William the lurcher Welcome to my little corner of the internet



"Hi, I'm William (a Lurcher sighthound). In my case I'm a mixture of Deerhound, Greyhound, Bedlington, Collie & Huntaway. I was born 13th October 2007 on a farm near Tavistock Devon. Hope you will enjoy my adventures........❤️William"
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4 Aug 2011

Grockles and a hot day


Yesterday was particularly hot here.....the village was heaving and full of grockles, parking their cars everywhere, plus keeping the car parks busy......I know, now you are thinking what's a grockle?   Well, here in Devon it's the name given for Tourists/Holidaymakers.  There are several theories as to how the word started, but what ever that happens to be, it has stuck.....and we get invaded by Grockles each season.   Our neighbouring county of Cornwall has the word Emmetts for the holidaymakers, apparently derived from the word meaning Ants, and the holidaymakers rush around like ants, hence the name.

Anyway, as it was so hot here and as you know by now, I tend to stay indoors during the heat and find a place to relax





and when everything has cooled off Mum and Dad take me down onto the beach










Well, that's the humans exercised for the day!
now back home for another rest 
and Mum takes the opportunity to sketch me






love william