THE ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN

Autumn has arrived early in the Dales this year, and the arrival of September has brought much cooler days, lots of rain, and even our first frost. Skye Blue loves the cooler weather, and he seems to be like a puppy again! His favourite pastime at the moment is flushing all of the pheasants and…

HAPPY YORKSHIRE DAY!

It’s the 1st of August, and that means it’s Yorkshire Day apparently! There’s only one member of our family who’s Yorkshire born and bred, and that’s Skye Blue. We can only assume this because James found him wandering on Malham Moor as a 12/13 week old puppy, and it’s most likely that he was either…

Poppy Popularity!

We’re 10 days into the new website, and all is running smoothly. There’s been a clear bestselling bandana since the launch, and it’s the new Poppy dog bandana! I can’t say I’m surprised at the popularity of this design…the red poppies positively leap out from the black background of this lovely cotton, and it looks…

Easter in The Dales

Easter Saturday is a big day in the Hebden Calendar…the day of the annual Hebden duck race! The residents of our little Dales village congregate by Hebden Ghyll at 2pm for the big race! In the weeks running up to the race we can buy duck numbers at £1 each…each duck has a number.  There…

A New Competition is Launched!

On Monday we launched a brand new competition on our facebook page. I’d been trying to decide for a week or two what the theme would be this time, and in the end I decided on ‘Dudes in Disguise’. I think this is going to be great fun!  We have categories for dogs with bandanas…