Angus & Ross

Angus & Ross, my 2 new Westie friends came in to visit again last night. It was lovely to see them and they have already grown so much. They'll soo ne able to join me prowling around the pub, and help me keep Maggie out of trouble. She was banished to the office after disgracing herself with the cardigan on thursday, but it back fired on James as he foolishly left a new pair of shoes under his desk. Need I say any more.......

Sgt Bob sat and played the piano which seemed to make everyone happy and he's promised to bring Norman in soon so that I can check him out.....

There's to be 2 BBQ's this weekend. Today the Undy Lions are having their End of Season Party here and then on Sunday there is going to be a great big picnic in The Square, which all of Magor has been invited to.

Naughty Maggie, AGAIN!"

Maggie successfully devoured a bobble off someone's cardigan tonight. It was a good job the lady noticed when she did as Maggie would probably have just carried on eating. It was also a very good job that the lady was Annette, and that she managed to see the funny side of it. James & Julie have asked me to say thank you to her on my blog for being so understanding...

I can't be watching her all of the time!

Officially THE most important Pub Dog!

"I" am to have a beer named after me! Yes, Hamish The Pub Dog Beer ! Can you believe it?

Julie & James recently had a real ale on the bar called "Bob" and it got us all thinking that it would be really good if there was a beer named after me.

Julie had scoured the country and eventually broke the sad news that there wasn't a Hamish beer to be had anywhere in the country. However, being a true West Highland White Terrier, I wasn't deterred and earlier today I met a very nice lady called Helen from the Wickwar Brewery who has said that she will personally arrange for a very fine Real Ale to be named after me. It will obviously be a strong and hearty ale, and very tasty. http://www.wickwarbrewing.co.uk/index.php

Supported by Julie & James and other regulars at the Golden Lion and of course Helen's help at the Wickwar Brewery, "Hamish the Pub Dog" real ale has a very good chance of going on sale at The Golden Lion later this year. It also means that I will have my very own bar tap clip, complete with a picture of me and even beer mats and all the usual paraphernalia!

So there you have it, I'm going into Beer sales.... watch this space.

We went for a walk today... a long walk to St Brides and into the woods on the top of a hill. Julie didn't walk - She went on the horse, leaving Maggie, James and me to walk beside her. We had to jog and trot to keep up with her some of the time and eventually James got fed up dodging the cars, so he took us off road across the fields and through the woods to meet Julie (and the horse) on the other side of the hill. The woods were dense and the grass in the fields was very long, so we nearly got lost a few times. However, it was a great walk and I really wish we could do it more often.

back home at the pub this afternoon, Maggie is exausted. You see, she just isn't used to this amount of exercise and she's not as strong as me... which is why she won't get a beer called Maggie named after her.

See Ya

Lucky Chino!!!

Chino, luckily survived the wrath of Aunty Karen when he presented her with their 2 new puppies and it wasn't long before she was cooing over them like everyone else.

James is seriously contemplating docking all the staff's wages for yesterday (inc Julie) as they spent far too much time just staring at the puppies whilst they slept on the bar stool.

Sgt Major Bob has called his Norman! Chino and Aunty Karen are calling theirs Angus & Ross, but nobody knows yet, which is which.

The secret is OUT

We have not 1, Not 2 but THREE new Westies in the village.....

Chino has adopted a pair of boys to join their family and Sgt Major Bob decided to adopt the other brother.... It's all so exciting.

Here we all are in the Garden at the Golden Lion. Maggie of course, couldn't sit still long enought to have her picture taken....

At this point, my Aunty Karen didn't know they had been adopted and we were all obliged to keep the secret until Chino gave her the surprize of her life....

I'm off to see them again now. More later

It's all so exciting !! New Pals

I've got a secret !

I'm itching to tell you about my secret.... but I can't !

Maybe later

Maggie's New Friend

We have a brand new friend in the village - Tara... She is a great big horsey thing and Maggie loves her and gets right in about her feet when we go walking and then has a girlie sulk when we put her back in her field.

Judging by this picture, its probably safe to say that the only reason that Maggie likes her is because Tara's bum makes hers look small. Did you know that some of the customers that come into the pub have a secret name for Maggie -
"J Lo"!

When we haven't been out with Tara, we have been very busy supervising the painting of the Function Room. Julie and James had lots of help from Ray, Dawn and Lynn and managed to get most of it finished in time. Fiona, who usually makes the scrummy cakes, made some pretty bunting which goes all the way around the room. Julie wants her to make some more but according to Mhairi, she is all "buntinged out" so we'll have to see what happens.


I managed to sneak into the first function and hide under one of the tables which luckily had some children on who shared their sausages rolls with me.... Maggie went in to help clean up the following day, but after the vacuuming had been done so she missed out big time. She did however find the balloons and a left over roll of ribbon, which she used to recreate the andrex puppy ad with through the bar downstairs until Debs spotted her leaving a trail right out of the front door.