Cooper's 1st Camping Trip

Many of you will know it was the second birthday for Tilly and Red's first litter on 2 September, and of course I am one of the dogs from that time.  And for a present this year I didn't get any toys to play with as I wreck them within minutes.  So instead Mam and Dad took me on a camping trip, where we went to Fforest Fields, just outside Builth Wells.  Mam had not camped for over thirty years, so for the both of us it was very much a new experience.  We found the site on the internet so that was a gamble too.

But, wow, what a campsite and what a time we had.  Drizzling heavily all day in Neath on the Friday we left but in Builth it was glorious and it stayed that way all weekend.  The site welcomes dogs and I met loads.  There are two lakes, one big and one HUGE, where dogs are welcome to swim so I was in every day for ages, doing ball and frisbee retrieve. Really weird because I had the lakes virtually to myself - don't you other camping dogs like the water or what?

Now where's my tent down there?

Hardly Four Star but I love it

How come  Dad's still in the showers?

Getting dark and I'm getting tired

Lots of fantastic waymarked walks lead from the site and we all went on a high level one on the Saturday for a long time. Again - where were the other mutts?  What a bunch of softees must have been staying there that weekend!  But when we got back to the seat that overlooks the site even I was shattered and had to take a rest and a drink.

The nights I found strange as I slept in my cage in the same tent as Mam and Dad.  It was weird to wake up through the night and see them more or less besides me.  I think I'm more relaxed now I'm home and I have the kitchen and living room to myself.  I mean a big toller like me needs to wander around his domain at night - check out there's no unwelcome creatures about!

So there we are - it was a nice treat for me, and I'm really looking forward to another camping trip - hopefully this year if the weather is nice enough.

Thanks for listening.

Love

Cooper
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