In the beginning...

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, a little bear had her hair cut so short and curly that her sisters called her Poo.   When Poo grew older, she met and married a handsome bear who whisked her away to Scotland where they lived happily for many years until he had to work away, and collected lots of airmiles from his travels, dreaming of collecting enough to fly on Concorde.  He was such a misery when away from Poo, and even more so when Concorde was grounded.  What could he do with his airmiles now?

Whilst Misery was away, Poo started to rehome bears, tigers and elephants to keep her company. Misery thought Noah would be a more appropriate name for her.  Perhaps they could put them on an arc and sail across the pond?  Thinking of the pond, Poo suggested to use the airmiles to fly to New York, but Misery did not want to go there as he did not like big cities and tall buildings. They decided to fly to Vancouver for their silver wedding, and then cruise Alaska to meet some friends in Anchorage.  Misery had amassed a pile of airmiles, enough to fly Concorde had it still been in service, and they had to take the next best option and fly 1st Class return instead.

Misery suggested taking Angus, the Scottish Parliament bear, but Poo would not let any of the bears out of the house.  When they arrived in Vancouver, Misery found a little brown bear hanging around in a gift shop by a chain tied around his head. Poo felt sorry for the little bear, and Misery paid the shopkeeper for the bear, named him Angus in honor of the big bear at home, and freed him of his chains.  Angus was so happy, and asked to join them on their travels, and offered to host a blog called AngustheBear

Poo, Angus and Misery travelled together many times on cruises around Alaska, Mexico, the Mediterranean, the Baltic and the Iberian Peninsular.  The bears always enjoyed hearing about Angus' travels from his blog and after he returned home.

Hermann Bear asked Angus if he could accompany him one day, but Poo would not allow it, so Hermann stowed away in the spectacle case on a cruise to Venice.  Angus and Herman had fun together until Angus mysteriously disappeared off  the Spanish coast near Gibraltar.  Misery and Poo looked everywhere for Angus, but he was never found. Angus had previously posted that he was worried about falling overboard, and sadly it is assumed he was indeed blown overboard, but was Hermann involved?

The bears were was sad to hear about Angus being lost at sea, but Hermann stepped straight into his shoes posing for the pictures. He was such a happy bear, so happy that it was suggested he was to blame for Angus's mysterious disappearance. 

One day, Poo came home from work with a white Scottish Widows bear who had turned up at work, and suggested that she could accompany them on their next cruise to Norway.  Hermann wanted to go to, but he was not allowed, and was blamed for Angus's demise.  The bears held a meeting and the Scottish Widow was allowed to go.  She was very sweet, but did not have the character of Angus or Hermann, and was very shy.

Misery had to go to New York for a few weeks on business, and Hermann stowed away in the spectacle case again.  Poo was quite angry, and wanted to go too, but Misery said no as he had to attend meetings all day.  Misery enjoyed New York afterall, especially the tall buildings that he thought he would hate, and promised Poo that he would take her.  Misery and Hermann found Concorde in New York, and Misery's dream was finally realised when he boarded Concorde at last.  Hermann even managed to sit in the pilots seat.  Hermann liked New York so much that he wanted to return, but decided it was time to have his own blog to record their travels together, afterall, how could Angus still have a blog if the star was now Hermann?  Poo agreed and Hermann's blog was created.