I slept well I suppose, but did find myself laying wide
awake rather earlier than I’d like. At home I’d just get up and pootle about,
but here when I get up, so the dogs leap up claiming to need a wazz, but
actually just wanting an excuse to charge round the garden like things
possessed. I got up at eight o’clock and let them out. They had a funny five
minutes then went straight back to sleep.
My watch told me that my sleep had been excellent, as was
my energy… Seriously?
I sparked up the lap-top as I was by then wide awake and
had a look -see to find out if I’d missed anything overnight. I hadn’t.
I took the dogs out again and went round the garden
harvesting dog dung. One or two from our pups, and some pretty hefty fossilized
ones that had been there for some time. And then we had dog inspection – a quick
once-over for ticks. All seemed OK, but Treacle had lost a tooth. Her mouth had
been bleeding the other day and the loose tooth was gone. I blame the huge
sticks she insists on carrying.
We had brekkie. When we went to the brewery the other day I
bought some New Forest honey. If you are ever tempted to buy the stuff, don’t
bother. It’s massively overpriced and tastes like my old great aunt’s perfume.
We went out for a little wander. We drove down to the
Brownhill Enclosure where we parked up and walked round some rather pretty
woods. We found a tributary of the river Avon in which Treacle had a great
time. Bailey went in for a paddle, but Morgan wasn’t at all keen. He really
doesn’t like water.
We came back to the cars, had a little picnic, then
relocated to another car park a mile down the road and walked another little circuit.
This time we saw several deer, and heard birds of prey. I found that a
sure-fire way to get a bird of prey to be quiet is to get the birdsong app out.
Geocache-wise it was much the same as everywhere else we’ve
been this week. A beautiful place to walk with endless places that would make
ideal hiding places that were ignored in favour of silly places in the most
inaccessible thickets.
We came back to base, and spent the evening drinking
sixpenny best and raspberry gin before having a very good bit of dinner…
Again I found myself falling asleep as the evening wore on.
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