No one is ever shut in anywhere unless there is someone delivering into the yard, like the coalman for instance, or stuff being moved in or out. Rest of the time they can come and go when and where they please.Even if I have shut them in, the top door is always left open and they are at liberty to see whats going on and who's there, usually they get much admired and stroked as well.
Started walks and was on my way back with Zen and the rain started, that very fine rain that soaks you through. Had a lovely little formal training session with her, and she's not forgotten a thing, the chicken helped on the memory side I think Because it was raining hard, the others got a short walk round and back home. Of course the rain has stopped now, and we have blue sky and sunshine aaggghhh!!!
Zens been on the river already, Nikki, and there was a fair bit of hole digging carried out by everyone, its in their blood I think, maybe hire her out to an excavation company perhaps.
Environment Agency vans are here again. Apparently there are 2 people missing, separate cases, but missing in this area somewhere. People in their 50's, police helicopter has been out and about and they are doing door to door with photos. I expect they are searching the river with it being so high recently as it has a very strong current when it gets going. As far as I know nothing has been found up to now at least.

They all love to dig, great trenches are dug along the 'beach' when we're on the river. No one has every attempted what Zen has done though. Cariad and Lona ate through the back of their house at the time and through next doors fence (the side that doesn't speak to me) and once ate the hosepipe, those were the absolute worse things they did. Mabs and Keshi were pretty good really, Mabs dug a hole in the laminate floor in the kitchen when one of her babies got out at a very young age, she was obviously trying to dig a hole to hide it. I came down one morning to a baby that could barely toddle firmly attached to its mum and a great hole in the floor.
All the others were in their nest fast asleep. Keshi has been pretty good, I can't think of anything dramatic she's done.
Just been to top up the car with LPG - £7.70