Last night, as always, I went to bed first. I settled
myself in the middle of the bed and went to kip. A couple of hours later I woke
to find myself hanging off the edge with an alliance of “er indoors TM” and
several dogs having captured pretty much all the available space.
I made toast and had my usual root around the Internet;
this morning it was dull. I sent out birthday wishes, had a quick Munz and got
Wordle on the fourth attempt.
Not having quite so much time on my hands this morning I
thought I’d take a chance. I leaded up the dogs and in a novel break with
tradition we set off south.
As we drove the pundits on the radio were talking about the
consternation caused by the recent cancellation of a cycling/running double
marathon event. The event has been cancelled following cyclists practicing for
the event running down and killing an old woman. The woman’s son was being
interviewed; he complained about how the cyclist practice in London’s parks and
challenged listeners to go watch how single-minded they are. He claimed that
the attention of most of them is on their cycling apps and they expect
pedestrians to be the ones responsible for avoiding collisions. He also made
the observation that speed limits on UK roads and routes only apply to motor
vehicles. Apparently speed limits don’t apply to bikes.
I thought we might try Orlestone Woods for our walk today.
Kings Wood and Longbeech Wood are a bit further away and are bigger. Our
average walk round those woods is at least three and a bit miles and by the
time we’ve driven there and driven home we’ve taken over two hours. I’ve always
said that from home to Orlestone woods car park is a drive of nine minutes, and
our two mile walk round there takes us thirty-five minutes. I used to go there
all the time with my Fudge, but I’d been put off of the place after a couple of
episodes with Morgan. However just recently I’ve been telling everyone how his
recall has improved, so I thought I’d take a chance. I let them all off the
leads before they got out of the car, and we walked and ran for two miles. We
had a minor episode with some silly woman in the depths of the woods… but she
had her dog on the lead and that *always* causes issues. Having spoken
to so many people over so many years about dogs on leads in woods, the general
consensus is that dogs can be off lead in woods a mile from the car park. And
if a dog can’t be trusted off lead so far into the woods then don’t take it
into what is seen by most as lead-free territory.
We waked for two miles, and were home just over an hour
after we left. I was very pleased with how the walk went. All dogs came back
when called… even when having a contretemps with passing normal people. Maybe
it is still early days, and maybe the dogs still have time to piss on their
chips, but with Orlestone being a viable place for a walk again, walks before
late shifts and after early shifts has become a possibility again.
We came home to see another geocache had gone live in
Longbeech Woods. Oh well – we wouldn’t have had time to go there today. I
solved the puzzle and found the thing was very deep in the woods; we certainly
wouldn’t have had time this morning.
But there’s tomorrow’s walk planned.
I did a little CPD and got it
wrong. In theory the blood compatibility simulator is a brilliant idea. In
practice it is a work in progress which sadly still has a lot more progress to
be made.
Leaving “er indoors TM” working
and the dogs snoring I set off to work. As I drove up the motorway I counted
thirty-two cars in the "HGVs only" section of the motorway.
Needing petrol I stopped off at the Aylesford branch of Sainsbury's. There
weren't that many cars waiting compared to how is sometimes gets there, but the
queue to pay was out of the door; there were a couple of idiots at the counter
who'd clearly come for a chat rather than to pay for their petrol.
I eventually got away, and as I drove up Hermitage Lane I
realised my car was making an odd noise. I opened and closed the windows and
thumped the dashboard. The nose went away. That'll do me.
And then I spent five minutes emptying all the rubbish out
of my car. There was a surprising amount of rubbish to empty. Hopefully that
will improve the fuel economy.
Work was the same as ever. I came home to find the dollars
I ordered from the bank yesterday had arrived… in hundred dollar bills.
Absolutely no use to me whatsoever. I shall go up the bank tomorrow and ask how
they intend to resolve their balls up. If I don’t like what I hear I will
change banks. I’ve had enough of the current one.
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