I was up and out of bed a
little earlier than I might have been today. A quick bit of brekkie
and I had a rummage in the astro club's accounts. Having decided that
I had far too large a float in the money box I blagged a lift into
town and paid three hundred quid into the bank. I could have had a
mooch round the shops. I didn't. Instead I came home and put the
leads on Fudge and Sid (who was with us again) and took both
dogs for a walk. Out through Newtown to the Swan Centre and on to
Frog's Island where the dogs could have a run. I say "could";
I let them both off their leads. Fudge took of like a thing
possessed. Sid stayed by my side, haunting my every movement. He had
a little play with Fudge, but the moment he realised I'd walked on a
further five yards he was gripped by panic and ran to my side.
I wish he'd give me some
space. He's a lovely dog but very clingy. Once we got home he was
under my feet so much that I actually fell face-first onto the floor
where he wouldn't get out from under me.
On Wednesday I mentioned
that I'd slaughtered the clematis and roses hanging over the fence.
Having walked the dogs I then took all the generated garden rubbish
to the tip. The tip was surprisingly busy for a weekday. Pausing only
briefly to deliver two astro club cheques I then went on to Tesco's.
There was a new geocache in their car park. I felt rather conspicuous
rooting about, but it rather goes with the game.
I then went into Tesco's.
Bum-wipe doesn't buy itself you know. I then came home via B&Q as
I needed a new combination padlock. A geocache I hid recently had (as
part of the puzzle) a padlock combination to be solved. This
morning I had an email from someone who'd solved the puzzle telling
me that they found the padlock had been forced. I've bought a
somewhat sturdier lock. Let's see how this one holds up.
Once home I did some more
gardening. My garden waste bin is nearly full (again). And
having gardened I did an hour's homework. Dull, but needs must. And
with homework done I did some more gardening. I hacked back more of
next door's overgrowth. As I did Fudge and Sid would periodically
start barking for no apparent reason. After an hour I found out what
was upsetting them. Relations with one of our next door neighbours
has never been good. Someone in that house was deliberately provoking
the dogs by rattling and banging their back door until the dogs
barked. I proved this by bringing the dogs in and keeping them quiet
and watching next door's back door from an upstairs window. Their
back door handle rattled and shook, and the door banged opened and
closed until I let the dogs bark. It then stopped. I got the dogs
quiet again, and watched the door again. Sure enough someone rattled
and banged the door until the dogs started making noise. Then they
stopped with the door for a few minutes.
After the fifth or sixth
time of them intentionally winding up the pups I shouted over the
fence that the game was getting boring, and perhaps they might leave
the dogs alone and wind me up instead by playing scales on their
infernal piano. The door banging stopped.
I then cleaned out two
water features which over the years had got clogged up with leaves.
Both are serviceable if I can get new pumps for them. And then I gave
Fudge a bath; having played with him and the fountain he had got
rather soaked in smelly water.
And with er indoors
TM" out flogging candles I went out with
Lisa for an evening's caching. It was a really good evening to be out
and about. And I wanted to try my NeonGeo app in off-line mode. It
sort of worked, but not quite how I was hoping it would. Which was a
shame...
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