I felt something
in the night I’ve not felt for ages (oo-er!) A fidgeting at the end of
the bed. My dog had come upstairs and jumped on the bed. I know he shouldn’t,
but I was so pleased that he felt well enough to do so that I left him there.
He slowly worked his way up the bed, and I then dozed with my hand on his back
for the rest of the night.
After brekkie I
took “Furry Face TM “ for a walk. It was rather wet; too wet for
the park (I thought) so we went out
to Hythe Road and back via the Willesborough railway crossing. It’s one of what
used to be our standard walks and, judging by my dog’s recovery, it will be
again. We walked up past the station avoiding push bikes vooming in all
directions. What is it with bike riders? Ashford has a very good cycle path
network, and still cyclists either think they are cars and ride in the middle
of the carriageway at walking speed, or fly down pavements expecting
pedestrians to scatter in their wake.
As I walked past
the secondary school I had a minor altercation with an officious teacher. This
chap was brandishing a clip-board and was lording it over a small group of
disinterested-looking children. As we walked past he stopped me, looked at his
clip-board, looked at me and rudely asked “and you are…?” I replied “walking
my dog” and kept going.
We carried on
round to Frog’s Island where there was a minor flood, and just as we were
coming past Asda I met an ex-cub’s mother. She seemed rather distraught. She
was upset about one of the horses in a nearby field which had been tied to a
fence. Apparently the poor thing couldn’t
move more than a few inches; he couldn’t even lower his head to get to the
grass. Ex-cub’s mother was having a really good rant about how cruel some
people are, and how she had a jolly good mind to phone someone. I let her rant
for a few moments before I realised that she was talking to me as though I was
still the leader of her son’s cub group. In her mind I was a person of
authority. She was clearly expecting me to go sort the problem. So I assured
her I’d take a look. Her face lit up at that suggestion, and me and Fudge went
round to see the horses.
Sure enough one of
the ponies was on his own by the fence, and was pulling against a fence post. But
far from having been deliberately tethered, the silly beast had managed to get
his bridle tangled in the fence. It took seconds for me to release him, and he
galloped off to a nearby manger which was full of hay.
The horse set
about scoffing hungrily, and feeling that I’d done my good deed for the day I
came home.
I gave “Furry
Face TM
“ his brekkie, booked a service for my car (more
expense!) then I set about more Coursera course work. Today’s lectures were
on the effect of mass extinction events on biodiversity. I thought I knew quite
a bit about the topic, but I learned loads. And I got eighty per cent in the
test too.
(And
there are those who say I’m little more than a bald piss artist!)
I checked my
emails… and got the hump. Two geocaches had gone live during the week; both of
which are on my way to work (admittedly on a rather circuitous route).
Neither had been found. I had planned to get at least one FTF on my way to work
this evening. Both had been found this morning. Oh well…
I watched another
episode of “Detectorists” over lunch, blew my saxophone, set the washing
machine going, then tried to get a little sleep. I managed to sleep for three
hours, but did have cold feet. Once I woke I spent a while trying to find my
hot water bottle (for next time). I couldn’t find it, but I did find
eight quid in the pockets of some trousers I haven’t worn for ages. Result!
I scoffed a bit of
tea, and now I’m off to the night shift. I’ll see if I can’t get a hot water
bottle in Morrisons…
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