Beans walk jolly stroll adventure in pictures

And the moment you have all been wating for. Da da daaaaaa!

I lied. However, the time for jolly stroll adventure in pictures is nearly upon us. I can feel the excitement building.

In the meantime, we had the banging dish conundrum. Sometimes, Beans would bang his dry food dish with his paw thereby scattering it on the floor and then eating it. Well, some of it. The rest caught an unsuspecting Shorty snooping around in the night. He doesn't do it with his wet food and the difference being that the dry food dish is deep. So I bought another shallow one and no more banging on the dish. For all you cat lovers out there, cats can develop a whisker sensitivity to the sides of a deep bowl/dish and now he's not doing it anymore, I guess that was the reason... time will tell.

Funny happenings. Beans decided that he had enough of my hedge cutting. All that racket and decided that it was a Jolly walk time. Me knackered but needs must,

Crossed the swamp. No alligators thankfully:

...and we got to the ditch which had not been studied for a long time and therefore needed much studying:

With the clocks going forward and imminent drought, we can look forward to long and dusty jolly walk adventures in pictures. Beans will be a man cat on April the 18th. He will be 3.

During Kathleen: snoring. After Kathleen: Action. And he was mad keen today bar the early excavation. Entirely necessary of course.

The lake and bamboo cam was triggered by the stealthy Beans

Over there: adventure:

Sorry, I meant he litter tray, Freshly dug (sort of)

First; dig:

Piddle:

Bury:

...and all the while I was explaining to our intrepid Beans that Jack would never be seen doing ablutions. He was a gentleman cat of the highest calibre. Beans has a long way to go.

And it was a long way to the ditch worth studying, across the windy wasteland marshes:

We got there nonetheless and Beans said to me "Get a sideways shot of my elegant flank and athletic appearance 'cos if that @seanoconn tw@t says i've got a fat arse again, i'll chew his good arm off". So I did:

It's worth studying that ditch.

Beans: Panthera maximus.

Pinno: Optimus servus

'Belarus':

A break in the monsoon prompted Beans who prompted me. It was definitely action time and the arduous task of crossing the marshlands began in spirit:

But first, prep: Pull claws

Next: chew grass

Then: survey the marsh crossing:

Beans: Pay attention - the marsh is not that way. Get back on the plan mate.

Then we proceeded on the long journey north risking death and trench feet/paws:

We got to the ditch worth studying and Beans noticed the old crow:

With the crow clocked and the marshland crossed with perfection after considered preparation, it was now time to study the ditch worth studying. Which is where I left him:

Beans was mad keen tonight, a bit before 9.50pm - the exact point of the solstice.

Look at him go!

He went so fast, he warped the space-time continuum:

...and we got to the ditch worth studying:

But it wasn't worth studying that much because he decided the thicket was more interesting.

Which is where I left him.

Oh yeah; wanting the red carpet treatment and a huge hero's return fuss plus treats. He's a bloody lunatic.

I got to '...mental stodginess...' and will read the rest later.

I doubt, in Beans' limited cognitive ability, that he will reach the dizzy heights of Zen like imperiousness and godlike knowing as Jack had.

Beans didn't quite cut such a svelte figure against the marshlands post Hotel Lime Kiln. 1 week and he comes back a Porky puss. 14 sachets of Whiskas in gravy consumed plus dried food despite clear instructions on diet.

To save Beans from ignominy, I have carefully selected photographs for this latest and exclusive Beans jolly walk adventure in pictures.

Mad keen was he and much things to explore and sniff. Who knows what mammalian traffic had ventured through the garden and in the gaps in the hedge along the length of the ditch worth studying had passed in his absence.

So first, we had to study the vast marshlands stretched before us on the observation rock and find the safest crossing point

It was tough going but this expedition was very important

Perseverance paid off but the ditch worth studying at that point seemed to be of little interest inexplicably. So we quickly moved on

..and the old crow was keeping a beady eye on us

So after a long trek of at least 37 yards to the next gap in the hedge, Beans decided that this was the very best spot to study the ditch worth studying. Which is where I left him

'Faint' would be an apt addition.

That's beside the point. Does Beans own a bicycle?