Tuesday, 27 October 2026

O Ye Of Little Faith

Matthew 8:26: And He said unto them, “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 

Hi Everyone

Don't worry I have not turned to the bible in my old age, although given that we were in the middle of two storms, Austen and Boelo, on my birthday I had the chance to be God (instead of being a god - dog backwards!) and neither have I turned into Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction

'And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them'

I've made it to FOURTEEN years of age and a lot of you dared to doubt that I'd make it - especially dad. It's been tough at times, especially during those baking hot days in the summer. 

Did you know that he and mum even booked a 19 day holiday to Sicily back in March assuming that I wouldn't be around when they went at the end of September! Luckily Max, Steph and Enzo agreed to look after me lol.

Anyway I'm sure that you want to hear about my birthday?



Before that I need to tell you what the Nature/Defra Labour Minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter said about Black Labs and their owners at their party conference. Basically warm beer with a Labrador by your feet in a rural pub painted a far-right nostalgic vision of Britain. It caused a massive stir even to the extent that on one Sunday The Trowel and Hammer in Cotton (which is not that far away) offered every black lab owner a free pint, unfortunately we didn't get to go!  

While the cats away... here we we are on one of our walks

Mr Enz was still wearing his hood because he wouldn't leave his paw alone which was a f**kin nuisance when he kept on bumping into me

Back home and having a kip in the shed


Enz came to play and stay on my birthday which was a Saturday. BTW I didn't get any presents!

We went down to Shingle Street for a swim and a walk, luckily we were in between the two previously mentioned storms 

I was straight in - I've still got it you know

I even went in the sea






Back home and mum had baked me a Lemon Drizzle cake

We had to take it indoors as the wind kept on blowing the candles out

Ready to try it - I can tell you that it was lovely - thanks mum xx

The end of a perfect birthday laying in front of the log burner, although we all missed Luther today

Well that's your lot for now, my plan is to make it to Christmas if I can and in the meantime I might get another road trip - watch this space. I'll leave you with this:-
Job 33:4: 'The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the almighty gives me life.'

Lots of love from Rudie THE Dog xx