Done and dusted.

Monday morning. The Manhattanites talk about India's falling growth rate, cracks in Taiwans 'silicon' shield and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Matt Gaetz is also mentioned. Seems he wants to defund the FBI. The Manhattanites, in a rare display of Wall Street humour, think that with his track record that makes sense.  Thankfully, we're all done and dusted in twenty minutes.

The bravest of the Jack Russells arrives at the gate just as we're heading off to the beach. The Jack Russell barks. Sophie shrieks. The curlews join in, as do the geese. Curlews can be really, really, noisy. The other Jack Russells arrive. They also bark. There is a reprise of Sophie's shriek. 

The combination of Jack Russells and the PONette do not make for a quiet start to our day.

Down on the beach Sophie decides to focus her skills on 'excavating'. Why this particular spot on the beach should be chosen is a mystery. She will not be moved.

Back at home the PONette wanders into the kitchen with a world class accumulation of sand, twigs and seaweed on her coat and muzzle. As soon as the warmer weather arrives she is going to have a buzz cut. I tell her she's a walking advert for short haired dogs ... or C-A-T-S.

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