Phoenix the Dog

Road Trip 2018_Calais to Provence and back

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Day 18: another trip down memory lane in Maisons Laffitte

I woke up both humans with my usual enthusiastic morning greeting and sprawled my body across Freckles, who soon decided her inability to move under my weight was an inconvenience and took me out for a morning stroll in the hotel grounds.

The humans packed up our things and we set off further north. I soon settled down into my favourite spot in the back of the car and caught up on some more…

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Day 17: climbing, not mountains, but further north...

Day 17: climbing, not mountains, but further north…

There’s something different in the air this morning, and no, it’s not something I’ve left the humans to ruminate in the air. No, there’s a change in the atmosphere, one of slight melancholy, but I can’t quite put my paw on it. Did my trip to the vet have something to do with it? I’m not sure. Anyway, my deep train of thought was quickly put to an end when both humans took me out for a morning…

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Day 16: the gorgeous gorges of the Verdon

Breakfast in Marseille looked promising this morning as I took pole position by the table, ready and poised for any flyaways or offerings.

My human eventually capitulated and surrendered the end of the baguette to me. Sweet doughy victory!

After breakfast, the humans took me for a walk to what they’d been told was a nice park called Parc Borély. However, I must strongly disagree here as this…

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Day 15: clambering around the Calanques

Day 15: clambering around the Calanques

I felt generous today, so decided to give the humans a luxurious extra 30 minutes in bed, waking them up at 6:30am instead. Aren’t they lucky to have me?

Freckles took me for a nice walk on the beach in the morning, but I admittedly spent half of it pausing and looking back to see where the other human had got to. Freckles tried to reassure me that everything would be OK and that I hadn’t…

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Canine in the Camargues and Fos-sur-Mer. Plenty of beach action for me! Find out whether I was brave enough to swim today!? https://dogonaroadtrip.wordpress.com #dogonaroadtrip #dogonholiday #beach #lifesabeach #fossurmer #camargues #saintesmariedelamer #bergerallemand #germanshepherd #paddle #saltywater #sea #sunsandandsea #flamingo #france (à Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer)

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Day 14: canine in the Camargues

Day 14: canine in the Camargues

This morning I decided to be generous and give my humans a lie-in until dawn at 6am, at which point I woke them with my warcry, which roughly translates as: “I need the toilet, grab that lead and let’s get out of here.” I only managed to rouse one of the humans, so I felt like a partial failure, but we were soon trotting along the beach and I forgot all about it. When I got back, the human who’d…

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Today marks the point where we've gone from coast to coast, Calais to the Camargues. Find out roughly which paths we've taken at: https://dogonaroadtrip.wordpress.com Another bonus was bumping into my new friend @judyschr ! Great to see you again! #dogonaroadtrip #dogonholiday#breakdown #toyota #toyotarav4 #help #randonnée #randonneeavecsonchien #bergerallemand #germanshepherd #uzès #pontdugard #remoulins #beach #languedocroussillon #provence #fossurmer (à Pont Du Gard)

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Day 12: get me to the beach

Day 12: get me to the beach

This morning started rather overcast, with a vague threat of sunshine. As my human walked out of the door in her pursuit of breakfast, Freckles and I stayed behind and enjoyed a few intermittent spells of sunshine in the garden.

As the humans started filling the car with endless bags, I knew something was up, and when my bed got placed in the boot, I realised something was definitely awry. This…

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Provençal walks, Pougnardoresse, Pierre Percée and Uzès again, where I met the lovely Australian couple @judyschr and her husband. Next stop: Australia??? https://dogonaroadtrip.wordpress.com #dogonaroadtrip #dogonholiday #doginfrance #france #uzès #Provence #languedocroussillon #pougnardoresse #lavatoire #drinkable #pierrepercée #randonnée #randonneeavecsonchien #holiday #poppies #countryside #views #happydog (à Languedoc-Roussillon, France)

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Day 12: meandering our way down memory lane

Well, well, well, wasn’t last night exciting?! Soooo much better than expected. After an 80-minute drive at night without any bags in the car, I had absolutely no idea what was going on, but I sat in the back of the car like a good boy and waited for further instructions. We soon pulled up in a strange line of cars with a big sign saying ‘ARRIVALS’ on it. I’m not sure what arrivals it was…

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Day 11: Ooh, Uzès, you smell... so good.

Day 11: Ooh, Uzès, you smell… so good.

This morning my human and I were lucky enough to be greeted with sunshine, which accompanied us as we tucked into our respective breakfasts. I had mine separately but was of course happy to assist my human and make sure she didn’t make any mistakes eating hers. As luck would have it, a honey-soaked morsel of her particularly crispy piece of French bread suddenly went flying off her plate and…

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Fun in the sun at #Rochessadoule and #Saint-Ambroix Climbed our way up to the #tourgisquet Find out whether I made it back down in one piece at: https://dogonaroadtrip.wordpress.com #hotdog #languedocroussillon #randonnée #randonnéeavecsonchien #panoramic #dogonholiday #dogonaroadtrip #thirstywork #bergerallemand #chien #germanshepherd #dog #france #labellefrance (à Languedoc-Roussillon, France)

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Day 10: Adieu, les Ardèches. Enchanté, Languedoc-Roussillon...

Day 10: Adieu, les Ardèches. Enchanté, Languedoc-Roussillon…

Having had a few rather dismal starts to our days, today finally bucked the trend and the human opened the shutters to a glorious view of the sun hitting the buildings across the valley from us. So impressed by this was she that she decided to make herself a cup of tea, serve me my breakfast, and go back to bed for a bit while she soaked in the view.

After eating my breakfast (which obviously…

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Something's crept up my nose! Not happy about it! #sneezing #getitout #shouldstopsniffingdust #dustinnose #dogsneezing #randonnée #walkies #sun #hot #toomanyhotdays #saintambroix #sentierduboisdelaville (à Saint-Ambroix, Languedoc-Roussillon, France)

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Meandering our way around the Cévennes and Cèze... https://dogonaroadtrip.wordpress.com/ #cèze #river #bridge #romanbridge #notrollsfound #dogonholiday #dogonaroadtrip #bergerallemand #germanshepherd #ardèche #cevennes #languedocroussillon #southfrance #france #view #panoramas #lovinglife #walkies #randonnée #randonnéeavecchien #chambon #charreneuve #bessèges #rochessadoule #sentierdelavalléeduluech #luech (à Parc National des Cévennes)

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Day 9: what's the point of a 'pont' if you can't walk across it?

Day 9: what’s the point of a ‘pont’ if you can’t walk across it?

Today , much like yesterday, started with the dreaded noise of pitter pattering on the windows. A steady torrent of rain was sweeping through the valley we’re staying in, and the outlook for walkies looked fairly bleak at this point. I had my breakfast and then had a morning siesta (as you do) to prepare myself for any potential walkies that might happen once the water stopped falling out of the…

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Best game ever! https://dogonaroadtrip.wordpress.com #splash #doggyparadise #funandgames #watersports #stick #throwitagain #dog #bergerallemand #dogonholiday #dogonaroadtrip #ardèche #bessèges #waterbaby #onlypaddling (à Bessèges)