A 'Staycation"Activity.
http://www.flamingoroute.eu/
Today we are heading out to cycle a section of the Flamingo route. All the bags are packed and strapped to the bikes. Tents and other camping type malarky has
been dug out of storage and checked.
The Flamingo Route is so called because of a flock of the pink birdies that spend the summer in one of the nature reserves in this area.
Oldest Baby Cloggy has point blank refused to come with us so again he has been left at home with further instructions on how to care for Cloggys chickens and dire warnings of adoption agencies
if he even thinks about having a party.
Now I just hope that the rain gods have a rest for the next couple of days ..........
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Shaggy dogs are dumb! ... Are you sure about
that?
Friends of ours have a very VERY Shaggy Dog called Max. We were always of the opinion that Max was a
complete dumbarse until they came to dinner the other night with the aforementioned dumbarse dog in tow.
She (Yes Max is a girl doggy) was better behaved than the Baby Cloggys, even when the food was being handed out from the BBQ, she led under the table and could not be tempted with the tit-bits
that were covertly offered by the Baby Cloggys.
Cloggy even let his chickens out to see what she would do. When the Rooster copped a look at the yeti style mutt he
crowed and ran off with his ladies in tow, Max was hard on his heels. One whistle from the boss and Max gave up the game and came back under the table.
We let our own Dumbarse dog out to play with Max which gave much amusement to all that were watching.
We now have a theory on why shaggy dogs are dumb, its so simple ..... ITS BECAUSE THEY CANT SEE ANYTHING! Honestly if you make a pigtail with a shaggy dogs face fur they can see.
Without the pigtail they will run into walls!
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Beer Garden Haarmuhle - A 9/10 on the Baby Cloggy 'Staycation'
activities.
http://www.haarmuehle.de/ ....... Sorry but I refuse to be held responsible for their website!
As promised a write up on the nice place we found on the way home from
'Crap' Movie Park Germany with the big beer glasses.
The Haarmuhle is located just over the German border by Enschede and is surrounded by woodland. It is a very beautiful setting.
This evening I could not be bothered to cook dinner so I made a
suggestion that the Cloggy family should eat out. On enquiring where we should go the Baby Cloggys and Cloggy, with one voice, choose Haarmuhle with the big beer glasses.
There is something for everyone. Wonderful terraces for grown-ups, a
modern playground for younger children, go-carts/peddle ones to use on the multiple bicycle paths,for children of all ages - quick and friendly service in German/Dutch/English, great food, a
working water mill and our particular favorite ..... rowing boats.
We ate and drank the following; 2 huge fish salads, 3 pick and mix, 2
bowls of fries, 3 colas, 3 sprites, 3 BIG glasses of beer, 3 normal size glasses of beer and 3 1/2 carafes of white wine (1 of which was sent spinning into oblivion by an over enthusiastic hand
of a Baby Cloggy whilst telling a story) all of the above cost us a total of 103 euros. I defy you to to find a restaurant that can deliver all of that plus prompt friendly service for the same
price anywhere!
After dinner we took to the boats for a Boy v Girl row off. The
challenge was who could get to the corner and back and deliver the boat to the checkout point first and reclaim the deposit. Smallest Baby Cloggy and I were out numbered 3 - 2 yet we took the
challenge head on knowing that ultimately GIRLPOWER would prevail.
The Boys used every stinking, cheating trick in the book inclusive of
throwing of water, snaring of mooring buoys, misdirection advice, launching of broken tree limbs and "OH LOOK A BABY HORSE".
Smallest Baby Cloggy and I had a leisurely row along the river safe in the knowledge that we were unbeatable. We had in our possession both cards of the row boats that were required to be
handed in to get your deposit back !
Boys can be so dumb!
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"Come take a ride in my Beautiful Balloon ......."
There can be no avoidance of it. As soon as the weather turns nice and there is no danger of guffs, of
wind, emanating from the German border every Aunt Sally who owns a Hot Air Balloon heads for the open spaces in order to transcend into the atmosphere. With paying customers of course!
Having tried ballooning I can say that its is definitely a fantastic experience and highly enjoyable ..... IF you are in the hands of an experienced
balloon driver, or what ever you call the guy in charge of the propane tank!
Yesterday evening the Baby Cloggys called us to come outside because a "Hot Air Balloon is going to land on the house MAMA!"Of course Cloggy
and I ran outside just in time to see a gert big red balloon skim over the top of our house and float on over the tree's at the front with its burner working over time and some distinctly pale
looking guests in the gondola.
They then floated towards the corn field where we thought they were going to land. Knowing the farmer would probably not be very pleased with the chosen
landing site we wondered what the balloon driver was thinking. At that point the burners kicked into overtime and the balloon began to rise again clipping one of the old oak tree's on its ascent.
The screams from the occupants of the gondola were clearly audible.
The balloon continued its ascent and floated off towards the German border. (Mike I'm gonna get this balloons adress so you can use it for
your birthday flight - All the Bee's will follow with the ground crew stopping off at the multiple watering holes that you float over to sample the local ale 
)
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Brown Butterfly Cocktail
Ingredients
1 oz. Baileys Irish Cream
1 oz. vodka
1 oz. Kahlua
Add ingredients together over ice.
You can garnish this drink any way you like. I prefer to add a little cocktail cherry
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Today's downpour can only be described as BIBLICAL!
Another rainy day in Cloggyland!
Only one thing to do ...... hit the movie theatre to watch the new Harry Potter film. It was excellent, even Cloggy enjoyed the 2 hour 50 minute marathon. The Baby Cloggys and I came
straight home and began re-reading the final novel. Cloggy went back to grouting his floor tiles. 
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Cloggy is having the vacation of his dreams!
Due to the inclement weather we have been forced to postpone our bicycle camping tour of the area. If we had left yesterday as planned we
would currently be floating, with our tents, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Frankfurt. (The Dutch Engineers are very clever. They have managed to tilt the
entire Netherlands a little bit to the right so that when it rains all the excess water flows over the border into Germany.)
Cloggy is in his element! As soon as we had decided to postpone our trip he shuffled off in the direction of his work shed with a big smile on his face and immediately began a
few 'projects'. Below is a list of what he has started thus far .... none of which has been completed.
Painting of the garage windows.
Tiling of the laundry room floor.
Painting of the laundry room.
Satellite dish re-postioning.
Grouting of the kitchen tiles.
Repairing the hole in the over-sized paddling pool.
Mowing of the grass in the back field.
ALL WITHIN 24 HOURS!
At time of writing this entry he is leaning on the boundary fence chewing the fat with the neighbour! (MUMMMMMM make sure Dad packs his working clothes in the suitcase.. Please!!!!!!!)
I have had a somewhat less productive day. A marathon viewing of 'Pride and Predudice', the complete BBC series and the movie. The BBC series is better!
Now ..... if I could only get my Mr.Darcy to look smolderingly at me, rip off his clothes and jump in the lake I'd be in heaven. However right at this moment in time if
he did jump in the lake I'd be tempted to put my foot on his head and hold him under until he promised to finish all the 'projects' he's started!
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