Featured Book - West Highland White Terriers by Roger Wright - Contributed by Catriona

This is the book I should have bought for Katie (my middle daughter) as part of her 18th Birthday present. Instead we bought her the dog! Well actually on the day of her birthday she got his collar tag – Barney arrived a couple of weeks later when he was old enough to leave his mother. We hadn't set out to get a Westie but friends had a litter and there was one male left. Katie didn't so much choose Barney as he chose her by coming to her and sitting on her foot! He had been the runt of the litter and was initially hand fed but he's now strong and healthy and the apple of his mistress's eye.

West Highland White Terriers (Westie) are as their name suggests one of the Scottish terrier breeds. A dog something like the Westie has existed for centuries. Read the full article.

Theme of the Month - For the Love of a Land Rover -
contributed by Jane

The ongoing saga of my husband's new (an extremely loose term, you will discover as you read on!) Land Rover has been a source of much speculation, disappointment, hilarity (although this may more aptly have been described as hysteria) and misery for all concerned. I have accompanied him on no less than three trips down to Devon to collect the supposedly fixed vehicle, only for two of those trips to result in breakdowns of epic proportions! For those of you brave enough to read on, I will explain...

When I met my husband Dominique in October 2003 he had only just passed his driving test and his first car was a 1952 Series 1 Land Rover which he had to start with a handle. For some reason I thought this very romantic. This did not last. As the months grew colder the shine quickly wore off this novel feature......Read More.