Five Horses

2CV camping again. September and we are still enjoying some decent weather. We dogs LOVE camping. We know as soon as we get to the field, what we're about, and we charge about, racing in circles and greeting all the old mates from previous camps. We dogs, now numbering 7 just kinda merge into one bigger pack, this time it is we three, plus collies Ben and Nellie, and then a brown mongrelly chap called Ben and a Staffie cross bitch called Scooter.

We know loads of people there too, so it's nice race about and meet them. They remember me, for some reson, as having dived under all the cars last time to cool off, and got my back smeared with sump oil. The whole site becomes our home and we are pretty much allowed to wander, except when there is cookery going on. Dad has this strange notion that we might patrol around scrounging "inappropriate" food (what ever that is) so we get restrained on leads while that's on, tied to the fence or a tent peg. Is that any way to treat a dog?

Bit of excitement this time is being allowed to meet the horses. This involved me (for some reason, Meg and the H left me to it) racing over to them at full speed, and then as their sheer height and size became apparent, skidding to a halt, bouncing a few times and then, whistling innocently, sidling up to them and sniffing their noses. Was thankful for the electric fence, as they loomed over me.

Talking of horses, oldest car at the camp, a 1924 CV5 in a smart shade of yellow. It is only just restored and put back on the road by club member JJ. So we all took Dad's 2CV round to JJ's house to provide back-up for him as he 35 mph'd from his house to the site. It was running well, so we did a couple of overtake, get ahead, stop and lep out with camera, to photo him in motion on the roads. CV5? It is fom the French - rated at 5 horse power by the French engineers in 1924, CV stands for "chevaux" (horses) in la Francais, the same way 2CV stands for "2 horses" (deux chevaux)

Coo, edumacatnial innit?

Deefer the Outdoors Girl