October 2009October 2009
 This is our little road: Kathleen Avenue |
 and the first floor of our house |
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 Fort Road leading to the beach |
 Ulster has 600 miles of country walks marked by this sign |
 Helens Bay Beach |
 The beach and to the right the golf course |
 the following shots are from the socalled "back beach" or Seapark |
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 Grey Point Fort |
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 A house with a dream view over the Lough |
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 The end of our walk this Sunday morning. |
 Second activity this Sunday was Agility - |
 This is only the second time in class - and Guinness is beginning to understand the concept |
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 The final reward - the BALL. |
 And the final activity was: TEA AND TIARA.Barbara (one of the morning walking group) and Colette were hosting a charity afternoon tea and a movie in aid of Marie Curie. The two ladies are going to do the Jordan challenge (a hike in the desert from Petra) in April. |
 Colin had invited us to watch the movie Hairspray at his private in-house-cinema after tea. |
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 The lady in the background with a pink scarf is Colette and the lady at the front of the photo is Salamti - so now you know all the morning walkers. |
 Josephine (on the right) is also my neighbour |
 Ann on the left owns a B&B in Bangor and sometimes joins the walk. |
Guinness has hipdysplasia and very sore muscles. Our vet recomended acupuncture and here you see her relaxing with her body full of needles and wires. She seemed to enjoy the experience.  |
She started with 3 times 1˝minute - this shows how hard it is. |
 Taking to the treatment like a dog to water (excuse the pun :o)) |
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Good Citizen Scheme This scheme is run by the Kennel Club in order to promote socially acceptable dogs by way of creating responsible dog owners and is non competitive and easily run. The scheme has four levels from the Puppy Foundation to Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. |
 Today Guinness was awarded her Bronze and Silver certificates - and got some extra mackerel with her dinner as a treat. |
Guinness, Poppy, Holly and Paddy  Gillian(examiner) and Robin (trainer) in the background |
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31st October: Martins graduationday |
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The view from the school  |
Martin gets his diploma  |
Martin, Marc, Charlotte and Poul  |
Poul, Henning (Martins friend), Martin and Gohar (Hennings wife)  |
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Senior Dual Officer (Skibschef) at long last  |
After the ceremony we had lunch at "Restaurant 5" by the waterfront in Svendborg  |
Martin, Jens and Marc  |
Poul and Marianne  |
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The tapas lunch plate with all sorts of delicacies.  |
Margit, Poul and Grete at lunch in Hansens Familiehave to celebrate Martin  |
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The other part of the treatment to build up the legmuscles is walking on a treadmill under water. The picture is really not very good due to refelctions in the glass. 
