I was out like a light and fast asleep (for once)
when Morgan had a sneezing fit at three o’clock this morning. That woke Bailey
and we had quite a bit of stomping round before everyone eventually settled.
And just as I was nodding off again so Morgan had another sneezing fit.
We got up early. As I scoffed toast I had a look at
the Internet. It was still there. Not much was going on really, which was
probably for the best. I sent out birthday wishes to three people, had a quick
Munz, got Wordle (nasal) on the fourth attempt and we got ready for the
off.
With a walk in Edenbridge today we were giving Dog
Club a miss. I must admit I wasn’t keen on missing Dog Club; it has become the
highlight of the week. But there it is; we can’t do everything.
We set off up the motorway and were well out of the
broadcast range of Radio Ashford long before Steve took to the airwaves. As we
drove we were overtaken by the Fruitcake-mobile as we joined the M26 and we
drove in convoy to Four Elms.
We parked up and it wasn’t long before we were off on
our walk. To begin with there were loads of stiles, and getting the dogs over
them was something of a mission. But after a mile or so the stiles gave way to
kissing gates which were far more manageable. There was some lane walking, and
a couple of busy roads, but nothing that presented a serious obstacle.
Just like home I noticed that there was a dearth of
birdsong… and then I heard a squawk
which my app identified as a sparrowhawk. Had that one done for the birds?
We had a rather good picnic lunch… the bottle of
Fullers ESB at nearly six per cent was a tad keen.
As we walked I had a brainwave. The geocaches we were
hunting were regularly spaced except at one point where there was a gap… and an
obvious place where you might hide a geocache. We had a look and found one
exactly where you might expect one. A brand new one. I messaged a geo-buddy who
lives locally who said that a friend of his put it out yesterday and it would
be published tomorrow. We signed the log, and we’ll claim a find at the
earliest opportunity. There are those who might say this is a tad cheeky of us.
To them I would say that I agree with them.
We had a very good walk; it was only a shame that the
two smaller dogs got stuck in a thicket. It’s the sort of thing they do;
normally I wouldn’t worry, but this time they were properly stuck and Morgan
started crying. That bothered me far more than it should have done. I scrambled
into the hedge as best I could and rescued Bailey whilst “er
indoors TM” rescued the one who was
crying.
..
As we walked I ran my “Map My Walk” app. At the
end of the walk it disagreed with my GPS; the two were half a mile adrift. Is
that good or bad? Mind you I’ve always thought my GPS over-estimated distances.
After seven (or seven and a half) miles we were
back where we started. We said our goodbyes and I dozed for much of the way
home.
I’d taken a few photos as we walked, and once
home I told the Internet about them, and after a quick cuppa we got ready for
the evening.
Steve, Sarah and Chris came round and we had a very
good evening playing on the Infinity table. Game of Life, Sorry, Ticket to
Ride, Yahtzee… I even won a couple of games.
Today has been busy…
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