Today my friend Helen is off to the hospital to be tested and see if she can touch her toes yet and things (she cannot) so they can decide if the special injections she is taking are doing good or not but she will kick up a big fuss if they say that they are not because she was in alot of pain before and now there is much less so they better be careful what they say I reckon. Anyway because my friend Nick has been working again even after he promised he would not be this week and we would have a bit more time to do things I will have to be on my own for most of the day but luckily our telly is quite a clever one and my friend Nick has told it what programmes I like and I can watch them while they are out so I will not miss my Deal Or No Deal or Quincy although I must get up quite early for that because my friend Helen is going out early too!

Yesterday when he got home, my friend Nick had a go at doing a seal for me too which is not a big thing that swims in the sea but a special way of closing letters so nobody can read them until you give them permission. It is a blob of wax from a special red candle and then you press a metal thing in it which has a backwards "B" for Bun on it and it comes out the right way round and looks very official. He bought it when we visited the castle at the same time I got my new sword and it is only now he has had a go but it looks great and reminded me of our trip which was nice too and I will use it for secret plans and things so I will put a picture on of it when there is time and everyone is not so busy.

My friend Helen has bought a sewing machine which is for making clothes with and she got it cheap on her computer from a thing that is called ebay which she likes but we will have to drive to a place called Northampton to pick it up so that will be another little trip soon although I do not think there will be time for any sights.

My friend Helen has got a bit of a war going on with the squirrels again and even the birds which she does not usually mind. She has tried all sorts of different things to keep them off her figs and her gooseberries and her peaches (there are about five this year and there was only one last year) so now she has hung all empty CDs from her computer up in all the bushes and trees in the garden and they make a very nice display I reckon but it does seem to be working and we have not seen any new holes in the figs yet. It is a bit distracting out of the window though when I am trying to watch Quincy!

A man called Stan Winston died the other day and I only just found out because it was hardly on the telly news or in the papers that my friend Helen buys or anything and he was a really brilliant special effects person and did loads of great films that I really like and won some Oscars too which are special awards for film people to win that look like a little goldy man with a sword and so I wanted to just say that I am very sorry to hear about it. I always sit to the end of the credits on films just in case there is a little extra bit like on Iron Man which Stan did too.

The other day my friend Helen went to do some shopping in town and things did not go very well.

First of all she went to a shop called Liberty's that she likes to buy some make-up for her face which is smelly stuff she wears that I do not like much because I always worry it will come off on my nice fur. Anyway when she was trying to look at the stuff they had the woman selling it decided that she would interfere and dragged her over to a big mirror in front of loads of other people and said "Don’t worry my dear I used to do the make up on Emmerdale and I’m used to working with old people. I’ll soon cover up all these wrinkles. Gosh you do have a lot don’t you?" My friend Helen is forty five which is quite old but she does not look it and she does not need someone saying that so I reckon that is why the shop is called Liberty's because it flipping was one! Unfortunately just when she was going to get annoyed and stomp out of the shop the strap on my friend Helen's bag broke and a bit rolled under the counter so she was trapped and had to look for it.

This was just the beginning though because later my friend Helen decided to go in a shop called Diesel which is really just for young people who are thin and try on some trousers to see if she could still get into the younger people’s clothes only she did not lock the door properly on the changing room and as she tried to put the trousers on she leaned back on it and it opened so she fell out in the middle of the shop with the trousers only half way up her legs and showing all the people in the shop her pants which were not her best ones either but just some baggy old ones. Then just as she got to her feet someone threw open the door of the next changing room and slammed it into her back.

She said that it was very embarrassing but me and my friend Nick thought it was very funny and laughed a lot when she told us about it and that cheered her up in the end.

My friend Nick's brother and his girlfriend have been on a little holiday trip too and they have gone to a place called Lannion in France which is Foreign but he says it was very nice indeed. Apparently while they was there they went for a walk and found this stone on top of a hill that tells you where lots of things are

He says that the one in the picture you can see is pointing to "Ile Aux Lapins" which I do not know because it is French words but he says it means "Rabbit Island" which I have never heard of before and sounds like a good idea so I will keep it in mind for a place to visit one day because it would have to be very nice if it was run by us rabbits even if I would need to take a phrase book which has got useful things in it you can say like "where are the nearest carrots please?" and "please turn on the telly" but in the French so that they will understand.

I bet you thought I had forgotten to do this and it would be like people are saying about the second Golden Compass film and part two was never going to happen after all which is a shame I reckon but actually I was just having a long time in bed watching telly this morning so I am doing my blog now :¬)

So when we got up on the next day my friend Helen said she wanted to visit a place on the coast which was a village and she said she had heard it was very nice so we all got our stuff back in little van and drove there. It was called Bosham and we found it quite quickly but when we arrived the weather was trying to decide if it wanted to be sunny or not and so I had a tricky time deciding if I needed my sunhat or my blanky and in the end I took blanky and it was just as well because it was quite chilly when the wind blowed and the sun went and hid for a bit. Now I do not mind just having a look round places because I am interested in a lot of different things but I do not know why we went there as I could not see what all the fuss was about especially as the sea had all dried up and there was not even any boats.

So we did not stay long in the end and we went off to another place that is called Chichester and is a big town with a thing that is called a cathedral. Inside was all high up and made of stone and I was quite impressed

so I asked my friend Nick what it was for and he said that there was a bloke named Jesus and when he died everyone made houses for him everywhere to remember him and I don't know why they waited until he was dead because he might have liked them more when he could have had a walk round. Also I think he might have liked it if they remembered to put in a telly but maybe he just wanted to read books or something instead and listen to music because there was a big thing called an organ up one end and a man kept making a loud noise with it which I thought was a bit rude but my friend Nick said he was tuning it which is when you test the notes and are getting ready to play something so I suppose it was alright. Here is the organ

Also there was a window with a painting on it that said "Saint Nicholas" and my friend Nick said it was of him but I think he was making it up because it did not look like him at all and he does not even own one hat.

I forgot to say that before we went in the cathedral we had stopped so my friend Helen could have some tea and cake which she likes to do alot more normally when she is out but my friend Nick gets the hump if she does it too much so when he is with us she does only have it now and again. Anyway my friend Nick had read in the paper that there was not going to be any petrol so he was a bit worried and so after the cathedral we had to find somewhere quickly to fill up little van and he looked at a map on his phone and found a petrol station but it turned out there was loads of petrol in it so he did not need to panic after all.

After that we went off to another place which is called Arundel and we went there to see one of my favourite things and that is a castle! This is where in The Olden Days some knights in shining armour and other people who was defending the countryside could stay and be safe. It is very big and you could see it from far away even when we had just parked and it was a long walk to the entrance

but as we got nearer it just kept getting bigger

and bigger

I was very impressed and it was all crinkly round the top too like a castle is meant to be. When we got inside though all the hallways are quite narrow and only as big as our hallway at home and my friend Nick says this is so it was hard for anyone to come in if they was not invited because they could not get past the swords and spears and things. It was a bit hard to take pictures in some of the places but this is where some fake people was pretending to shoot old fashioned guns out of the windows (I have not turned into a ghost it was just the flashy bit on the camera made that happen!)

and the lady is just loading it for the man because she is not allowed to do the shooting.

Next we went up and up and up round windy stairs and there was a very high bit which was oldest of all and that is called The Keep and we had a look over the edge of one of the crinkly bits where the people would have shot down from with arrows and I was not scared really even though it was a bit blowy and my friend Nick thought I was but Mister Carrot was worried though in case he fell over the edge so we did not stay long up there.

My friend Helen had said she was too scared to come up but by the time we got to the end she came and joined us because she did not want to miss out although she did go round very quickly and stayed back from the edge. There was also a little place called The Dungeon in the middle that was all dark and is where the prisoners would have stayed until they gave up and the people in the castle was the winners so I pretended to be a prisoner although I did stay outside the bars :¬)

After we went all round the high up bit we went back inside and had a look round all the rooms and they were very interesting but it was quite hard to take pictures because there was people guarding all the treasure and stuff and they did not like it. There was lots of weapons like swords and crossbows and suits of armour and oldy guns and things and some spears with axes on the end too. Then there was other rooms with all gold and silver stuff in and I did wonder how I could get some of it home with me but I was not allowed to get my paws on it! There was a place called a library as well which has got lots of books in it to read and also there was some very nice treasure chests and I liked the look of this one to keep all my money in.

Oh I nearly forgot again but before we went in there was a little shop and they had some brilliant stuff and I saw this helmet with a crown that was very very nearly the right size for me but I just could not squeeze into it and I was a bit disappointed

but in the end I found something just as good to buy with my own money and here it is

a brand new sword and a very nice one I reckon ( the picture was taken when I got home so that is why I am in bed) and it is solid metal and has got a goldy bit with a pattern on too which makes it even better!

After we had finished looking round the castle we went and had a quick look at the gardens but they was not very good (probably because the gardeners were busy eating all the fruit and stuff even though they pretended they was not!) and anyway it was getting late and we were all a bit tired from all the walking. Still on the way back out to little van we did see one more thing and I was very pleased

Yes! It was a rabbit and he was living in the castle! My friend Helen said it was a shame we did not bring any of my carrots to share with him but I said it was just as well because he is living in a castle after all so he can afford his own flipping carrots :¬)

So that was our trip away and I have had a fantastic time and it was well worth the long wait since the last one but I hope it is not so long until the next time.

I do have some other things to tell you about from when we got back but I will save them for tomorrow or something.

Yes I have finally got time and so has my friend Nick to tell you all about where I have been and what I have been doing which is quite alot so I have decided to do it in two episodes which means it will be like on the telly when they say "to be continued" at the end and then it carries on next time. Also I have got some things to tell from when I got home but that is for later.

So I finally got my wish because the weathermen said it was going to be nice at the beginning of the week and so we went on a lovely trip to a place that is called Sussex to do some sights. I packed some things to take with me in my special pirate bag and they were - some of my own money (twenty pounds) in case I saw anything I liked that I wanted to buy, my sleeping mask in case I wanted a nap, some of my treasure (I chose my special crystal that I got on another trip), Mister Carrot (of course!) and also I took my blanky for if it got chilly and my Bunhat Sunhat for if it was hot but they do not fit in the bag.

The first place we went was to a special museum called The Weald And Downland Open Air Museum where they take all old houses that are getting demolished and put them back together so people can look around and see what it was like in the olden days. We was very lucky because for once because the weather was just what they said and it was so lovely and sunny. Here are two of the houses

Some of them had got windows

But some were from before they invented windows and they just had bits of wood like bars and although it was alright for us I reckon they would have been very draughty

Back then they used mostly wood and mud and sticks and things to build the houses because they was waiting for someone clever to invent bricks but they had already thought of gardens for vegetables and apparently there are some carrots here but I could not see them

Anyway, a bit later on they had invented furniture with a chair that was the right size for me and is called a rocking chair and a bed that was quite nice and even one that was supposed to be for a baby and would have fitted me but was a bit too much like prison for the naughty rabbits I thought!

On one wall there was a poster that said all about what it was like in the olden days and my friend Nick was very happy because he read this bit and said that my friend Helen should take a lesson from that but I think he was just being rude

After the old buildings we went and had a look at their workshop which is where they put all the old bits back together and it was amazing because it was all made of criss-crossy bits of wood and was enormous inside. Brilliant. I said it would make a nice house for us and my friend Helen agreed.

Next we was all a bit tired and needed a rest so we went and sat down near the pond that was there and had some lunch from the restaurant but ate it outside but I did not want to get too close.

My friend Nick did take some carrots with us for me to eat but we had left them in little van so I had to wait a bit longer for mine but it was just as well in the end because there was a load of ducks and they wanted to steal our food and they did bother me a bit when they all started to peck at my friend Helen's feet for attention and I said "No! Stop it ducks!" but they did not and so my friend Helen gave them some crumbs from her carrot cake

and so did my friend Nick which they should not have done I reckon because ducks are not meant to eat crumbs.

They was quite funny though I thought at least once I was safe up on the table and they could not peck me. There was alot of jackdaws around too which are like mini-crows which I do not like and one had a busted wing so my friend Helen gave that some crumbs too but I thought she should have chased it away.

After lunch we looked around a bit more and saw the mill which is run on water and is used to make flour for bread that people eat and I thought I looked just right in there because of my hat.

And this is the big water wheel for it on the outside and I had to be careful not to fall in.

There was still some more buildings from olden days and we walked all round for hours so by the end we was very tired although we did stop to look at some sheep which ignored us and did not do very much.

Then it was time to go and find the B&B which was in a great big old house too and looked very nice from the outside but there was no TV and the bed was all lumpy even though I was alright and made myself comfortable

I had a nap for an hour because I was a bit tired from all the day but then because it was still quite early and it was a bit boring in the room we decided to go to the pub for a pint and it was great because I got to see some telly there and I watched a football match and there was also a big black dog that came up and tried to sniff me but I poked him on the nose and said "Go away I do not want you to sniff me" and he did so I won that time! When we got back my friend Nick had a surprise for me too because he had come ready in case there was no telly in the room and had put a film on my friend Helen's ipod which me and him watched all in the dark and it was great even though it was a tiny screen and it was a cartoon about Superman which is one of my favourites :¬)

Anyway, that was my first day away on our trip and later I will do part two and tell you about the castle!

I have got so many things to talk about but I must wait until tomorrow. Bah!

Yes! I am back home again and I have had a lovely trip but we are all very tired so I do not want to do a long blog now and also my friend Nick has got to work tomorrow so it will probably be Friday before I can tell you all about it or maybe even Saturday if he is too lazy but I have got lots of pictures to show too so I will try and get him to do it on Friday :¬)

At last we are going for a trip and it has been so long I have almost forgotten how to drive I reckon! We are going to a place that is called Chichester to see some old houses which does not sound that interesting but I do not mind as long as we are going somewhere and we will stay in a B&B which is not the one we wanted but is still bound to be nice so anyway I will be back on thursday probably and I hope everyone enjoys the sunny days :¬)