I've been looking out of the window and wondering if Speedy was up yet.  He usually keeps time with the daffodils, which are early this year.  This morning I got an email from his lovely new carer in Whittlesford with before and after pictures.

Just up...


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It's been a week of intensive marking overlapping with a long weekend of pet wrangling.  Before I'd even finished the Unreal University stuff, Humbug had gone missing and a lot of time got poured into searching for any trace of him until we found him safe and well on Saturday.  He's been unusually quiet and indoorsy since then - clearly spending 3 ( Read more... )

This was Speedy on Saturday in his new home with the gorgeous (and really quite large) Toby (now Toberina or Tobette).

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Thank you for all the kind offers of homes for Speedy.  We were planning to spend the weekend working out the best thing to do, but the decision has been made for us by a new offer today.  We heard from a family in Cambridge with a lonely lady tortoise called Toby.  (It's a long story.)  Toby is larger and enjoys a spacious, well-tortoise-proofed ( Read more... )

I somehow have another translation - somebody's business is picking up out there, or maybe it's just the aftermath of everyone making their in-house translators redundant.  Got to get it done before half term and EMA marking ( Read more... )

Grumpy because currently confined to the greenhouse.  We need to find a new home for Speedy before he escapes again.  (See previous posts for that saga.)  It should be easy as there's a very limited supply of tortoises in this country, but we would prefer it if he went to a friend, or friend-of-a-friend, so we can still have news of him ( Read more... )

Speedy is back.  He was spotted wandering along the sheep field at the animal research place up the road, who knew he was missing and phoned us.  It's quite a way, but at least he had the sense to keep away from the roads and to get himself found by people who have hay and boxes.  Insert your own jokes about animal research labs and lost pets, but ( Read more... )

We haven't seen Speedy since about 2pm yesterday.  We were hoping he'd just turned in slightly earlier than usual, but this morning he's not come out to bask in the sun.  More accurately, I'm sure he's come out to bask and charge his batteries, but he's not doing it anywhere in our garden or next door to it.  It's a mystery how he got out as we ( Read more... )

Leicester and Speedy recharge their batteries.


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