Damp and gloomy were the conditions as I peered out of the ground-floor bedroom window at the back garden. It was 05:30 when I prised myself from my bed and got prepared to run. Καλή had joined me the previous morning and appeared promptly as I was putting on my trainers. We set off together down Glebe Close towards Bell Lane. There were some possessions, including a wallet containing a few coins, scattered across the pavement: I moved them to one side and we continued. We puffed our way up Juggs Lane and across the bridge over the A27 Lewes bypass then the steep section up to the field with the windmill residence. Καλή was on the lead all the time so was prevented from running after the rabbits which scurried off at our approach. Down Ashcombe Lane, through Kingston Village then heading back along Kingston Road towards Lewes. She was flagging a little as we approached Glebe Close.
Eleanor was preparing to leave for work as we came into the house and we were to meet up at Aqua restaurant at 13:30 for a family meal. After a shower and some breakfast, I took Καλή to Greyfriars in the car as I was to deliver mother to church at 10:10. We walked around the Railway Land with Καλή off the lead as I felt I could trust her by now. We enjoyed a very pleasant wander around meeting up with other dogs and their owners. She behaved impeccably with both dogs and their owners. We headed back to Greyfriars where I exchange Καλή for mother and we set off for St Pancras church where I dropped her off.
There was some spare time after the church-run and Eleanor had asked me to take Καλή for a walk before lunch. We entered the Railway Land via the woods and followed the west boundary with the Seaford/Eastbourne/Hastings railway. Soon we met up with a couple who had a Staffie and another dog, both rescues. We chatted and continued together. The couple were planning to head across the water-meadows where graze the cows. I said I wouldn’t follow due to Καλή’s propensity to roll in cowpats. Too late! She managed to discover a cowpat on the boundary of the field and roll in it – yuk!
Time was progressing so I had to decide what to do with this disgusting creature. Taking it back to Greyfriars would cause untold stress so I opted to head up to Lawrence Broking to wash her at his outside tap. I then considered that I might not look too good afterwards to changed plan and took her back home to confine her in the kitchen until our return when I could deal with the Aftermath.
By this time, the assembled company at Aqua were ready for their meal and I had to walk back from Glebe Close. When asked why I didn’t drive there, I replied that a rental with cow poo was bad enough but iced with dog puke would be too much. This car is still very new and smells that way. I don’t want to have to return it smelling like a cesspool.
We had an enjoyable meal at Aqua then returned to Glebe Close for coffee for those that partake. Eleanor arrived before me depriving me of the Καλή task. After coffee and the usual family chitchat, the group broke up around 18:00 and I was in bed by 20:00 (22:00 EEST). I’d not been to bed early for a couple of nights and it was catching up on me.
Καλή and I probably walked around 15km together that day…
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