Ali - sorry to hear about your family dog - its always so sad when pets die whatever the circumstances. The man who collected Cooper this morning had 40 others to collect for cremation! Must be a sad day for alot of people.

Bath - the clam pool is great and a cheap investment! We originally bought ours before kids for our labrador who adored water. She used to lay in it on a hot day!!! When she went, we disinfected it and then gave it to Chelsea and it's cheaper than buying a pool (as much as I would love a pool!!!). Chelsea had some friends over and they just played in that and splashed each other. I try to put in under the house as the other end of it, did warp and fade so we threw that bit out. I also have one of the sunsmart tents and we put that over it to keep it in the shade!

This weather is weird - it is so overcast here but the wind is hot and I still have air con on. Off to make tacos for dinner.