Diary of a travelling guinea pig...

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ooooooooh Christofur you sure are having a lovely time!
Say hello to all our lovely friends in Scotland please xoxo

Is that a long lost relative's head stone?
 
Thank you Glynis - I will do xoxo

The headstone in the photo is not a family members but the hooman did go and see (and show me) her great grandmothers headstone .... where other family members are also either buried or scattered there too. I thought it would be a bit spooky but it turned out to be interesting seeing all the old stones and hearing what was written on them.

Then it rained..... rolleyes

Today the hoomans back at work so I dont know if I will be doing anything much today .... maybe just having a rest :)

CP
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Thank you Christofur for all the pics of your adventure - you look like you've had lots of fun!

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Thanks Suzy. :)

I had a quiet day in yesterday while the hooman went to work. It was still raining outside so whee all stayed in and played in the hay :))

Not sure what's happening today. The hooman's gonna be working a long way away today and I think I might go with her to help..... we'll see rolleyes

CP

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Christofur said:
Thank you Glynis - I will do xoxo

The headstone in the photo is not a family members but the hooman did go and see (and show me) her great grandmothers headstone .... where other family members are also either buried or scattered there too. I thought it would be a bit spooky but it turned out to be interesting seeing all the old stones and hearing what was written on them.

Then it rained..... rolleyes

Today the hoomans back at work so I dont know if I will be doing anything much today .... maybe just having a rest :)

CP
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WOW how interesting Christofur 8:)
i'm sure you also saw some lovely patches of greeeeeeeen spaghetti? drool

have fun xoxo
 
Oh yes Glynis.... there was plenty green spaghetti about .... one of my fave things about being out and about in erhm 'summer' :))

Today the hooman was working in the 'East' whatever that means.... so I accompanied her to work. At lunchtime we went sightseeing. I got to go and see the Firth of Forth Bridges while whee both had a pignic in the car :)

There are 2 bridges close-ish to each other over the Firth of Forth (just above Edinburgh .... or 'North' as the hooman put it). One is for cars (Forth Road Bridge) and the other for trains (Forth Rail Bridge).

Here is me in front of the Forth Rail Bridge:
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And in front of the Forth Road Bridge:
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And the Forth Rail Bridge on its own:
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The Forth Rail Bridge is 8296 ft long (2528.7m for those metric among you), it contains 6,500,000 rivets weighing 4200 tons (4267 Tonnes). It was built between 1883 and 1890 so is really old. Apparently it cost £3,200,000 back then which is equivalent to £235,000,000 money today .... or a LOT of parsley!

I think I can run about 20mph. I can run faster than that of course, but only for short bursts. Based on running at this speed which I think I can keep up for quite a few minutes (and the length of the bridge) I have calculated that I could cross the Forth Rail Bridge in well under 5 minutes on paw.

I told the hooman this..... but I think she missed the point as she said piggies shouldn't be on railways as its too dangerous .... mallethead....Of course, I know that but I just wanted to work it out.....

So anyway I promised to say if crossing the Forth Rail Bridge ... get in a train rolleyes

Night all ...... I dont know whats on the agenda (erm you can see I've been to 'meetings' now) for tomorrow.... but will keep you all posted,

CP
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Hello friends :)

Not much has been happening the rest of the wheek as the hooman had to go to work. I did manage a trip to the vets on Wednesday though - dont worry I'm fine but one of the dogs needed a check up.

Yesterday though, at lunchtime, the hooman took me down to the banks of the River Clyde where we had a pignic. I couldn't see any bridges though and it was a bit windy. But I did have some lovely green spaghetti.

But anyway here's me almost being blown away rolleyes

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And in front of a pretend boat:
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Hopefully the wheekend will be more fun :))

Wheek aye the noo ..... as they say in Scotland....

CP
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Thank you again for all the pics Christofur! It's so lovely to see you having a good time.

Suzy x
 
Thanks Suzy x>>

Whee were hoping to go somewhere nice today but its sooooo wet.... I think I might need to get some wellington boots rolleyes

Hopefully it will dry up later and we get to go somewhere nice :)

CP
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Hi christofur,

We have just been reading about your lovely journeys. I love hearing and seeing photos of your exciting adventures. The hoomins had a similar hoomin who did this sort of thing, he's called Michael plain...but your journeys and destinations are much more interesting. Mummy told us all about him.

We'd would love to meet you. We have sunny weather today, we love to watch these big animals called cows run around the fields...lots of yummy grass, they run really quickly, are white and black and sometimes smell. Mummy says if you stand on the wall at 4pm (mummy looks at this big round thing with 2 long things and tells us it's time), the cows will comeup and lick your paws....yuk! We don't do this.

Anyway, mummy's calling us...something about bath time! Brrrrr.

Buttercup, Violet, Millie, Captain Jack.
 
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Hi christofur,

We have just been reading about your lovely journeys. I love hearing and seeing photos of your exciting adventures. The hoomins had a similar hoomin who did this sort of thing, he's called Michael plain...but your journeys and destinations are much more interesting. Mummy told us all about him.

We'd would love to meet you. We have sunny weather today, we love to watch these big animals called cows run around the fields...lots of yummy grass, they run really quickly, are white and black and sometimes smell. Mummy says if you stand on the wall at 4pm (mummy looks at this big round thing with 2 long things and tells us it's time), the cows will comeup and lick your paws....yuk! We don't do this.

Anyway, mummy's calling us...something about bath time! Brrrrr.

Buttercup, Violet, Millie, Captain Jack.
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Thank you Buttercup, Violet, Millie and Captain Jack :)

I'm glad you have been enjoying following my travels. I have been having good fun. I would love to meet you all too - in fact today with your sunshine would be nice - the rains not stopped here rolleyes

I like seeing animals but I wouldn't want licked by a cow either :))

In fact, today I asked the hooman if I could go and see some animals instead of seeing rivers ..... and she said yes! Yayyyy!

Erm .... hope the bath time wasnt too traumatic

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So despite the terrible wet weather I managed to convince the hooman we could go see animals .... so whee went to a park with a mini zoo....

I saw monkeys, fish, birds, stick insects, a day gecko, meerkats, prairie dogs and lots more.

Here are some pictures:
Cute love bird:
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A meerkat waiting for me:
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More to follow

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Me outside at a koi pond:
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I got a bit damp...

I didn't want to sit to close to these prickly friends:
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These are carnivorous plants.... so I couldn't pose with them in case they 'got' me :
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Big aquarium with lots of fishes:
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Japanese garden:
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Parma Wallaby:
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Laughing Kookaburra (they really do laugh):
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Me looking at a little monkey:
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Scary bird (Striated Caracara):
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Burrowing Owl:
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Scottish Wild Cat:
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One of my favourites was the Prairie Dogs. Here's me at their enclosure then some of the handsome creatures themselves:
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Despite the weather I really enjoyed the outing and the hooman put the heater on in the car to dry us off on the way home.

Hope you enjoy these pigtures :)

CP

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Weee really enjoyed seeing your photos...

Thank you for sharing, and we're glad your hoomin looked after you and got you warm and dry again.

Our mummy washed and dried us quickly and gave us some treats after. The silly thing cleaned our houses and moved all our poop out, we were storing those up! But it does smell nice again.

Have a good day.

Buttercup, Violet, Millie, Captain Jack.
 
Oh I am really glad you managed to get dried quickly.... I dont know why these hoomans always want us clean and fresh but they seem to rolleyes .... just get pooping again and I'm sure you'll have your place back the way you want it in no time :)) At least you got some treats though ;)

I'm going out again today so hope to have an update for you all later :(|)

Christofur

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So glad that Christofur is on the move again! I signed myself up to spend some time with Christofur, but have since moved...who am I meant to tell about my new address!? I know Bailey was arranging this, but she seems to have vanished from the forum...
 
2280CLAIRE said:
So glad that Christofur is on the move again! I signed myself up to spend some time with Christofur, but have since moved...who am I meant to tell about my new address!? I know Bailey was arranging this, but she seems to have vanished from the forum...
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I sent Christofur on his travels to his next adventure. I'll get in contact with his foster mum and try and get your address changed. Can you pm me with your full name so that Christofur's foster mum can change it seeing as Bailey isn't around?
 
Oh Christopher, that Zoo is ever so close to me. Did you enjoy your day? I really like praire dogs too. I saw some at five sisters zoo only last weekends. Did the remind you of piggies a little?
 
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I sent Christofur on his travels to his next adventure. I'll get in contact with his foster mum and try and get your address changed. Can you pm me with your full name so that Christofur's foster mum can change it seeing as Bailey isn't around?
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Or you can PM me directly with your name and new address and I will get it updated ;)

Looking forward to meeting you when I get there.

CP

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Oh Christopher, that Zoo is ever so close to me. Did you enjoy your day? I really like praire dogs too. I saw some at five sisters zoo only last weekends. Did the remind you of piggies a little?
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Yes thanks, I had a pigtastic time. It was a shame it was raining heavily outside but whee had the place to ourselves.... and I snuck in in the hoomans pocket without paying :red :))

I think that's why I liked the prairie dogs so much .... they had piggy like faces and fat bellies :)) So quite a bit like piggles ;)

I wonder if I will get the chance to go to 5 sisters zoo sometime - it sounds good... I hope so :)

CP
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Toffee Coos

In between lots of rain I managed to get out and about today again. I went to a park called Pollok Park. Here is me on a fence post in the park:
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I had a feeling there was something watching me ..... and I turned round to see lots of them:

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And a baby one:
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to be continued....

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Then whee walked along to the Burrell Collection:
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But the place was closed (whee were too early):
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The Burrell Collection is a museum where the art collection of the late Sir William Burrell (1861-1958 ) (who was a successful shipping agent in Glasgow) is displayed. The Collection, comprising some 9,000 works of art, was gifted to the City of Glasgow in 1944 by Sir William Burrell and his wife Constance, Lady Burrell. It’s one of the greatest collections ever created by one person.... but it was closed....so I never got to see anything.... but on a plus side the play park was empty so I got to.....

play on a cargo net:
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Slide down a slide:
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Go up stairs:
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and across a wobbly bridge:
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And have a go on the see-saw:
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Please note other piggies - dont try this yourselves - I am specially trained for these things and had help,

CP
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After playing for a while at the play park whee went to a place where they grow lots of veggitibbles..... they had corn, kale, spinach, carrots and lots of things growing..... I had a little nom while I was there as all the playing and fresh air had made me hungry

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They had quite a few scarecrows about. I said hello to some of them and found out they are not scary at all

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to be continued...

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