Oh dear. I thought I’d only missed a few days blogging and it’s been over a week. Sorry about that. I don’t know what I’ve been doing that I haven’t got round to writing a post. Nothing in particular, that’s for sure.
Well, that’s not exactly true. There are a few things that to update you on. I think the first of these ought to be Jez. I took some video of her and put together last week, and then wrote a long email to her orthopaedic vet, setting out what the issues with her are and giving him the link to the video on You Tube. He phoned me back last Thursday evening. I had a long chat with him, but the long and short of it is that he’s not bothered by the fact that she still seems to avoid putting her full weight on her poorly leg when she’s standing around. He thinks she’s 95% there, and that any surgical intervention is unlikely to improve matters. We agreed that I should continue to medicate her if her leg seems particularly sore. Otherwise he suggested another course of carprofen, which is something which will help strengthen the cartilage in her knees. She had a course last year after the operation on her left leg. So Friday morning I carted her off to the vet for the first of four weekly injections. And the good news was that her vet thought that her histiocytoma is resolving itself. Since then it has certainly continued to get better, so it looks as though she won’t need to have it removed.
On Sunday we went over to Dad & Pat’s for lunch. Dad cooked roast shoulder of lamb for me. I love roast lamb, but can never have it as Chris doesn’t really like it (unless it’s in Indian food). Lunch was lovely (Dad cooked Chris some pork instead of the lamb) and in the afternoon we all sat around and had a game of Rummikub (which is a bit like playing Rummy at cards but you play it with plastic tiles). Come to think about it we haven’t played cards for ages. I found a book of card games when I was clearing out the bookcases, which sort of reminded me. As a family we used to play cards a lot when we got together (Pontoon was a favourite at Christmas). Perhaps I’ll suggest it when Dad & Pat come over next week-end. My Dad will be 83 on 27 February, so I’ve invited them to lunch on the Sunday. At least, I think I’ve invited them on the Sunday – I’d better check they didn’t think I meant to come on the Saturday.
On Monday I headed over Bournemouth way to meet up with my friend Val, who I used to work with. Val is the one who shares my birthday and she has just taken early retirement. We didn’t do anything special: just met up in John Lewis and had coffee and a light lunch, plus did a bit of shopping. But we had a really long chat as we haven’t been able to get together for ages. Hopefully we’ll manage to meet more regularly in future, even though she lives in Southampton. I’ve suggested I go over there next time but that after that we could meet in the New Forest. I could take the dogs occasionally and we could go for a walk before heading to a pub for lunch once the weather gets better.
I have once again been debating whether to get a games console this week after my failed attempts to get GTA IV to work on my laptop. It’s been a toss up between the Wii and an Xbox. I’ve been thinking about it for about 18 months now! Anyway, I’ve finally plumped for the Wii. I’ve got one on order from Amazon, together with a Wii fit and balance board. I’ve also realised that for an extra £2 a month I can rent games for it from my video rental company, which will be useful as we are running out of films to put on our list. Talking of which we watched Drag me To Hell at the week-end. I liked the twist but otherwise wasn’t very impressed with the film. Currently we’ve got The Last King of Scotland (about Idi Amin) and Transformers 2 to watch. I think Transformers might be our Friday night viewing this week.
I’ve been busy doing bits of cleaning this week. Despite being decorated last summer the kitchen desperately needed cleaning, but it’s a bit big to do all at once. So I’ve been doing it a section at a time. I’m not doing the insides of the cupboards at the moment – that will come next – but I’ve almost finished. It’s much easier doing it this way.
Today Chris has had to go to a meeting up near Bath. So he dropped me over the Heath this morning with the dogs before he went. They tend to pull on the lead a bit in their excitement to get there on the way over, which aggravates my back: they are ok on the way home though. He’s only just phoned to say he will be leaving shortly, so he won’t be home until gone 7.30pm.
So, time for me to play a game soon. We’ve managed to get GTA IV to work on Chris’ PC, so at least when he’s watching the footie I can go upstairs and crash a few cars. And I’m very good at crashing. I’m less good at driving in a straight line and turning corners!
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Welcome to Reality
I had a lovely birthday on Sunday. Ok I was cleaning & cooking in the morning, but after that it was lovely. We had a really nice piece of roast pork: it was from a farm just up the road – not sure of the breed but it was some special breed. I slow roasted it, and it just fell apart. The flavour was beautiful. We had profiteroles for dessert. This is me on the sofa with Dad, Pat and Max after lunch…
And here’s a nice shot of Pat & Max…
I had a new small shoulderbag for my birthday – I wanted it to take when walking the dogs and it’s a sort of camouflage colour, so it shouldn’t show the dirt! I had a Gorillapod (a small flexible tripod) for the camera as well, plus the Bowie Reality CD and a couple of computer games. Problem is one of the games (Grand Theft Auto IV) won’t work on my laptop, which is a blow. I also had money, so am planning to get some make up that I can’t really justify the expense of otherwise.
Of course, Jez couldn’t let my birthday pass without playing up for Christopher when he took her for a walk before lunch. He had to take her over Canford Heath as they’d closed Delph Woods for maintenance work, which meant there were loads of dogs over the Heath. Chris lost her for over 40 minutes, although he did know roughly where she was and occasionally catch sight of her.
On the subject of Jez, the lump on her side doesn’t look very nice. I think it’s slightly ulcerated, so I’m bathing it in salt water to see if it will clear up. If it doesn’t it will have to come out. As for her leg, I tried giving her her anit-inflammatories for 4 days, and she didn’t seem to hold her leg up as much. She was also a lot livelier. More importantly though she has clearly been worse since coming off them again. I’ve put in a call to her orthopaedic vet today, as this would suggest she’s in pain and that holding her leg up isn’t just habit. I had a chat with her physio today again, and wondered whether we were aggravating it on her walks. Interestingly, I didn’t throw things for her to chase on our walk today and shortened the walk slightly and she seems to have been slightly better.
Let me see – what else. Well it’s been very cold her the past few days. The wind has been bitterly cold. We even had a few flurries of snow today. Then yesterday, at 7.30am, I was rudely awakened by the doorbell: it was the men delivering our bookcases & bedside cabinets. I ask you – what sort of time is that to get people up? I had to answer the door in my pyjamas.
Tuesday therefore we put together the big bookcase (the small one was already made up as it was the display model). I also put together the 2 bedside cabinets. Since then I’ve been busy sorting things out, putting them away, moving stuff around. It’s slowly coming together though. I did find some interesting things when clearing out though. Well, I say ‘interesting’ – more ‘why have I still got that’. In one of the old bedside cabinets were all of the cards we received when we got married. Trouble is, I can’t quite bring myself to throw them out. I also found all of the exam papers from my O and A levels (school exams we used to take at 16 and 18 for you non-Brits). I haven’t thrown them out yet – I thought I might try a few out on you in the coming days.
Well I think that’s about it for today. I’d better get this posted.
And here’s a nice shot of Pat & Max…
I had a new small shoulderbag for my birthday – I wanted it to take when walking the dogs and it’s a sort of camouflage colour, so it shouldn’t show the dirt! I had a Gorillapod (a small flexible tripod) for the camera as well, plus the Bowie Reality CD and a couple of computer games. Problem is one of the games (Grand Theft Auto IV) won’t work on my laptop, which is a blow. I also had money, so am planning to get some make up that I can’t really justify the expense of otherwise.
Of course, Jez couldn’t let my birthday pass without playing up for Christopher when he took her for a walk before lunch. He had to take her over Canford Heath as they’d closed Delph Woods for maintenance work, which meant there were loads of dogs over the Heath. Chris lost her for over 40 minutes, although he did know roughly where she was and occasionally catch sight of her.
On the subject of Jez, the lump on her side doesn’t look very nice. I think it’s slightly ulcerated, so I’m bathing it in salt water to see if it will clear up. If it doesn’t it will have to come out. As for her leg, I tried giving her her anit-inflammatories for 4 days, and she didn’t seem to hold her leg up as much. She was also a lot livelier. More importantly though she has clearly been worse since coming off them again. I’ve put in a call to her orthopaedic vet today, as this would suggest she’s in pain and that holding her leg up isn’t just habit. I had a chat with her physio today again, and wondered whether we were aggravating it on her walks. Interestingly, I didn’t throw things for her to chase on our walk today and shortened the walk slightly and she seems to have been slightly better.
Let me see – what else. Well it’s been very cold her the past few days. The wind has been bitterly cold. We even had a few flurries of snow today. Then yesterday, at 7.30am, I was rudely awakened by the doorbell: it was the men delivering our bookcases & bedside cabinets. I ask you – what sort of time is that to get people up? I had to answer the door in my pyjamas.
Tuesday therefore we put together the big bookcase (the small one was already made up as it was the display model). I also put together the 2 bedside cabinets. Since then I’ve been busy sorting things out, putting them away, moving stuff around. It’s slowly coming together though. I did find some interesting things when clearing out though. Well, I say ‘interesting’ – more ‘why have I still got that’. In one of the old bedside cabinets were all of the cards we received when we got married. Trouble is, I can’t quite bring myself to throw them out. I also found all of the exam papers from my O and A levels (school exams we used to take at 16 and 18 for you non-Brits). I haven’t thrown them out yet – I thought I might try a few out on you in the coming days.
Well I think that’s about it for today. I’d better get this posted.
Saturday, 6 February 2010
My, my, but time do fly
I suddenly realised I’d better update this as I don’t know whether I’ll get the chance tomorrow. Dad & Pat are coming over for lunch. That means I’ll be cleaning & cooking all the morning. I did clean on Friday, but with two very mucky dogs around you’d never think so. I don’t know what I was thinking, actually. I bought the meat (a locally reared pork) and put it in the freezer. Then Dad phoned & was going to invite me to lunch over there. But I said I’d bought the meat so would they like to come here. The upshot is that I’m going to be cooking on my birthday, and then we’re going to Dad’s the following week. See what I mean? What was I thinking?
So, tomorrow is my birthday. As a treat (and because I’m cooking tomorrow) we’re having a Chinese take away tonight. I can’t remember the last time we had Chinese takeaway. I have a feeling it was either for my birthday last year or the year before! Chris always prefers Indian, and as we now only get to have a takeaway half a dozen times a year it is normally Indian. Anyway, this time I’ve chosen, so Chinese it is. But we’re not going to the really nice restaurant in Poole for it, and the Chinese round the corner has gone rapidly downhill. So we’re going to try one of the Broadstone ones again.
I may not have to cook tonight, but I have been shopping to Tesco this afternoon (after I walked the dogs) and I have made a cake for my birthday (well someone had to!). I was going to buy one, and they had some really nice chocolate ones, but Dad doesn’t like chocolate much (& I’ve got profiteroles for dessert) and anyway the dogs couldn’t have any! So instead I’m just making a jam & butter cream Victoria sandwich, then everyone’s happy.
I went and picked up my new prescription contact lenses at lunchtime, and have got them in. But I still don’t seem to be able to see properly with them. I was trying to read a label on a bottle in Tesco and it was hopeless. We are part-way there though – I can see the computer screen better.
I don’t think there’s much else to say. I finished reading my latest library book this morning: ‘Living with the Dead’ by Kelley Armstrong. I really like her books – they’re all about werewolves & supernaturals. I think the series is called Women of the Otherworld. I’ve started on a new Linda Fairstein (Lethal Legacy) now. I’m a bit confused though. It’s a paperback, and on the front it says ‘Includes exclusive extra material’. WTF? Surely a novel is a novel. How can you suddenly add bits for a new edition? It seems like they’re trying to copy DVD & music sales, but I just don’t see how it’s supposed to work with a book. I notice that the reviews on this book aren’t great on Amazon though. So perhaps they’ve tried to pep it up a bit.
I’d better sign off now and post this. I need to phone for the takeaway.
So, tomorrow is my birthday. As a treat (and because I’m cooking tomorrow) we’re having a Chinese take away tonight. I can’t remember the last time we had Chinese takeaway. I have a feeling it was either for my birthday last year or the year before! Chris always prefers Indian, and as we now only get to have a takeaway half a dozen times a year it is normally Indian. Anyway, this time I’ve chosen, so Chinese it is. But we’re not going to the really nice restaurant in Poole for it, and the Chinese round the corner has gone rapidly downhill. So we’re going to try one of the Broadstone ones again.
I may not have to cook tonight, but I have been shopping to Tesco this afternoon (after I walked the dogs) and I have made a cake for my birthday (well someone had to!). I was going to buy one, and they had some really nice chocolate ones, but Dad doesn’t like chocolate much (& I’ve got profiteroles for dessert) and anyway the dogs couldn’t have any! So instead I’m just making a jam & butter cream Victoria sandwich, then everyone’s happy.
I went and picked up my new prescription contact lenses at lunchtime, and have got them in. But I still don’t seem to be able to see properly with them. I was trying to read a label on a bottle in Tesco and it was hopeless. We are part-way there though – I can see the computer screen better.
I don’t think there’s much else to say. I finished reading my latest library book this morning: ‘Living with the Dead’ by Kelley Armstrong. I really like her books – they’re all about werewolves & supernaturals. I think the series is called Women of the Otherworld. I’ve started on a new Linda Fairstein (Lethal Legacy) now. I’m a bit confused though. It’s a paperback, and on the front it says ‘Includes exclusive extra material’. WTF? Surely a novel is a novel. How can you suddenly add bits for a new edition? It seems like they’re trying to copy DVD & music sales, but I just don’t see how it’s supposed to work with a book. I notice that the reviews on this book aren’t great on Amazon though. So perhaps they’ve tried to pep it up a bit.
I’d better sign off now and post this. I need to phone for the takeaway.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
And there is no shame
We’ve finally finished the wardrobes…
Well – almost. I can’t figure out how to fit the soft close hinges and the instructions are worse than useless. Just a couple of diagrams that make no sense. I’ll need to have another look tomorrow. Now all we need is the bookcases & new bedside cabinets (which will be delivered next week), plus new curtains, new lamps & new lampshade. Although I may not bother with the new lamps, even though the ones in there are really old. This is a bedroom that gets used once every few years!
Weatherwise it has been wet and miserable. I got out of walking the dogs yesterday as I had to take Jez for her physio in the morning, and by the time I’ve driven her there and back it takes the whole morning. Chris them took them out in the afternoon. I had a long discussion with Rachael, the physio, about Jez’s leg. We really can’t understand it. Rachael can’t find anything wrong with it, Jez races around on it, jumps up on her hind legs, sits straight (none of which she could do / would chose to do if it were hurting her), and yet she still holds it slightly off the ground when she stands and often sits with it stuck out & lifted slightly (a sign of a cruciate ligament problem). And her muscles have completely built back up now. So we don’t know what the problem is. Rachael is beginning to wonder whether it’s habit. So I’m going to try an experiment and put her back on her full dose of anti-inflammatories for 2-3 days and see if it makes any difference. If it does, then we know she is suffering some sort of pain. If not, well then it will look more as though it is habit.
The tumour on her side looks worse as well. It’s got bigger and she’s losing the hair off it. I don’t think it helps that Max is now aware of it and keeps trying to lick it. Apparently these things oose slightly (horrible thought I know), and it’s sweet, so dogs like it and tend to lick at it. It was why we had a problem with the one on Max’s foot last year – he just wouldn’t leave it alone and then it became ulcerated. We need to keep an eye open now and make sure he leaves her alone.
I’ve been to the optician today. He’s been checking my contact lenses. I started to try out new, progressive, monthly ones last September/October, but struggled to read with them. I was going back when I went down with a horrible cold that hung on for 6 weeks, and I’ve not got round to it since. This is the problem with contact lenses as you get older – trying to correct the near/far sight issue where your eyes do no adjust as well. I was wearing daily monovision, but they got to the stage where I couldn’t see very well either, so I was trying these new ones. Anyway, he’s altered the prescription so I’ll get a new pair to try in a few days.
I saw the headline in the local paper today is ‘Pet dog savaged to death’. Poor little thing was a Border Terrier that was attacked by 2 boxers about half a mile from here, which is worrying. I feel a bit guilty as I breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn’t a Staffy involved – they get so much bad publicity and didn’t need more. Better keep my eyes open for those boxers though – I don’t want them anywhere near my two. And before you ask, the police are looking for them & their owner, who apparently looked panicked and then walked off – what a cowardly shit he is.
Well – almost. I can’t figure out how to fit the soft close hinges and the instructions are worse than useless. Just a couple of diagrams that make no sense. I’ll need to have another look tomorrow. Now all we need is the bookcases & new bedside cabinets (which will be delivered next week), plus new curtains, new lamps & new lampshade. Although I may not bother with the new lamps, even though the ones in there are really old. This is a bedroom that gets used once every few years!
Weatherwise it has been wet and miserable. I got out of walking the dogs yesterday as I had to take Jez for her physio in the morning, and by the time I’ve driven her there and back it takes the whole morning. Chris them took them out in the afternoon. I had a long discussion with Rachael, the physio, about Jez’s leg. We really can’t understand it. Rachael can’t find anything wrong with it, Jez races around on it, jumps up on her hind legs, sits straight (none of which she could do / would chose to do if it were hurting her), and yet she still holds it slightly off the ground when she stands and often sits with it stuck out & lifted slightly (a sign of a cruciate ligament problem). And her muscles have completely built back up now. So we don’t know what the problem is. Rachael is beginning to wonder whether it’s habit. So I’m going to try an experiment and put her back on her full dose of anti-inflammatories for 2-3 days and see if it makes any difference. If it does, then we know she is suffering some sort of pain. If not, well then it will look more as though it is habit.
The tumour on her side looks worse as well. It’s got bigger and she’s losing the hair off it. I don’t think it helps that Max is now aware of it and keeps trying to lick it. Apparently these things oose slightly (horrible thought I know), and it’s sweet, so dogs like it and tend to lick at it. It was why we had a problem with the one on Max’s foot last year – he just wouldn’t leave it alone and then it became ulcerated. We need to keep an eye open now and make sure he leaves her alone.
I’ve been to the optician today. He’s been checking my contact lenses. I started to try out new, progressive, monthly ones last September/October, but struggled to read with them. I was going back when I went down with a horrible cold that hung on for 6 weeks, and I’ve not got round to it since. This is the problem with contact lenses as you get older – trying to correct the near/far sight issue where your eyes do no adjust as well. I was wearing daily monovision, but they got to the stage where I couldn’t see very well either, so I was trying these new ones. Anyway, he’s altered the prescription so I’ll get a new pair to try in a few days.
I saw the headline in the local paper today is ‘Pet dog savaged to death’. Poor little thing was a Border Terrier that was attacked by 2 boxers about half a mile from here, which is worrying. I feel a bit guilty as I breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn’t a Staffy involved – they get so much bad publicity and didn’t need more. Better keep my eyes open for those boxers though – I don’t want them anywhere near my two. And before you ask, the police are looking for them & their owner, who apparently looked panicked and then walked off – what a cowardly shit he is.
Monday, 1 February 2010
Come on and stir it up
I seem to have had a busy 2 days, although I think I’m going to struggle to say what I’ve been doing. I think it’s days where I take the dogs out in the afternoon I see to have very little time. That’s most probably because by the time I’ve come in, given them their dinners and got our dinners it’s time to plop down in front of the TV for the evening. Not that there’s anything on TV worth watching at the moment.
So yesterday morning I messed around with the camera and tried some more macro photography. I really do not have the right lens on the big camera, so was playing with my small one. Bur for still life I need something to act as a background and didn’t really have anything. In the end I waiting until Chris got home and nipped round to Staples and got a roll of black and a roll of white paper. But I couldn’t do any photography then as the dogs were back. I did get one good shot earlier in the say, however. It’s of a small ornament of mine. I really like the lighting on it.
I didn’t get much of the wardrobes done yesterday as Chris was watching football all day, when he wasn’t walking the dogs. We’ve finished off the drawer unit today and have joined the two wardrobe units together. Now we just need to fit the rails, the shelves & the doors.
I chased B&Q for my bookcases. Apparently they have the tall one set aside for me, but can no longer get the low one. Which is really annoying as they just about match the wardrobes. So I went round their yesterday and managed to persuade them to let me have the display bookcase (they weren’t keen). Today they’ve rung to say they will all be delivered next week and they’ll let me have £15 off the small bookcase.
Last night for dinner I tried a new recipe, well, two actually. They were out of the Levi Roots’ Caribbean Cookery book I had for Christmas. The first was a beef dish – pepperpot, and the second was grilled pineapple with a rum & lime sauce and honey ice cream. They were both really nice, which is a good job as I have a lot of the pepperpot left over.
Today I have taken Jez to the vet – again! That lump on Jez’s side has been getting bigger. I looked at it this morning and suspected it to be a histiocytoma, which is a benign tumour. Max had one on his foot when he was young, so I know roughly what one looks like. The vet thought the same as me but decided to take a cell scraping to check it. They are not supposed to have any nerve endings in them, so he didn’t expect Jez to feel the needle he stuck in her side. Wrong! Poor little soul. She squirmed around, but otherwise was very good. Anyway, thankfully he’s confirmed it’s benign. He doesn’t want to remove it unless he has to as he says it will mess up her beautiful markings (her tiger stripes). It should reabsorb in 2-3 months. Of course, Max’s didn’t: it became ulcerated and we had to have it removed. But that was because he kept licking it. Jez isn’t a licker, and anyway can’t get at this.
After the vet I took them over the Heath. We had a nice long walk as it’s a lovely afternoon. And Jez met her friend Findlay the deerhound, and she had a good play with him. He’s a photo of Jez and Findlay that I took last month.
The patches on his side are where his fur was shaved after another dog bit him, poor thing. And he’s so friendly, and bounces around, legs going in all directions.
Once again the dogs got pretty muddy over the Heath. The ice from last month has melted (although we have a little bit more at the moment where it’s cold) and has left thick mud. But at least it was only on one section of the Heath today. Yesterday we went over Upton Heath and I took the dogs up the Roman Road to the viewpoint and then back down across the heath. And for about ¼ mile the path was just thick mud and clay, 2-3 inches deep. It was downhill, so slippery, and you couldn’t really get off the path to avoid it because along that section the gorse grows right up to the edge of the path. It was horrible. And then I couldn’t hose the dogs down when I got home as the hose was frozen. So I just wiped Jez with a towel and put Max in the shower.
Well, I think that’s just about it. I can’t think of anything else much that’s happened.
So yesterday morning I messed around with the camera and tried some more macro photography. I really do not have the right lens on the big camera, so was playing with my small one. Bur for still life I need something to act as a background and didn’t really have anything. In the end I waiting until Chris got home and nipped round to Staples and got a roll of black and a roll of white paper. But I couldn’t do any photography then as the dogs were back. I did get one good shot earlier in the say, however. It’s of a small ornament of mine. I really like the lighting on it.
I didn’t get much of the wardrobes done yesterday as Chris was watching football all day, when he wasn’t walking the dogs. We’ve finished off the drawer unit today and have joined the two wardrobe units together. Now we just need to fit the rails, the shelves & the doors.
I chased B&Q for my bookcases. Apparently they have the tall one set aside for me, but can no longer get the low one. Which is really annoying as they just about match the wardrobes. So I went round their yesterday and managed to persuade them to let me have the display bookcase (they weren’t keen). Today they’ve rung to say they will all be delivered next week and they’ll let me have £15 off the small bookcase.
Last night for dinner I tried a new recipe, well, two actually. They were out of the Levi Roots’ Caribbean Cookery book I had for Christmas. The first was a beef dish – pepperpot, and the second was grilled pineapple with a rum & lime sauce and honey ice cream. They were both really nice, which is a good job as I have a lot of the pepperpot left over.
Today I have taken Jez to the vet – again! That lump on Jez’s side has been getting bigger. I looked at it this morning and suspected it to be a histiocytoma, which is a benign tumour. Max had one on his foot when he was young, so I know roughly what one looks like. The vet thought the same as me but decided to take a cell scraping to check it. They are not supposed to have any nerve endings in them, so he didn’t expect Jez to feel the needle he stuck in her side. Wrong! Poor little soul. She squirmed around, but otherwise was very good. Anyway, thankfully he’s confirmed it’s benign. He doesn’t want to remove it unless he has to as he says it will mess up her beautiful markings (her tiger stripes). It should reabsorb in 2-3 months. Of course, Max’s didn’t: it became ulcerated and we had to have it removed. But that was because he kept licking it. Jez isn’t a licker, and anyway can’t get at this.
After the vet I took them over the Heath. We had a nice long walk as it’s a lovely afternoon. And Jez met her friend Findlay the deerhound, and she had a good play with him. He’s a photo of Jez and Findlay that I took last month.
The patches on his side are where his fur was shaved after another dog bit him, poor thing. And he’s so friendly, and bounces around, legs going in all directions.
Once again the dogs got pretty muddy over the Heath. The ice from last month has melted (although we have a little bit more at the moment where it’s cold) and has left thick mud. But at least it was only on one section of the Heath today. Yesterday we went over Upton Heath and I took the dogs up the Roman Road to the viewpoint and then back down across the heath. And for about ¼ mile the path was just thick mud and clay, 2-3 inches deep. It was downhill, so slippery, and you couldn’t really get off the path to avoid it because along that section the gorse grows right up to the edge of the path. It was horrible. And then I couldn’t hose the dogs down when I got home as the hose was frozen. So I just wiped Jez with a towel and put Max in the shower.
Well, I think that’s just about it. I can’t think of anything else much that’s happened.
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