What team GB needs

Well it's the end of day three of the Olympics and we still haven't won a gold medal! Booooo!
We've been very close but me and Charlie are a tiny bit disappointed that we haven't heard the National Anthem yet.
What team GB need is to get a gold medal in the swimming. By a happy coinkydink that is the subject of my new book - Harold wins Gold.
To get a sneak preview or even better to order the whole thing follow the link


http://www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk/Haroldtheplatypus_%28new%29/Harold_Wins_Gold.html

 It must be fate! I can feel it in my beak.....
Good luck for tomorrow guys I've got my flippers crossed for you both
H
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The 1st medal for team GB

Me and Charlie have been glued to the telly for two days watching the Olympics. The opening ceremony was super exciting. We were so tired the next day we missed some of the early events as we slept in... Oooooops! I've got a bit of sore throat now from cheering the bike riders on. Me and Charlie have been on our bikes ever since. I think we're almost as fast as our new hero Lizzie.... It was really nice of Lizzie to ride past the Queens house, she must have had a really good view of the race. Must go and get some sleep so that we are ready for another big day at the really cool Olympics in London. I'm going to be watching the swimming tomorrow. I wonder if they can swim as fast as me? Platypuses are very, very good swimmers you know..... H X Ps don't forget for a sneak preview of Harold wins gold, click on the link below

http://www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk/Haroldtheplatypus_%28new%29/Harold_Wins_Gold.html

Last sleep before the Olympics!

It's the last sleep before the Olimpets! Well when I say sleep, I should say dreaming of winning gold medals. Mandy said that if me and Charlie have a sleep in the afternoon tomorrow then we can stay up to watch the Opening Ceremony!! Whoopee! I wonder if we could eat the rest of those packets of Maltesers and jelly babies..... I'd better go to bed now so I'm not too tired to enjoy it all tomorrow. I don't want to miss a thing. Laters H X

2 days to go!

You know I told you about the Maltesers trick for working out the number of days left until a big occasion? Well, it hasn't worked! I got a bit over excited and I've eaten all my Maltesers and most of Charlie's jelly babies - and the olympics is still 2 days away! I think I am going to have to go and buy a new pack of Maltesers and jelly babies with my pocket money before Mandy and Charlie notice! Best get off to the sweetie shop Laters H X

3 days to go!

I've only got 3 Maltesers left and Charlie has got 4 jelly babies. Charlie hasn't eaten today's jelly baby yet - I wonder if he'll notice if I eat one? Munch, munch. Are you all as excited as we are?? Can't wait for the opening ceremony.... H X

Harold's Olympic countdown

We're all very excited at number 6, the Olimpets is getting really, really close. Me and Charlie can't sleep. We're all ready to go with our t-shirts, flags, tickets........ Mandy said that the games will start at the end of the week. That seems like a very long time away to me. To try and help me and Charlie keep track of how many days are left Mandy has borrowed an idea from Auntie L. In Auntie L's house when there is a big event to help everyone keep count of how many days are left she puts a row of M&Ms out and and you are allowed to eat one of the M&Ms each day that goes by. What a great idea! My favourite sweeties at the moment are Maltesers (Molly gave me some and they are yummy) and Charlie's favourite sweeties are Jelly Babies. So we've got 2 rows of sweeties. There is one row of for me and one row of jelly babies for Charlie - yummy. So we can eat one today and one tomorrow and so on until it all starts on Friday, yippee! See you there..... H X

Back to Australia?

I need some help from you to make a very important decision. I don't know how much more of this rain I can take. I know platypuses love the water but it's also nice to feel the sun on my fur. It wasn't like this when I lived in Australia. There was loads and loads of blue sky and a great big sun. I'm sure that there was some sun and blue sky here last summer - wasn't there? I think I may need to go back to Queensland! What do you think?? I know Mandy and Steve would be lost without me, and I think Charlie might cry. But I neeeeeeeeeeeed some lovely sun!!!!!! Let me know what you think by commenting on this blog. Thanks in advance for the help with this very important decision. H X P.S. Get your own little ray of sunshine by reading the Harold and Charlie adventure stories http://www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk/Haroldtheplatypus_%28new%29/Books.html

No Charlies deep - oh no!

Those of you that have been following my blog for a while will know all about 'the Charlie' as a way of measuring depth. Also those of you that have been on the website, www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk, and have seen Charlie will know that he isn't very tall. So one Charlie isn't very deep. Well, this morning we decided to go out in our canoe (to take our minds off the tennis). We were happily going down the stream when we heard an awful scraping noise. Oh no Charlie shouted the water is no Charlie's deep! We've run aground. He was right the scraping noise was the bottom of the canoe. At first we didn't know what to do and then I decided that we should both get out of the canoe and lift it further along the stream to where the water was deeper, which worked brilliantly - well done me! We had a lovely time for the rest of the morning, but I did have to tell naughty Charlie to keep a very close eye on the number of Charlie's the water was, to make sure we didn't run aground again. Don't forget for those of you that haven't read about ouradventures you can order them from http://www.haroldtheplatypus.co.uk/Haroldtheplatypus_%28new%29/Books.html Laters H X

Is everybody ready for Murray mania?

Charlie has just finished asking Mandy, very nicely, if she could get strawberries and ice cream - and lots of it! We are getting ready for the Wimbleton final tomorrow. I'm not sure we'll be able to sleep tonight, it's so exciting. It said on the radio that Bunny was the last British man to get to a Wimbleton final. What a strange name, do you think he was a rabbit? I didn't know that rabbit were great tennis players, oh well you live and learn. We've got our sweat bands, balls and of course flags, at the ready. I think we might need some new flags very soon they have been waved alot this year already and we haven't even got to the Olympics yet! We can't get to Murray Mount at Wimbledon, so we'll be on Scottish Settee in Cambridge. Oh, I've just thought Charlie should have asked Mandy to get some Murray Mints for us to suck on, during the game. Go Andy go!!! Off to get Murray Mints onto the shopping list..... H X

Pea shooting!

Did you know it was the pea shooting world championships in Cambridge yesterday? Me and Charlie haven't done much pea shooting, but boy we'd like to now! We've been practising and are getting quite good (although I'm not sure that Steve and Mandy would agree). Off to see whether pea shooting is an Olympic sport...... Laters H X

Hurray Olympic tickets have arrived!

Everyone was really excited at number 6 when we heard a big thud by the front door, as the postman delivered a big brown envelope. Me and Charlie dashed to get it. "It will be the Olympic tickets!" We carefully opened the envelope and looked at the 4 shiny tickets. It was so exciting, we can't wait to get there. We've got our team GB t-shirts and our flags ready to go. Don't tell anyone, but I'm going to wear the gold medal I won at World Sports Day (you can read all about it in Harold wins Gold). Mandy has put the tickets in a super safe place, so they don't get lost before the day. I want to see Mo Farah running, Charlie is mad keen on the long jump(although I think that it is more to do with getting close to the sand pit (those of you that have read Harold wins Gold will know all about this!). Just off to find out how many sleeps it is until the big day...... Laters H X