I was woken by a wet nose being thrust
up my bum shortly after 6am. The puppy has a unique way of attracting
attention.
I had a bit of brekkie whilst the
washing machine did its thing. As I scoffed I had a look into cyberspace. Little
had changed overnight, so I put on some old clothes and got on with painting
fence until "er indoors TM" emerged from her pit.
Usually on a Sunday we'd go for a
serious walk. But our usual walking companions were off at a course about
kicking people in the throat. Or doing karate. In my world the two are
synonymous. Also what with having two convalescent dogs a major walk wouldn't
be a good idea. So we thought we'd have a little stroll round Samphire Hoe;
after all it is rather pretty
there.
(Samphire Hoe is a rather pretty place in
the summer; rather desolate in the winter. It is an artificial park built just
off the White Cliffs near Dover made from the spoil created when they dug the
Channel Tunnel)
We picked up "My Boy TM"
and Lacey (Cheryl was working) and
set off. We made good time despite the road works, and soon met up with Jimbo
in the car park.
And then five of us and four small dogs
walked to the far end of the Hoe and along the beach for a bit. I thought I'd
have to carry Fudge but he did really well even if he did struggle in the
shingle. And (would you beleive it) we found three geocaches there as well.
Just as we were leaving the mist was
rolling in. Really pretty. It would have been good to have stayed longer but
Lacey had a better offer for the afternoon so we had an ice cream, said goodbye
to Jimbo, and came home.
Five minutes from home "My Boy TM"
suggested an afternoon's fishing. Bearing in mind my plans for the afternoon
were cleaning the fish pond filter and more fence painting I jumped at the opportunity.
"er indoors TM" didn't complain; she's really good
like that.
We had a good afternoon at Shirkoak; no
seriously big fish, but probably twenty or thirty (each) weighing about a pound, and a couple (each) closer to four pounds.
We got there shortly after 2pm; we left
at 6pm. An excellent way to spend the afternoon. I came home to find that
having damaged the washing machine's dial yesterday, "er indoors TM"
had totally destroyed the thing this afternoon. So I painted more fence whilst
I pondered the matter, and then phoned the fix-it people. They gave me a
reference to give to the people who will (hopefully)
actually do the fixing. I’ll sort that out tomorrow.
"er indoors TM" boiled up a good
bit of diner, and we scoffed it whilst watching yesterday’s episode of “Doctor Who” on the SkyPlus box. It was
surprisingly good…
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