Rudie's Dog Blog: June 2026

Hello everyone and welcome to my latest blog. I promised you a happier one last time so let's see if I can deliver it.

Me and Enz have had lots of play dates recently

I've also been walking solo

We've started a new garden project

Starting by taking up the old deck and block paving

I'm the site foreman

Deck's gone and so have most of the blocks

Springtime in my woods

Swimming at Felixstowe

I'm not quite as good a swimmer as I used to be, but I do like a dip still

This is me barking lol

Siesta on the rubbish bag

The Bluebells in my woods

Dad made Sam some plant boxes from the decking

Reece from RDO came and laid us a new patio

Another siesta - it's hard work you know!

Enzo came to stay for a few days but we weren't allowed in the garden when Reece was laying the slabs

Enzo had his MOT while he was with us so afterwards we went to Ufford for a swim

He passed - but with advisories, he's got to cut out the treats lol

All done, my final inspection and I have to say that Reece made a great job of it

Now to lay in the dirt where dad has just prepared for new grass seed

I went on my first holiday without Luther, it was bitter sweet really although I did get loads of room in the back of the car

We went up to Scotland and stayed overnight in Barnard Castle where like Dominic Cummings during the Covid pandemic I stopped to check my eyesight

Luther would have loved the Chaise Longue in our room, he'd have definitely snuck on it during the night!

Day two. We headed up to Stirling, and stopped off to see The Falkirk Wheel a rotating boat lift which connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal

Someone taking the piss?

Next stop The Kelpies, two 30 metre high horse heads

The weather was really hot during the start of our trip and I struggled big time with my breathing on a walk. I only managed about a mile in Barnard Castle, not much more the second day and on the third day we were on a short walk to see the Keltie Waterfalls where for the first time in my life I had to bail on a walk, we had only done about half a mile and I just stopped under a tree to rest!

Dad continued to have a look at them while mum waited with me

Anyway I didn't die and we made it to Ardler which is near to Blairgowrie - mum and dad were worried about me and thought that I might need to visit a Scottish vet and that they'd be returning to England without me. 'Oh ye of little faith'! Here's a happy photo of me by a Rudiedendron

The next day I managed a walk around the Kinclaven Bluebell Wood

On the Saturday we went to the Forfar Loch parkrun (no I didn't do it ffs or indeed get a swim!) Afterwards we visited Glamis Castle

More Rudiedendrons!

Finally I got to go swimming on Sunday at Loch of Clunie

As the temperatures dropped I managed to walk further and didn't need to stop as much either, we did a nice walk from Dunkeld along the river Tay, but I didn't get to go in as it was running too fast

That's a big tree trunk

Another swim, this time in Loch of Lintrathen

And then a walk and a dip in the river Isla near Alyth

Water is my happy place

We spent a bit of time in Scotland with Uncle Ivan & Auntie Jacqui who moved there last summer. They unfortunately lost Archie about the same time as Luther died and have now adopted Freddie