to Cheryl and John's house.   On the way we stopped and the big humans had snossij and bacon rolls and Katie had a hot choklit and a yumyum.   When we got to Cheryl's house me and Tonks had a play in the garden with Phoebe, Archie and Molly.   Cheryl has a lovely garden, they have a pond and an aviary with love birds and all kinds of pretty birdies.   Cheryl made lunch for the humans, they had quiche and cakes and all sorts of lovely things.

Then we left Tonks with Cheryl and John and we went to Heidi and Justin's house.    They live on an army barracks so we had to go to the gate first and sign in.   Mummy and Sam went to the gate and they didn't know there was a camera taking your photo and they got these ID cards.  Sam looks like a murderer and Mummy looks like a vegetable and they put the wrong name on the first card so Louise had to pretend to be Sam but she couldn't get her hair into a giant bun.

When we got to Heidi's house Betsy Basset wanted to play with me but I was tired and I didn't want to play but Mummy told me I had to be nice so I went in the garden.   Luckily Katie wanted to play so she lay on the kitchen floor and had a wrestle with Betsy.   Heidi made afternoon tea with likkle sandwiches and cream cakes and proper china cups and saucers.  It was dead posh and lovely.  And she made all these pretty bandanas for us to sell to raise money for the rescue.

After a bit it was time to go home so we got back in the car.  I sat on Louise and Sam's lap for a change which was much nicer than sitting in the boot on my own.   The humans sang to entertain me.  I wasn't all that entertained to be honest but they were trying hard.

By the time we got back to Sam's it was after 7pm so we dropped Sam and Louise off and then Louise got in her car and went home and Katie needed a wee but Aimee was in the bath so we stopped at the services instead and Mummy and Katie had a burger king and I ate most of Katie's chips.

By the time we got home it was about ten o'clock so we just went straight to bed.   We had a good day and we are missing Tonks but Cheryl and John are looking after her good and posting loads of photos so we can see how happy she is.

Now we have two more bassets to rehome.  Five year old girls who are very cute and pretty so hopefully they will find a lovely home very soon.

Tonks. By Bessie

Weekend before last we went for a pack walk to Cosmeston Lakes.   It rained but it wasn't cold and we still had a good time.   I think there was 15 bassets, I can't remember now.   We were going to stop by the lake and have our picnic like we did the last time but when we got near the lake Mummy showed everyone the gap in the hedge and she started walking towards the lake when this godawful smell started drifting towards her.  Well all us houndies were running towards the lake to see what the smell was and she was running really fast but trying not to be too fast in case she couldn't stop when she got to the edge and there it was on the bank.  A massive, very dead fish.   Half of it was missing but the half that was there was about two feet long.  And it smelled very very strong.   Sam ran over and kicked the fish back into the lake and one of the houndies jumped in and pulled it out again.  Then we all decided we would roll in the guts and scales.  Mummy had to stand in them in her wellies but quite a few of the houndies got a good roll in before she stopped them.   Shirley and Ronnie got the worst of it though.  Shirley had scales stuck to her and they looked like petals but stank like a thousand deaths.

So we didn't stop there and have our picnic, we walked back to the cars but by the time we got back the rain had set in for the day so we lay on the grass and then Sam, Louise, Aimee and the houndies came back to our house for a bit.  We had to sit in the conservatory, we weren't allowed in the house on account of the bad smell.

Our new kitchen was finished on Friday and Grandma and Grandad came to stay on Saturday.   The humans went out for dinner and to the garden centre, where Katie found a cat to cuddle and sat in a garden chair cuddling with it while the grown ups looked at boring plants.  Mummy bought a lavender.

We had a foster dog come to stay with us today.  Her name is Tonks and she is really sweet.  She is quite shy and doesn't know how to play with other dogs, she thinks Lotty wants to hurt her when she barks and play bows but she only wants to play.  Tonks is sat on Bryn's lap right now.

Daddy said to Mummy the other day, "We sleep in a giant dog bed don't we?"
Mummy said, "Yeah I know.  It's great isn't it."
Daddy said, "No.  I think you missed my point."