Can we have our Beach Back?

First I have to tell you of a story that was on the BBC local news. I had previously found the story at the start of the month and had not believed it as I thought it was an April Fools joke, but it turns out to be true.

In Alberta in Canada, the tourist authority have used a picture of our local coast to promote Alberta. As the province is land locked, I genuinely thought the story was a spoof, but Canada has been helping to promote the North East of England by using a picture of our beautiful beach at Bamburgh.

Personally I found the story rather funny, but some of the people in the news report were calling it a scandal. Now if Canada want to help promote our tourist industry, well that's fine by me. It shows that we do have some fantastic places, and why I love living here. I hope to be going to visit a location close to where the picture that Canada is using to promote tourism myself soon, so can I ask that all you Canadian tourists don't all come at once.

Talking of travelling, I have had to buy myself a new pair of boots. As I do cover more miles than most people, while not worn out I was hearing a squeak from my old pair. It was that the heel was coming unglued, so I can get them repaired but I needed something to wear while that happened. Therefore I got some new ones. These are fully water proof, or so they claim, and as many parts of the terrain I traverse is rather boggy I may just be able to keep my paws dry.

Of course, that could mean that I will be giving blister reports until they are broken in.

However, I am not sure often I will be able to get out over the next couple of weeks as I have other tasks that I have to undertake. As well as these I am trying to get the backlog of video sorted out. I have and am making good progress there, and I really do think I have got some treats for you folks there. But I am just enjoying getting out and seeing the wildlife and adding to my problem by filming more. Robert Burns really summed it up, the best laid plans of (wood) mice...