It’s important that Fortnum and Mason’s horizons are expanded and they don’t think that the world is flat or that it stops at our gate. For their first outing we took them to Petone beach. It has to be said it’s far from a beautiful beach but... How time has flown (again!). It’s almost time for MT to return to work and we are once again wondering where the holidays have gone. At least I have the advantage of not having to return to the grindstone in the city.Our second visitor Margaret has just arrived... As part of my efforts to put a little spice into this blog I thought I talk about the heat we are having at the moment. Compared to last year it’s a heat wave. Come to think of it, I think it’s a heat wave per se.Yes in the last 9 weeks we’ve had... Being so low to the ground Bassets are not the cleanest dogs around. Especially when there is a touch of rain to make the mud pat around our house nice and soft. To keep our hounds looking beautiful the weekly bath is an essential part of our basset routine.There are... 