Skinny and Long are back over the water at their favourite of all place for holidays with the humans, in the land where les vacances are taken very seriously thank-you, being plentiful, (at least 30 days plus 11 bank holidays) and quite often at times when other holidaymakers might expect that shop/cafe/restaurant/bar to be actually open, like August. Or Easter. Or now.
Instead, folk like Monsieur Gilbert, Skinny and Long’s absolutely favourite bar owner, quite rightly prioritise the chance to put up a ‘closed for 10 days holiday’ sign when the fancy takes him, which will no doubt be the very time the humans nip down for a takeaway pizza when they’re not in the mood for cooking. Hey ho.
In other news, the humans have been poking around and digging in the garden, in an attempt to wrestle back some control from Madame Nature, and clearly releasing all sorts of aromas, judging by the excitement going on among the more pointy nosed members of the party. LongDog has been helping, by digging in the compost bin and nosing under the hedge for bones and bits of twig to parade around and generally torment Skinny, who has also discovered the allure of the hedge, but is neither as nimble or tricky as his smart ass chum.
In truth, Skinny’s absolutely favourite thing to do is to relax on the ‘grass’ (or more accurately, clover and moss), followed by a game of fetch (where human does the fetching) and maybe a tear around with LongDog once his energy is restored.
La vie est belle, as they say.
Skinny Little Whippet 
That Monsieur Gilbert should have shown more consideration! Glad the humans are getting stuck in but hope they’re getting some relaxing amongst the clover and moss too!