Aloysius Bear

My primary human and I have been away again! This time, we drove (unusual for us!) to the North Norfolk Coast, where we stayed a few days in a tiny but cosy Airbnb: Since there was plenty of room in the car, Stanley came with us to keep my human company on the drive and…

The humans and I are having way too much fun at the moment! I know I still have two instalments of the October group holiday to post – but my primary human and I took a trip to Paris with some of her writer friends last weekend, so I need to document that too! We…

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to take a trip to the theatre – to see My Neighbor Totoro – with several Totoros! Blue Totoro was very pleased with the colour of the screen: He and his friends all lined up to see the show: It looked for a while as if they might actually…

Lots of different humans and other creatures shared our holiday last week. Some of them were literally attached to the house… This fellow’s identity was uncertain – yak, sheep, pig? Nobody was sure, but we were happy to include him the group! Kevin the Carrot and the Sleepy Donkey were also current inhabitants of the…

After a decadent week of reading retreats, my primary human and I joined 12 other humans and many other plushie friends at Yeoldon House, in Devon: There were ten en suite bedrooms, a huge open kitchen, a perfect gaming table, a pool room and bar – and a podule with a magnificent view! We went…

My primary human and I have very much missed going on reading retreats over the last two-and-a-half years. So were were delighted when they started up again at the end of September. It was lovely to be back in the Taunton house, with a view of the river from our room. My human’s theme for…

As soon as the humans were allowed out again after self-isolation, we went on an evening caching trip to Broxbourne. We started at a lovely weir: Then we walked down the canal to find another cache: Things went a little awry after that, as the first two pubs we tried for dinner were not serving…

The humans and I took a lovely trip to a cottage in the Cairngorms National Park last week: It was a bit of a bumpy track to get there, but the cottage was beautiful (if a little creaky): There was a 130-year-old bedspread made by the owner’s great-grandmother: A day trip to Aberdeen demonstrated that…

Last weekend, one of the humans’ long-time friends was visiting from California with her small humans in tow: We met up with them at the Tower of London, where they took a ride on a giant slide that had been installed there: The real reason we were there, though, was to enjoy strolling through the…

To take advantage of the extra-long Jubilee weekend, the humans and I took a day trip to St Alban’s yesterday, and discovered a gem of a town, pretty much on our doorstep. We spent most of the morning at the Verulamium Museum of Roman Britain, which was lovely from the outside. Inside, there were a…