Tom is home from the Alps, where he’s been mountain biking.
Spud the dog and the rest of the menagerie are very glad to have him home, we all are.
We’ve had a family bereavement whilst he’s been away. Its the sort thing that makes you want to gather everyone in, safe and well, to be together. We are sad.
Yes, we are very glad Tom is home. I’m glad I didn’t know just how precipitous the routes they have been riding were. I’m glad I didn’t know anything about his close encounter with the 200ft drop that left the guy who hauled him back to safety ashen faced*. I’m glad I didn’t know about being in the fresh snow and the ice. Yes very glad indeed. I do know that the the pile of dirty laundry he’s brought back with him, is as high as Mont Blanc, but you don’t need to know how smelly it is.
Dodger and Spud check out Toms kit bag… with the thankfully, unused first aid kit.
* this is independent eyewitness testimony, not teenage bravado!
September 2, 2012 at 9:09 pm
So sorry to hear you had sad news, and happy too that Tom is home safe. x
September 2, 2012 at 10:23 pm
I’m sorry for your family’s loss, but glad your boy came home to you safe and sound. (And your two-man team of investigators made me smile).
September 3, 2012 at 2:09 am
That first photo is absolutely exquisite.
September 3, 2012 at 7:09 pm
No-one greets a returning wanderer quite like a loving pet … so sorry for your loss, so glad your wee boy (regardless of how old/big they get, they’re still our babies!) came back in one piece.
September 3, 2012 at 7:37 pm
Tom’s adventures sound exciting, and rather ‘hairy’ at times! Sorry to read about a family bereavement. I like the pictures. xx
September 4, 2012 at 11:42 pm
I’m so sorry about your sad news, but glad your Tom is home safe and sound. Great images.
September 6, 2012 at 4:30 am
The Cowboy envies Spud, and wishes he could be carted around on the shoulder of Rob the Firefighter, or anyone else who’s up to the job. We’ll walk a bit with you, shall we?
September 8, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Days of sadness and days of gratefulness. Thinking of you.