The day dawned promisingly, there was no rain, no haar, and weak sunshine, that'll do! Archie and I took a stroll out and bumped into Dougal and his mum, who had already been a long walk. We're going to visit them tomorrow to help with (leftover unused frozen) Christmas party nibbles.

Once JR was home from the gym, Hazel came over to have a coffee and a muffin before she goes flitting off for an action packed weekend with her son in London.

Later, it was still sunny, so thoughts of the afternoon movies were abandoned in favour of popping into town on a mission. Archie came too - he loves the shops. Mission accomplished. Archie is doing his furry bear impression. Once his wound heals completely (he's still having to wear his cone, sadly) he'll be getting a long overdue haircut.