- A sunny Saturday and I took Bonnie out in the car. We took the windy route over the hills towards the sea which is one of my favourites as most of the traffic goes the other quicker way. People drive faster here perhaps because most of them have have been driving these same roads all their lives. If you don’t move far from where you were born you probably know each and every bend. And if you assume that all other drivers are similarly confident you won’t have much patience with ditherers like me.
- At the top of the hills there is a derelict petrol station and if you turn off there it leads to a quiet country lane with views down to the sea. We parked and walked. There were lots of cyclists around who surprised me with their total disregard for the large signs warning that the hunters were out shooting wild boar in the woods.
- In the local newspaper El Nou they recently reported a cyclist being clipped by a bullet as he rode along a popular route in Les Franqueses. Five hunters were stopped by the police and their guns taken away as evidence. These hunts are normally approved by the authorities but they are supposed to keep away from houses and roads. That local council has even been discussing banning hunting as it is impossible for it to coexist with the growing numbers of people who like to walk, cycle, run in the countryside. But they finally decided that banning it would only make it less regulated. Hunting is very popular throughout Catalunya and I once had lunch at a country restaurant with a truck parked outside loaded up with a very large and dead wild boar. I wonder what it would take for the Catalan government to ban it altogether?
- We sat down for a while with the sound of shots ringing in the far distance. Bonnie brought me a twig and as my main task now to keep her as happy as possible, I broke my normal rule of not throwing sticks. It was also a very soft one! She is totally back to normal after the surgery
- It was a joy to watch her jumping to catch it like a puppy
- Here is a film of her learning to drop the twig back into my hand!
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She must think you terribly uncoordinated as she can run and catch it in her mouth and your having so much trouble with it!!!!!
What a doll
Clever Bonnie. Collies do so love to be doing and learning something new. It’s good to see her so lively.
You’re never too old to learn new tricks! A lesson for us all. Bruce