Having prepared for strong winds yesterday and nothing really happened, the wind is making up for it today. At least I feel more justified taking the effort to strike the awning. The strongest gust today so far is 62km/h which is around 40mph in old money. It has started to get more blowy recently and, if it does this all night, it will be quite annoying. Still, it should clear all the FreeLoaders from the Promontory so we can resume our more traditional routes in the mornings. The Private Access is now almost second nature to the dogs and I think I have quite a good marshalling system at the moment. Pea is still on the decking in his box so he goes first, then the Brown Dogs although Luis always seems to be the last. Then Princess followed by Boris. We all then go into the SDC where Boris is clipped to the fence and the others to the outside fence. Then it’s a matter of getting Oskar, Minnie and Charlie before setting off for the walk. Sort of the reverse on return except Pea stays in the SDC as does Fido.
Solent sail shades emailed their invoice for posting my sail shade to Grammeno this morning so hopefully they will dispatch and it will arrive soon. I’m looking forward to not having to cower under the carob tree whenever a strong wind is forecast. It will really come into its own in the winter when the easterly and northerly winds can blow for days.
More IT support requests today and I am awaiting a call from Richard Harding at Inter Sport in Lewes. Apparently someone put the kettle on taking out half of the network. I can still only see a few of their computers so am concerned that they still have problems.
Charlie is the only Small Dog out of the SDC at present and is conducting a detailed survey of all the smells by the west boundary fence and entrance gate. He is being very thorough. Boris’ corner evening and night-time hole is now at sub-basement level. He is lying out with his tail protruding under the chain link where he has dug down. Soon he will undermine the concrete post leaving only the post supports to retain the post.
Earlier, from my under-carob vantage point, I could hear murmurings from outside the gate. Someone was talking to Dave. Looking through the CCTV I could see there was a woman petting Dave so I went to investigate. She seemed concerned that Dave was isolated from the others in the storeroom. I assured her that was his choice and he is given every opportunity to come in if he desires. She tells me she is staying on the camping for a few days. We agreed that animal welfare was lacking in Greece although there are quite steep fines for cruelty if you get caught.
The nice people at N26 bank confirmed that my money arrived this morning. In less than two days. Impressive. The fact that Transferwise uses Barclays may have had something to do with it. It pleased me to note that GBP has fallen yet again today vindicating my decision to transfer a larger amount.
Luis has just been caught out. He was vociferous whilst confined to the cage this morning so I brought the hose to my chair under the carob in order to give him a squirt if he continued. It’s been there all day and he decided it time for a bit of noise. I turned round, without leaving my chair, a was in the perfect position to zap him where he was standing under the van. He was somewhat taken aback and looked rather surprised. If you feel he’ll ever get the message learn from his experiences, I shouldn’t hold your breath. Ursula describes Luis’ behaviour as ‘dumb insolence’
There is the sound of digging and hammering from without. I was hoping people would all be going now that the holiday has passed. I’m a little premature and wishful. Not that the people bother me when they are up close, just that I’d rather not have to worry about bothering them. When most of the customers are in the front part of the camping, much of the sound is deflected by the storeroom. At least the green sheeting on the fence absorbs some of the sound. But I’ll be happier when they all disappear. Except the Septober VIP visitors of course!
You will doubtless be delighted to learn that the commanding officer of the Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, is one, Captain Kyd. Not quite the spelling for the notorious captain Kidd but it sounds the same. Looking at the photos of the crew quarters on board, things have changed since I was last aboard an RN ship.
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