Hi there! This is the famous dog of Luss speaking. We had lots of excitement last week. My Master told me that we were going on holiday. I have never been on holiday before. Usually when my Master goes on holiday Holly and I get left behind and someone comes to live with us at the manse; so my Master is away enjoying himself and I have to train some else in my ways while he and my Mistress are away. But this time I was to go on holiday as well. I didn’t know where holiday was (or what it was either) but in the afternoon Holly and I climbed into my Mistress's car and we set off into the night. We drove for a very long time and eventually we arrived at a place called Barnoldswick which is where holiday is kept. Holiday is not as big as the Manse – in fact it is really very small but what is different about it is that it floats in a river and it doesn’t stay in the same place.
Holiday has a kitchen so Holly and I got our tea as usual and then we went to sleep. In the morning my Mistress went outside of holiday and turned a key which made a loud noise and then holiday started to float down the river which my Master called the canal. We went under bridges and into very tight spaces where my master would close a great big gate and then drain out the water like when I am given a bath. Holiday went down and down and just when I thought we would run out of water altogether my Master opened another gate and we floated off down the canal again. I really liked being on holiday. It was very warm because there was a fire which was inside a metal box and it kept everyone warm. We met lots of people on holidays (red holidays and green holidays, white holidays and many coloured holidays – some with pictures painted all over them) which were all floating on the water or else had floated into the side and got stuck. Everyone was very friendly and shouted to each other. Have a good holiday! We had a very good holiday and I am hoping to go back to our holiday again quite soon.
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This has been a very special year for the Famous Dog of Luss. My Master tells me that we have been here for fifteen-hundred years and so we have to celebrate. Many people come to see us and they are all looking for a man called Kessog -- there have been so many people that I didn't know that I am not sure which one was Kessog.
One day my Master told me that someone very special was coming and very soon there were hundreds of people in my garden. The sun was shining and there were lots of young people who were going across to my glebe and lots of village people who were going to my garden. My friend Holly and I sat in the best seats and looked out of the window to see who was going to arrive. There were policemen and people in very smart suits with white shirts and ties and things in their ears who had eyes that were always watching everyone so I knew someone important would be coming soon.
Everyone was loking down the road and I knew that it was someone very important. Maybe it would be Kessog! The policemen were all looking very tense and the men in the shirts and ties were talking to themselves and trying to look unconcerned. And then a big red van arrived.
But it wasn't Kessog -- it was only the postman and everyone one told him to hurry up but he didn't because he was delivering the Queen's mail and he didn't care what the policeman said because the mail had to be delivered and he made my Master sign for one of his letters.
Soon the postman had gone. It was very interesting from our grandstand seat! And then I saw him and knew he must be the important person. He was dressed in a very grand costume and was carrying a sword. It must be Kessog!
But no, we heard everyone call him Lord Lieutenant and although he was obviously very important he wasn't Kessog. By now there were very big crowds of people gathered and I hoped that Kessog would come soon. Another car drew up and I knew it was someone nearly as famous as me because he had a big gold chain around his neck. It was much smarter than my collar but I thought it looked very heavy to be wearing all the time. He mst be very important!
But it wasn't Kessog. It was the Provost. My Master calls him Billy and says he is very special but he isn't Kessog. I think that perhaps Kessog is not coming today. And then a very special car arrived and everyone began to cheer.
It was Kessog. It must be because it was the one that everyone had been waiting for and he looked very jolly and spoke to everyone and everyone was smiling and laughing and shaking his hand. But then I heard people calling him by his name and it was Prince Charles. Everyone was very pleased to see him but we are still waiting for Kessog. Everyone was cheering and laughing so Holly and I joined in the cheering too and sang a song for Prince Charles.
My Master said it was a very good day. He also told me that there would be other visitors coming soon. Maybe one of them will be Kessog. I do hope so!
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( 3 / 62 )Something very odd has been happening recently. Tom and his team of people have been building tents in the other part of the garden and everyone has been talking about what will happen when a very important person comes to stay.
He is called Mod which I have learned is short for the Moderator and he is a very important man.
It also seems that he doesn't like to stay in a house and that is why Tom has been building tents for him. Even although it was raining everyone had to meet Mod in the garden and have their soup and food with him there.
Mod even took my master and all my friends to the Glebe because he wanted to plant some trees -- and the clothes he was wearing were very strange for gardening. But Tom and my master just smiled and said that would be OK.
Mod must be very important because he made everyone in the whole village carry a stone to the glebe and put it in a pile. My master can only make the Prince's Trust do that and he has to give them lots of soup and bacon rolls before they do it.
There is a very nice lady who travels with Mod. She is called Moira and she doesn't plant trees. Here she is with my master and mistress and Mod.
My master says that Mod is nearly as famous as me!
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Happy New Year from the famous dog of Luss. It has been a very busy time for me and for my friend Holly. Last week my master and mistress went off to Italy for a couple of days to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. As I am not very fond of flying, Holly and I went for our holidays to Fife where we stayed with my master's sister, Olive and her husband who hasn't got a proper name but people call him Digger. He didn't do any digging while we were staying with them but he did take us for lots of walks in the park so I call him Walker instead.
On New Year's day my master came to Fife to collect us and we drove home in my car (the back bit is mine and the front bit belongs to my mistress). They left us in a very cold manse while they went off and climbed a hill in the middle of the night to ring a bell to start the special year for Saint Kessog. They have told me that it will be a very busy year for me as well because I will have to take people around the glebe for walks and there will be lots of people coming to stay in the manse and I will have to welcome them and I will have to make sure that no food dropped on the dining room floor is left for people to slip on when they stand up.
So I am making the most of the first days of this new year and I am catching up on my sleep (as is my mistress). It is very hard to sleep when your master points the little camera box at you and makes it flash in your eyes -- but it is very warm on my big bed and as I am a very kind dog I share it with my master and mistress.
I hope that you have a very happy New Year and that you will come and visit us in Luss during this very special year.
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Happy Christmas! This is the famous dog of Luss writing to you to wish you a happy time at this special time of year. In Luss it is very cold but my master and mistress still insisted on taking me and my friend Holly for a walk on Christmas Day. Here we are posing in front of the Glebe Cross. My master says that next year will be here very soon and that it will be a very special year. He has told me that I will have lots of visitors to welcome. I will bring them to the glebe and show them around the paths (which are very white at the moment. There will be lots of people coming to eat with us at the manse and, as I have to eat up all that is left, I expect to be a bigger dog next year!
I am looking forward to a new team from the Prince's Trust coming to visit me in January. I will help them to sort out our paths which have been damaged by all of the flooding. Everyone works harder when I am with them. I let them throw sticks for me and I chase them and bring them back. It keeps them happy and they all work much harder as a result. 'You go over to the glebe', my master says to me, 'Keep everyone happy and make sure that everyone is working hard.'
I got a new ball for Christmas and I will share it with all my new friends who come to visit -- so if you are coming to Luss you should practice your ball skills before you come here. Happy Christmas!
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