I
wasn’t feeling on top form when I went to bed last night. I felt marginally
better this morning, though only marginally. This morning Facebook seemed to
feature little else than people arguing over garden ponds and goldfish. Why do people
have to squabble all the time?
With
toast quickly scoffed I got the dogs onto their leads and we drove out to Kings
Wood. You could tell half term was over by how many more cars were on the
roads.
As
we drove “Thought for the Day” was on. Some vicar was blathering about
Halloween and saying that all the ghosts and monsters and stories were all
make-believe. Perhaps they are; but I’m not quite sure how he would have us
think that the fairy stories he was peddling were real though.
We
got to the woods and had a rather
uneventful walk. We saw (and bothered) a few other dogs, but all three
came back to the sound of the whistle (which was something of a result).
The dogs did get grubby though, and all needed a paw wash when we got home.
All
were soon snoring and I got changed; putting on a winter shirt. I have “summer”
and “winter” shirts for work which come in and out of use when the
clocks go forwards and backwards.
And
with the dogs asleep I set off for work.
I
got some petrol on the way. It pays to shop around when getting that stuff; the
price varies quite a bit depending on where you go. I then had quite an easy
trip to work - I don't mind working at Pembury really; the drive is very pretty
in the daylight.
I
got to work, and grumbled to anyone who would listen that I didn't want to be
there; no one really listened, but on the plus side there was cake. That
chirped me up; you can never grumble
when there is cake.
I
did my bit until the night shift arrived. I must admit I’d been dreading
Halloween in the blood bank, but it wasn’t as bad as it might have been.
Rather
than taking the diversion round the road closure that I thought I should take (and
finding it wasn't a diversion at all) like I did on Friday night I drove my
normal route home and thought I'd follow the actual diversion (rather than
what I thought was the diversion). The actual diversion goes off in the
general direction of Plurenden dairy. I say “in the general direction of”
because after a mile or so none of the various crossroads and branching lanes
have any diversion signs. It was as well that I know the area reasonably well,
wasn’t it?
I
would say that today was dull, but we had a good walk this morning, and there
was cake. The day could have been a whole lot worse.
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