Last night we went to the local pub to celebrate Fathers’ Day. We had already checked that dogs were welcome, but with the bar area full we were ushered into the only other room which accepted dogs. The food and…

Since today is Fathers’ Day I was allowed my very own treat – a visit to the RSPB reserve at Loch Garten. But this being Team Basil, there was a price to pay – a visit from the phantom barber.…

Last night Sarah and I had contrasting luck. I sat in my captain’s chair in Basil, with my best pal Melek by my side, expecting to watch a cagey first round World Cup match between two of the favourites, Spain…

To a person of a particular age the TV of their childhood was full of animal heroes. Belle (and Sebastian), Lassie, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and perhaps best of all Flipper – a bottlenose dolphin who talked to two tanned…