At 3am I felt "Furry
Face TM" jump onto the foot of the bed. I
should have taken him back to his basket, but if he settles I don't
really mind him being there. Often when he sneaks up, he soon goes to
sleep. This morning he didn't; he stomped about, and fidgeted, and
was generally restless until I finally took him to his basket at 4am.
But by then I was wide awake and didn't get back off to sleep again.
I was up and watching
telly by 6am; the last episode of "The Tomorrow People";
this was the last episode ever. Which was probably just as well
really. What started out as a promising series soon lost its way with
baddies and goodies swapping sides with amazing regularity and often
for no discernable reason.
Today's series finale
ended in farce.
I was feeling a lot
better than I have done for a few days and so went back to work.
Being on a late start I had a little time to spare.
On Monday some new
geocaches went live near work; being on a late finish that day I
didn't go for them. Because I was feeling ikky on Tuesday I didn't go
for them then either. And being off sick on Wednesday and yesterday
meant I wasn't in the area. I couldn't believe that when I looked
this morning I saw that four of the six still hadn't been found for
the first time. So with four spare hours before I had to be at work I
thought I'd take a walk round this geo-series and try my luck for an
FTF or two. I got First to Find on all the available four. Happy
dance indeed. I found one of the other two caches in the series, but
had no joy on the sixth. To be honest I didn't try very hard on that
sixth; I was being watched from the children in the nearby school's
playground. I thought there were rules about geocaches being near to
schools... but that's a rant which has been done to death.
Mind you it was a good
morning to be out for a walk; scenic views, loads of Red Admiral
butterflies, and I even saw a little lizard basking in the sunshine.
As I was in the area I
popped into the Sturry Road McDonalds for McBreakfast, and with two
more hours before I was due at work I went on another geo-mission.
There is a puzzle cache relatively near work. The exact location of
this cache is concealed in another cache near Howletts Zoo; we got
those co-ordinates over the winter. Today I finally went south of
Canterbury to get this puzzle cache.
It was as well that I did
so today; the owner of the thing has moved away, and it is now in a
rather sorry state. With no one to look after this sandwich box it
can only be a matter of time until it is archived.
As I walked back to my
car I was amazed to see some old friends standing next to it. By one
of life's amazing co-incidences Tim and Laura were considering buying
the house just by where I had parked. We chatted for a few minutes
until a rather smarmy estate agent appeared. I took that as my cue to
go to work.
Being a few minutes early
I used the time for an extra sax practice to the delight (!)
of the workmen re-surfacing the works car park.
I'd done a full day
before I ever got to work...
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