ADVENTURE AT WORM'S HEAD

That's me in the picture, except that you can hardly see me! Mum and I had such an adventure at Worm's Head. There are more gulls there than anywhere else, and it was because I chased them across the causeway that we ended up on the Worm.

Trouble is, it becomes an island when the tide comes in - and we were so busy listening to the boomings and hissings coming from the Blow Hole that we nearly left it too late to get back to the beach at Rhossili. I think Mum was scared of being stranded out there, but I told her she was safe with me.

Now, as you can see, the Worm's head is an island again - and I'm having fun in the sea.

Here's a message for you from Mum:

There's an old Gower saying "The old Worm's blowing, time for a boat to be going." I'd have been glad of a boat. It was scarey, returning across the rocky causeway after the tide turned. I've never been more glad to be back on dry land!

SAM HAS TEA AT OXWICH

I like going out to tea. I especially like it when Mum and I walk to Oxwich and have our tea close to the beach. Trouble is, gulls come to see what we're eating and then I try to chase them away.

I would succeed except that Mum says it's rude to leave the table before we've eaten - and keeps me on my lead. She still doesn't trust me, you see, when gulls are in the vicinity. But look at me! I look trustworthy, don't I?

Maybe, once we're on our homeward path, I'll have another chance to practise flying. The gulls are much more encouraging than Mum, who says that my flight practice frightens her because she often loses sight of me when I'm trying to fly. But Mum frightens too easily. She should know by now that I always come back to her, eventually, shouldn't she?

THE MISSING BEARDIE

Can you see the missing Beardie in this picture? If you look very carefully you'll spot Ben's two front paws between my friend Hector and me. When we were at Three Cliffs we all took a dip in this rock pool before swimming in the sea - but Ben is bashful when it comes to photography.

I don't understand that. I'm always happy to pose for Mum's camera as she says I'm handsome. So I suppose I am.

We had such fun on the beach - and now Mum says our carpet is covered in sand. The way she says it suggests I had something to do with that ...

LEO - Tibetan Terrier Or Champion Jumper?

Remember me telling you about little Leo? Well, he's much bigger now and had his first birthday last month. He lives in Cornwall with my sister, Joanna, who isn't exactly my sister - but she is Mum's daughter, while I'm Mum's son! See if you can make sense of that ...

This is Leo's local beach - and he thinks he owns it, just as I think I own Three Cliffs. The thing about Leo is that he can jump higher than I can. I'm much bigger than him and am trying to fly like the gulls that keep teasing me. But Leo, who says he isn't interested in flying, doesn't even need to run before jumping.

He just lifts himself up so high that Mum and Joanna both say he could easily knock their noses off if he wanted to. This doesn't seem quite right to me.

Why can Leo jump so high without even trying, while I first have to run like the wind and even then can't jump nearly as high as he can?

I asked Mum, who answered that it's one of life's mysteries. I'm glad she added that while Leo might be a champion jumper I'll always be champion in her eyes.

GUILTY - Sam And The Black Forest Gateau

Look at me! Do I look guilty? I don't see what was wrong with what I did. But Mum says it was wrong. She says I shouldn't have eaten the chocolate cake. Apparently she bought it for the guests who are coming to tea and she was defrosting it. That's why it was right at the back of the the kitchen worktop - a place she believed I couldn't reach.

The thing is, I could reach it - and thought she'd put it there for me. Well, not exactly!

Mum says that on top of everything else chocolate is bad for dogs. It didn't seem at all bad when I was eating it. And I've been trying to point out that I only ate half the cake - the front half. No point in mentioning that I couldn't reach the rest. Best for her to think I left that for the guests ...

SAM'S STORY - CHAPTER 20!

When I saw this morning that more than 20,000 people have now seen my blog, I thought it time to tell you that we're getting on well with SAM'S STORY - Mum and I!

Oddly, given the twenty thousand mentioned, we're starting Chapter 20 today. It's called 'Old Friends' and you can see me above with two of them. There has been an unexpected development that has held things up for a bit. Can't tell you about it now, but it will be in my book.

I haven't decided yet whether to put pictures in it. What do you think? If you leave me comments, that will help my decision.

Well, I'd best get on with it else SAM'S STORY will never be finished!