One of our favourite things is a leisurely evening stroll along the banks of the Thames. It is very desolate where we go, plenty of wildlife to admire and acres of river frontage for the dogs to run on. today there have been so many boats going up the Thames to get ready for the River Pageant, the highlight of the celebrations in London for the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrating her 60 years on the Throne.
I could spend hours down here each day, and the dogs won't complain, they love it. They can swim here in a small river, sometimes they get to go in the Thames when the tide is just right, they scent rabbits and foxes, and delight in jumping like a spring lamb through the waist high grass.
On the way back, we always stop at the Bee House and just sit and watch the river. Mirabelle practices her recall very well down here, and there is nowhere for her to escape to if she decided to make a run for it unless she wanted to swim over to South London over the Thames!
Maddies owners will be on one of the boats in the pageant, we will be down in London Town to watch, we just tried out Mirabelle in her special rucksack as she will be coming with us to join in the Celebrations. A thousand boats and The Queen on the river, I can't wait.