Wednesday 29 June 2011

Behind the scenes at #flatmarley HQ

Ello for you.....I duz be stoppin my werld travels to bring you nooz update for #flatmarley and also to give you behind the scenes look at ower operayshun ere at #flatmarley HQ.

My right hand dawg, Alfie, is up early at the offiss checkin that I is comin in to werk....

Where is werkforce?....
.....but we soon has the masheens up and runnin and churnin out #flatmarleys for everyone who do need one and dussnt ave printer...

....very ansome if I do say so myself...
...and Alfie be so clever that he has werked out a lammynater masheen wot we can use to make rain-proof FlatMarleys....

....tuff terrier....
....our pal Charlee (@charlieeatssocks) is takin one of these to Wimbledon centre court on Friday.....becos of the new roof there he won't be worried bout rain but the lammynayshun will elp his mum not get me bent in her bag....and while we is talkin of the tennis we do say big woofs of luck for Andy Murray tooday for his match and send some wuzzes and licks for his two border terriers cos they do be our pals...ello @maggiemay_hem...

.....In fact I is becomin a bit of a local selbrity myself and I has to emply @barneyloverboy to be my bodyguard ere at the offiss..

My bruvver bigger than your bruvver...
...To finish our day at the #flatmarley factory Alfie has been hazzin sum fun and has come up wiv a Marley logo...

....and we haz some ideas of how to put it to good use to raise some munnee for The Dogs Trust. You can see da linky at the top of the blog if you want to donate to elp support our werks. If you order a #flatmarley from Alfie (you tweet him at @alfielulu or peemail me at marleyterrier57@googlemail.com) we will add £2 donayshun ourselves as long as you is also makin donayshun.....and YES we is werkin on addin the "E" to the logo...

Amnyway, enuff of lookin behind the scenes....and back to my travels....well this weekend you know i was in Canada seein Mungo and Ollie & Griff....well I did also take time to drop in on my pals Zoe (@zoetheborder) and her bruffur Wylie...

We did start our visit at  Lake Muskoka, which do be a couple of hours norf of Toronto, an about a four-hour drive coming straight from Mungo's Birfday Partee in Guelph....and me an Wylie did sit wiv his dad an look at the Lake while we decide wot to do...
 
 
....and we taked note of all the warnin signs so that we was keepin safe....
 
moose....possibly not chokklit
....but soon we was chillin in the sun....

Hmmmmm....sumfing missin

....good company...
...and we did decide to see if we could catch ower own dinner...

grrr....nuffing

....but we had no luck and me an Wylie did ave to improvise a solooshun....

We is avin snaks...no pawparazzi pleez

....Zoe did say me she had a game we could play....

*shake shake*
....but the game was a bit ruff for little old me so we decide to do some gentle yowga to keep fit...



....hee hee....well that do be it for now. If you did send me a #flatmarley pishure an I dint put it on the blog I do pologise and ask if you could send it to me agane cos we dussnt want to miss anyone out...you can tweet me at @marleyterrier or peemail me on marleyterrier57@googlemail.com....

I do be goin for my nap now cos I am goin  to visit a big bote today wiv @henryandfriends and @kolo_martin and Henry say me we will eat some chips...

Marley de Gamma ....woof

Monday 27 June 2011

Sunday - not a day of rest for this dawg

We haz excitin newts for you...


......ooops....I mean excitin news....we haz set up some munnee raisin capabillytee for #flatmarley. My pal @alfielulu be makin some pawsome Flat Marleys for peeple to elp em playin the game. If you have one then it would be very nice if you could make donayshun to the Dogs Trust on our behalf. You can do dat by clicklin the linky on the side of da blog....an also if you haz a tellybone then you can donate £1 by textin code FLMA57 to 70070...is clever no? Also, if you haz a Flat Marley from Alfie then I make £2 donayshun also.....owever, you can make a donayshun if you is just playin the game wiv your own Flat Marley if you likes...but then I dussnt do £2 cos otherwsie I have no munee left for I noms...

Anyway, back to my travels....on Sunday I had a very kind invitayshun from @thegobros to go to the pawty to sellybrate the arrival of wee Mungo into their familee...we was very well behaved...

Bruvvers in arms
......but this do only last so long and soon we is elpin ourselves to a small beer cos....well....you haz to wet the baby's head dussnt you?...


Who got da opener?...

Straight from that ectic soshull engagement, I ad to hop back to New Hapmshire to see Pip (@piprufus1) cos he was plannin a road trip for us...we had slight disagreement over who should drive ...

I dussn't got American license...

It was a long drive and we stopped for donuts and eggs/bacon bagels ...cos you know I haz had trubble feedin on this trip.....

I need some coins....

I was very appy that I got to meet Pip's Grandma Bea who is very generous with the noms ....

Fanks Bea....

We did some sightseeing, including Slater Park - which is home to the oldest carousel in the USA....


Finally, the Rhode Island state mascot (Mr. Potato Head) heard that I was in town and invited I for speshul meeting at Hasbro toy company world headquarters .....



....but I dussnt be appy just wiv seein the USA and I decided to make a lightenin visit to see my pal @diamondbertie who I did visit before my oliday in Cornwall and I did share a few stories wiv him an his master, Peter, who is always very kind to me when I am in Exeter....

Woo hahahahahah....well I never....
....but that made me a bit late for my next appointment so @clairetweet was kind enuff to provide me wiv some elpful transport...

How do you steer it?....


...and I made it to see Izzy-girl (@julorote) wiv seconds to spare......

iPaw therefore I am....



Phew.....I feel like Jules Verne....more newts of my travels tomorrow...


Not funny the first time.....
 Wahahahahah.....Marley

Sunday 26 June 2011

A weekend on the move

I kno some of you haz been followin my travels but fort you were not able to join in becos you did not ave printer and could not print me out. Well......salvayshun is at hand. We haz had a pawsome offer from our pal @alfielulu. He did say me that his mum would be happy to print out #flatmarleys to send to people, includin mebbe lammynated ones you can be usin outside in the rain. Hurray for that offer. You can contact Alfie and his mum, Louise, via Twitter to put in your requests.

Despite the bad wevver, I haz been gettin about this weekend. I did start it relaxin by the pool wiv Monty and @adelesiddall in Mallorca. You might haz noticed I haz been poppin in on them since we started just to check their oliday is goin ok....

Infinitee pool.....infinitee appiness

From there tho it was back to rainy Scotland to see my pal @kelsoterrier, whi did take me to the beach......


.....and from there we decided on a game of golf so we went all the way to the famuss 18th ole at St Andrews to see if we could get a game.....

Fore.....legs....
....but i was not long in Scotland and had to make a quick scamper over to Guelph in Canada to see @thegobros Ollie & Griff. I arrived just in time for dinner.....phew, you kno i haz been avin trubble findin noms on my journee

Three dogs, two bowls....?

However, it was rainin in the Canada and they was worried about gettin me wet when they went out so i was left at ome to guard baby Mungo.....so I teached im about impawtance of nappin for buildin strengff....

(*Mungo wasnt rilly left at ome)

When i was certain Mungo was well rested I decided to ead back to Mallorca where there was rumour of a yacht crisis.....

Crisis averted, please send fee to usual addressss

When that was done i started to worry about Millie agane and so I took my PhD in nappin all the way back to the UK to make sure Millie was well prepared to get her doctorate....

Doctors of Sleep

In case you fink I is a dog wiv one track mind, I went back to my ancestral home in Derbyshire to see @ernietheborder. @clairetweet and George. George is a great pal to doggies and is known to be free wiv da biskits.....owever, this time he showed me ow to make a fishin rod...

George haz caught a whopper!

....but my werk for the day was not yet over and I ad to look in on @highlandhamish to make sure that he was learnin the ropes as Head Bar Dog at my country club.....

Mixin a Barktini....

.....and i was mighty releeved to find the ospitality in safe hands whilst i was away....So, i fink you can see that I haz been combinin werk and fun in equal measure to bring you noos from around the globe.....and just when I thort my day was done I had a quick messij to stop in to see my pal Charlie (@charlieatssocks)......

Keep schtumm my friend...
....but we is sayin nuffing about wot we is plannin for nex week cos it be a great secret and will require some sneakin round securitee.....hee hee


Woof......Capn Marley Scott......

Saturday 25 June 2011

Is absolutely no rest at all for a internashnull jet set dog.......Friday was "Take Your Dog to Work Day" in the UK....and my pal @tim_kirby was quick to recruit #FlatMarley for elpin out in his offiss...

You is "Typist for the Day"...now...
....and when that was done I was sent out wiv Jooly (@mrsfiddlesticks) to collect in the hens eggs wot had been hatched that mornin....

I dint eat em....honest....
....but i dussn't be able to hang about for long cos I had to go and see Millie (@millie_dog) in Devon.....but I fink there has been mix up over time zones cos when i got there she was out at the park and so i take opportunitee to catch up on my naps and elp keep Millie's ouse safe from burglers...

Alarm sytem.....
..I dint leev til i was happy that the sofa was comfy for naps the house was fully secured....and that was such ard werk that i did ave to shoot off to see my pal Karen (@wildpaw) for a snak....a cream tea she had organised for me....
*nom nom*

....which did wear me out agane and so we watched some telly.....


Guilty!!
...and i finally got to spend some kwalitee time wiv VIP dogs Bonnie & Pickles.....


Wahahahha....no ticklin Bonnie!
....and cos this is a ome of VIPs there was some famuss pals to ang out wiv.....

You fink you is ansome....but you not as ansome as me...

Potter!.....stop stalkin me

Ninjas: beware
....and i end up stayin for my dinner cos we was chattin so long....

Well I is watchin my weight.....but if you insist...
....and so that was the end of my day......well I fort it was the end of my bizee day but I did pop back to check up that Tim and Jooly was safely tucked up in bed.........and to make sure the kitchen was all cleaned up after their noms....

Mebbe i should tidy up this pizza....
....*nom nom.......guzzle.....slurp.....nom nom...*.....oh hello!

Woof hoo......Marley "Two Dinners" Terrier.....*burp*.....oooh scuse me....


 

Friday 24 June 2011

Phew....wot a bizee day..

You haz all made me so bizee that I gots to do anuvver update already cos if I dussnt I gonna run out of space for showin all your pictures wot you been kindly sendin in of Flat Marley on his travels...

Firstly, I haz to check up on all my pals at Battersea Dogs Ome to make sure they is in safe hands while I do be away on my tavels....so @tedonthebed and @sergeijugpup do let me ride in their mom's van to werk..

Furever homes needed...
....and then my pal @adelesiddall does take me to get a pawdicure at her beuaty salon so that I am lookin nice for my trips....

Phew....this chair is big...
....and of corse while i visitin Adele's house I did get to spend some kwalitee time wiv Monty....

cuppla pals...
.....and then i duz runrunrun to see some more of my UK pals before headin off to the airport......runrun to see @millie_dog in Devon.....

ON the bed....not IN the bed...ON the bed

.....and runrun up to Milton Keynes for seein my newest pals Eddie and Higgins (who is Basset Fauve de Bretagne)....

Woof....new pals relaxin in the garden
....and then runrunrun ups to Wigan to see if I can see Ted an Isaac (@realjoannek)...but Ted does be out for his walks an I only do see Bella and Kit...


Well behaved kitties....
....then its off to the aiport wiv Adele an Monty for a pre-flight dinner...

At the bar? Who? Me?

...and we is soon settled into our seats.......

1st class window seat...

...and before you knows it I am in Mallorca....wot be near Spain....and relaxin in the partment...

You haz tapas?
....but is no rest for jet-seetin dog and before I knows it I am back to the airports....

Duz you know where I am....?

...that's right I haz flown all the way back to New HAM-pshire to see Pip agains....but I fink they runway is a bit....er...basic...

Where is the planes landin Pip?...
Where do you fink I be goin next? To Canada to see @thegobros for Wee Mungo's baby shower on Sunday? To big Canadian city to see @zoetheborder an Wylie? To Krakow in Poland to see Ennis an  @babsvk? Or....yikes.... away wiv @smudgebt's dad in Turkey& Middle East..... Afghanistan not completely out the question either......ooooo er...or just of to see a big ship wiv @henryandfriends and @kolo_martin...

I do be seein you sumwhere soon...but pleez urry up cos Basil is lookin at me funny...

Halp!!
 .....Marley Pas Par Tout.....