Tails From The Pack - A Dogs Tale

The adventures of "The Pack" living in the Alpujarras, the foothills of Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains, Andalucia

Helicopter alert

30 December 2017

Reading time: 2 mins

With so little rain this winter and high winds it was inevitable that wildfires would start up. One big one did so yesterday.

While on our walk Khumbu alerted us that a helicopter was flying. Whenever hu’mum hears a helicopter she goes outside to see if it has a fire bucket underneath. Since he was little he has always followed hu’mum into the garden to watch too. Now he is the first to alert us when a helicopter is around. You see Sibes are a working breed!

Rita checking out the downed tree branch that is still there
Rita checking out the downed tree branch that is still there
Hey hu'mum do you hear that? I think it's a helicopter. See all the olives that have been blown off the trees
Hey hu'mum do you hear that? I think it's a helicopter. See all the olives that have been blown off the trees
Yep definitely a helicopter
Yep definitely a helicopter
The boys ran back to investigate. We think it was checking out the smoke you can see on the left
The boys ran back to investigate. We think it was checking out the smoke you can see on the left
It's all good it's heading back now
It's all good it's heading back now
Oh so he got back to you with the news first did he. We can continue then
Oh so he got back to you with the news first did he. We can continue then
Arko went to a deeper part of the acequia
Arko went to a deeper part of the acequia
We three are quite happy in the shallower part
We three are quite happy in the shallower part
Arko then joined us
Arko then joined us
Then he decided he wanted a Jacuzzi
Then he decided he wanted a Jacuzzi
So then Khumbu had to have a go
So then Khumbu had to have a go
What do you think has been here before us then
What do you think has been here before us then
The olive groves are now ready for olive collection. Ground has been flattened to make it easy to collect them
The olive groves are now ready for olive collection. Ground has been flattened to make it easy to collect them

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The Ao4: A Siberian’s job is never done! Yours sincerely, Margaret Thatcher