Charlies Big City Adventure



My Sister was 30 this weekend and as she is quite pregnant she decided to celebrate with a picnic in the park, even Charlie was invited! So Saturday morning we packed up the car and off we went to Ladywell fields. Charlie has worked out how to jump from the boot into the car and then runs around causing havoc so I have decided to embrace his choice of seat and bought him a harness so that he can sit in the front but be attached to the seatbelt and not run around the car. Charlie loved it. He was curled up for the motorway but as soon as we got into town I opened the window and he had his head out sniffing the air and barking at people that talked to him when we were stopped at the lights.

Bold as Charlie likes to think he is it would seem he is a bit of a jessy with tunnels. It had never occurred to me but we have obviously not driven through one before because as soon as we hit the Blackwall Tunnel he tried to leap on my lap and was very frightened. But he managed to settle and sat quietly with me chatting away to him like he was any other traveling companion! Of course as soon as we arrived at my sisters house he did a quick check of the house running into every room, looking under every bed and chair. It was suggested that perhaps this is like a Police sweep of the area, checking for intruders and perhaps he shouts ‘clear’ after every room. However I think it is more likely that he is just that nosey!

Walking on pavements is not something that Charlie is particularly experienced at and he tried to turn into every gateway and because I was worried about loosing him, he did have to stay on his extending lead. But he loved all of the new smells and people. At first he barked a lot probably because he didn’t know what was going on and who all these people were – being on his lead, he wasn’t able to carry out his usual security check! But he did settle down, unfortunately once he was comfortable he decided that this was his park and he was going to bark at all of the strangers walking past!

Picnic casualties were quite low, 1 pork pie and 2 empty cupcake cases. He even managed to join in a game of the boys football whilst on his lead with Phil which he loved. We also met 3 other beagles from Blythe Hill Beagles and Charlie was very excited to meet a fellow hound. Charlie was very pooped after a long day and slept all the way home – even through the tunnel!