Tigers Fans wherever they go

The Pig and Bear always like to show they are Leicester Tigers Fans.
Even out in the African Bush - Nottens Bush Camp South Africa 2013



Bears and Bees

Bears like honey and bees make honey - that is bear logic and Bear logic is what drives Balloon.

Once he saw these African bees at a bird bath he was convinced he could "Bee whisper" them into delivering honey to him.

 

 

It didn't work.

It's truly amazing.

Normally they fight like Pig and Bear, but once they reach the Bush Balloon Bear really does take looking after the Pig seriously.

The Bear fears nothing but the Pig is afraid of everything in the African Bush as he believes it is all out to eat him.

There are clearly hidden depths to Balloon.


No doubt he will take it out on the Pig when we get back to the UK.

Balloon Bear loves Safari holidays (unfortunately he forgets he isn't supposed to wave to monkeys as they will steal him and pull his arms and legs off).

This one got off to a flying start with the hotel we stayed at in Jo'burg having a balloon in the back garden.

Followers of the Pig and Bear will be aware that Safari holidays are the Pigs idea of Hell on Earth.

This time we fooled him by having an overnight stop in Jo'burg before heading out into the Bush. The Pig loved it - hotel room with TV, casino nearby (no we didn't let him bet anything!) and manicured gardens.

Sadly it was all to go bad the next day when we flew up to our first camp.

We've all just spent a delightful weekend with friends down in Oxfordshire. Of course Pig and Bear came along, and enjoyed it as much as we did. In particular they liked playing with the toys of our friends little boy.

Spig found a pair of glasses, but threw them away when he realised that a) they were not tinted and b) he looked a walley in them.

Balloon was far happier with a fireman's helmet - this had to be prised off his head.

Balloon Bear went to Dubai at the end of last year accompanying me on business.

What he loved most (in fact the only thing he liked) was looking out of the window on the 33 floor onto what he is convinced was a model city with moving cars and everything. It seems the concept of scale eludes small bears.

Driving us crazy

You've heard of the film "Driving Miss Daisy" - well Balloon Bear does "Driving us Crazy.

Trying to watch a Grand Prix on the TV is a nightmare with this Bear who insists on sitting in front of the TV screen waiting for the in car footage so he can pretend he's driving the Formula One car.

There are of course arms and legs everywhere as he has no idea of clutch, brakes or steering for that matter - in fact he seems to think it all happens merely by rolling from side to side (with the odd jolt forward under hard breaking.

Still it's all better than his joining in with Bond Films....

We had a big "all hands to the pump" emergency yesterday with Balloon Bear.

An airship was spotted in the sky over our village and Bb had to be whisked upstairs to view it from a special perch on the window sill.

Six hours later - long after the airship had gone we remembered he was still up there. We found him on the floor legs in the air - but still smiling.

Thank goodness his attention was still airbourne!

The Pig finally got his wish last week - a holiday that didn't involve anything trying to eat him.

We took them to Cyprus to a wedding (they didn't go to the party - far to high a risk!) so the Pig got to sit on a beach at last.

For years he's been going on about wanting a beach holiday so he can soak up some rays, and he certainly enjoyed his time on a lunger. Balloon, of course wasn't so keen. It seems Bears don't like it too hot - though the idea of catching some fish did appeal.

A kind friend in our village gave us some rhubarb.

Not a problem for most people - indeed it would be regarded as a wonderfully generous gesture. Here however it has caused panic.

Little Brown wants to get it cooked - not just stewed, but some fancy recipe he saw on the TV using it with smoked fish! Now much as we'd love to humour him, we just don't have the fish - so stewing it is. We'd also best get it done before the inevitable LB tantrum which will end up with the rhubarb being used as a weapon.

It's also a bit worrying to see Little Brown's reading coming along - OK we called up the web site, but it looks as though he can recognise the word "fish".

I see trouble ahead. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.








By the way here's the recipe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/hotsmokedsalmonwithr_91054