First of the season

Today we found our first shiny conker of the autumn.

(Never stand under conker trees when it's a bit blowy)  

We have also been enjoying the first blackberries.

We're rather partial to them, and like to pick our own.

We have been keeping a careful eye on the ones growing

at Chiltern Open Air Museum, and could swear there weren't as many

around today as there were on Tuesday.

Now, it's not that we're pointing noses at anyone, but we suspect

that certain goats have not only been eating their own fill of them,

but everyone else's too ...

Have you missed us?

Well we are back now, so you can stop pining.

Doing convalescing in my sick bed.
Although the bed wasn't really sick at all, so we don't know why
the Madwoman kept calling it that..
It's quite healthy.
And comfy.

Archie has spent some time convalescing and taking things easy:

according to the Madwoman, as well as doing some therapeutic

sunbathing, that also meant taking a short holiday from blogging.

Archie now seems fully recovered and today was our first Saturday

walk back at Chiltern Open Air Museum.

 Our powers of observation are as keen as ever, and out in the woods

by the bodgers camp we found a bald snuffle mat. Sadly, as well as lacking

all its strips of fleece it was also sadly lacking in treats.

Then we said hello to the goats. It has given us an idea for a film project for

Kevin Costner called Walks with Goats. Or maybe something a bit spooky

called In the Company of Goats ... hmmm .... we haven't tried scriptwriting yet.

But we think that we could be really good at it.