Henley: April School Trip

April 28, 2019 Alice Pyper

The prefects Thor, Fergus and Nelly enjoyed Woof + Whistle’s 13th monthly school trip, this time to Henley on Thames. It was a bleak start with a bit of drizzle, and a whole lot of ominous clouds. All the dogs trotted along the towpath right next to the river and Nelly fell in straight away. She is such a liquid noodle that she rolled right over some fox poo and plopped into the water! Luckily Alice was there to graciously fish her out, and Nelly wasn’t the slighted bit phased, cantering off to join Thor and Fergus.

There were lots of rowers to watch, with boats constantly going up and down the river. The troop walked down to Mill End, then back down into town. Fergus especially enjoyed seeing civilisation! The dogs found an inlet with about a foot of water which looked perfect to swim in. Thor and Fergus ummed and ahhed for a long time about taking a dip, eventually deciding it was to great a risk to take!

All three were on their most excellent behaviour, and loved saying hello to all the towny doggies on their afternoon walk.

Cheese Wharf Revisited: March School Trip

March 25, 2019 Alice Pyper

For our March excursion we returned to one of our favourite places, Cheese Wharf near Lechlade! Last time we went it was super sunny and hot, and the fields were filled with buttercups. This time the skies were grey, but our spirits were bright anyway! Chester, Fergus, Nelly and Thor joined us for the afternoon, and we made sure to visit the magical footbridge which all the dogs love to run up and down.

They were all very excited to follow the river which meanders through the fields. Chester dipped in and out of the river at every opportunity, while Thor followed closely behind him but stayed well out of the water! Nelly rolled in about 6 different fox poops and seemed very pleased about it. Fergus bounded around happily playing with everyone! Nelly, Chester and Fergus had a little tiff about who would get a particularly nice stick.

We had a few attempts to get a group photo at the wharf, as Thor was very wriggly and wanted to play rather than sit and pose for a picture! We did however get a nice shot of all their behinds as they all investigated a stretch of river bank!

Cobstone Windmill (School Trip #7!)

September 23, 2018 Alice Pyper

Chester, Fergus, Ted and Thor all joined us for this months outing to Cobstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire. Although it was very windy, we were lucky enough to have some blue sky and sun for the afternoon, and the dogs had a great time playing together in the woods and fields.

The windmill was famously featured in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and the cute little village of Turville at the bottom of the hill was the setting for The Vicar of Dibley. The walk up the steep hill to the windmill is well worth it for the beautiful view across the village! The humans got fits of the giggles as they kept rolling over beech tree nuts halfway up and (consequently falling over a lot), but the dogs were nimble as ever!

We tried to get the pack to sing along with us about flying cars, but they weren’t having any of it; there were interesting things to sniff and hills to bound up and down! However we did just about manage to get a photo of them all in front of the Windmill!