This is Kelpie’s first visit to Bridlington and the seaside. That’s Kelpie, the tiny one, being terrified of the hulking She-Monster! No. Kelpie loved it. This must have been in 1999 as well, ‘cos Kelpie still looks quite tiny.

We’ve all had our seaside initiation at Bridlington. It’s one of the finest stretches of beach in the UK, and it has a section for dogs – unfortunately though, humans without dogs often “intrude” – but we don’t really mind …… really.

Oh My …. look at all that hair She’s got ………..

Whoa – we’ve moved on a bit  but not much – This is the year 2000 and its Gus and Kelpie’s first birthday. This was taken in our back garden and She just about managed to get two 12month old Scotties to sit still for a nano second!

You can see the “man” Gus grew into – he has that magnificent head and beautifully big nose! Can’t see that I look like Kelpie though, other than scruffy!

Oh My! Take a look at that milky-face. This is Finlay. How can I tell. Well I’ve been told by Her that ‘cos we were all boys with no distinguishing differences, She put little coloured ribbons around our necks to tell us apart. Finlay had a blue one, and if you look closely you can see a little piece of blue ribbon sticking out.

For your information I had a grey ribbon – the reason why? ‘Cos I was named Bobby after the book “Greyfriars Bobby” – there you go, not only informative information (hey, what?) but historical info too – no, not hysterical, although that’s truly possible with me, but HIS-to-ri-cal. There. I’ve told you.

Still keeping with the last week’s long ago flashback, this is one of me, brawling with what has become Finlay’s “Baby”. Even now I sometimes come along sneakily and pinch “Baby” from under Fin’s nose, and give him a quick bite or two …….