Yesterday, Mads n me went to Haigh country park.. she hasnt been so good lately and has needed to rest up, but yesterday she was fir enough to go for a trot about, so off we did go, took some pics of her having fun then came home before she got too tired. I sat here last night going thru all the pics I took, posted some on the msn site, then shuddered as I noticed a pair of eyes behind Mads in the bushes, glowing.. now I'll try put the pic on here for you to see..
sooo today
Me n Homer went back to Haigh country park today(28TH JUNE 2007), back to the very place where those spooky eyes were, we scabbled through the bushes but couldnt find anything 
, so we carried on far off the beaten track, even lost the trail markings for adventurous ppl. We didnt see another soul walking through there, was beginning to think that Barguest had actually eaten everyone yesterday!
, so we carried on far off the beaten track, even lost the trail markings for adventurous ppl. We didnt see another soul walking through there, was beginning to think that Barguest had actually eaten everyone yesterday! then we found the end of the stream, it finished in a man made walled lake, I wanted to find this place coz I picked up a book on Haigh Hall for Suzy yesterday and it told of how the 'yellow brook waterfall' was a man made drainage system which took over 18 years to complete all of 300 years ago and was still in use today.. wonderful what you can learn. anyway to carry on.. there was I, camera in hand as usual when SPLASH.. Homer had leant over too far and fallen in!
OK so he's a dog, he got in he can damn well get himself out.. NOPE he couldnt. well I could see dead branches in there and lots of rotten vegetation so I tried to coax Homer out calmly, but the wall was just too high for him to get a foothold.
I tried to tell myself not to panic, but I was alone with a struggling dog 
. There was nothiong for it but to jump in after him in the hope of grabbing a hold of him and somehow hoisting him out.. like wtf was I thinkin.. if he cant get himself out, how the hell am I gonna do it?!
. There was nothiong for it but to jump in after him in the hope of grabbing a hold of him and somehow hoisting him out.. like wtf was I thinkin.. if he cant get himself out, how the hell am I gonna do it?!I shed my jacket, threw the camera on the side and jumped in, after all, how deep could it be.. OMG well the dirt nasty water came upto my bust, I had NO HOPE of getting myself back out never mind a dog. I hollered for help whilst attempting to shove Homer up, but of course the harder I tried the more he struggled, finally after what seemed like hours, obviously was minutes someone shouted back asking if I was in trouble.. "hell yes I'm in the lake" lol
a guy came rushing thru the bush then, gawd I've never been so happy to see a strange man (I say strange coz.. how strange is it to go walking through a country park without a dog?) he went to grab hold of me but I asked him to grab Homer's collar first and pull him out, which he duly did, then hauled my ass up too.
well you can imagine how we looked, Homer was soaked to the skin and a dirty green, SWAMP MONSTER colour, and I was dripping.
the guy walked us back to the hall coz I hadnt a clue where we were at that point. we made it back to the car in one piece and drove home.
now all clothes dog towel and shoes are in the washer.. Homer has had a bath and smells of cherries and no longer resembles the swamp monster. I just wanna curl up in a nice warm oven for the rest of the night now.
AS AN UPDATE TO THIS POST.. IAM DEVASTATED TO HAVE TO SAY THAT AS A RESULT OF HOMER FALLING IN THE POND AT HAIGH HALL COUNTRY PARK, HE CONTRACTED AN INFECTION WHICH HE COULD NOT FIGHT.. AND ON 3RD SEPTEMBER WE HAD TO HAVE OUR BELOVED BABY BOY PUT TO SLEEP. I AM TRULY WRECKED BY ALL THIS AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE POWERS THAT BE AT HAIGH SAY??? "TOUGH SHIT" OUR WATER IS FINE... YEAH LIKE HELL IT IS
Posted by mica_holcroft
at 5:12 PM GMT
Updated: Monday, 5 November 2007 6:35 PM GMT
