Month: October 2019

“Get Brexit Done!” Approaching storm 16:00 I’ve just returned from our last meal at Houmas Restaurant for 2019. We were the last customers of the summer 2019 season. I expect there may be the odd wedding or even Christmas party before the year is out. They are closed from tomorrow so will be cleaning and…

It was a two-blanket night and I was glad of both! The summer is heading rapidly towards autumn despite the warm days. The forecast for the remainder of the week is far more reasonable than a few days ago. The rain forecast is now only for Saturday and maybe Monday with lower probability and smaller…

My brain is going to be confused by this hour change for a couple more days so it’s unsurprising I was awake early again. I peered out of the still-open door to see that Skinny had wound his line around the guy rope for the SunBlocker. I considered getting up to untangle him but in…

The thirty-minute lie-in was ignored by the dogs and we were leaving the gate at 04:55 (05:55). Hardly surprising as it’s difficult enough for some human beings to understand the hour change so the dogs have no chance. Our walk was lively as all dogs went three times round the Promontory. There was a particularly…

We met Ursula and Heidi at the entrance to the Promontory at 05:15 or thereabouts. I’d explained that to have an extra thirty minutes in bed we’d need to set the alarm thirty minutes early. It sounds counterintuitive but, factoring in the hour change, that’s how it worked out. We walked for less time in…

I felt cold in the night and had to add extra cover. Having looked at the temperature graph this morning, I can understand why. The funny thing was that by the time we were out on the Early Walk the wind was warmer as was the temperature. The mosquitoes realised this and were out in…

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I was in bed earlier than most of the week so woke up a little earlier too. I decided that a visit to the loo and feed the cats might be a good idea before walking the dogs. There was food remaining in nearly all of the bowls, three of which are in the dog…

A doggy event occurred around 03:00 which, in a way, was quite nice as I could see I still had a couple of hours sleeping time ahead of me. I awoke to the doggy excitement which was probably triggered by a nearby pussy event. I went back to sleep to wake on the alarm at…

Luis was not a happy chappy during the night. I needed to go and tend to his hurty bits around 02:00. He then settled down with only a little disturbance sometime later which I chose to ignore. I’d already escorted him outside whereupon he was more interested in the cats in the compound than having…

It was cooler in the night but not cool enough to deter a pesky mosquito which buzzed annoying round my head and nibbled any appendages I might have left protruding from under my covers. It was dark but starry. The moon is rapidly diminishing to leave me depending on my new headtorch to navigate the…

Yesterday ended early this morning as I was working late into the night. I carried on for an hour or so when we came back from the Early Walk. Skinny was most displeased at having to wait for his run out to the bakery where we purchased a cheese pastry for the princely sum of…

The theme for most of the day was dealing with the mail server upgrade at Inter Sport. The Early Walk now seems a very long time ago. The morning began a little early, the same as yesterday. The walk ran on the same lines except Luis and Oskar sat out the first two circuits and…

We were on the Promontory by 05:30 as I woke up early and didn’t think it worthwhile going back to sleep. There was also a certain amount of doggy traffic in the van. The sky, unlike the day before, was almost cloudless with a fine collection of stars and, of course, the moon which shone…

We were out and about by 05:45 and marching down the Promontory. From the outset, Luis was dragging behind so I left him and the others tied to the tree route we used in the summer and walked round once with Skinny. I collected the others leaving Luis and Oskar, another slacker, behind whilst we…

I was looking at my watch to see how much time I had left to sleep when the alarm sounded. It’s difficult to justify lying in bed when you have a Skinny bouncing around outside on the decking. The moon is still bright and I was wearing a polo shirt so felt a little warmer…

I didn’t need the thicker blanket on my bed and ended up throwing it off in the night. I woke up before the alarm so was able to decide who I was, where I was and what I was before getting out of bed. Despite being a little overheated, I slept well. The dogs were…

The rain was very fine as I jogged down Glebe Close just before 04:00. That was simply to lull me into a false sense of security so that I should continue, fall into the complacency trap and go up to the top of Jugg’s Road and get soaked as I cross to the windmill. I…

Only another ten years and we’ll be celebrating your 100th! We decided that Angela, at 93 on 4 July, was the oldest in the room – she has a mere seven years until she does the ton. We had a brilliant time: good company, good food and good entertainment. Thanks to Eleanor who did the…

Another soggy morning although it was only a misty rain as Kallie and I set out to jog over the Downs. She seemed less energetic. Probably due to this being her second 6km+ outing in twelve hours! We made it back only a little damp as the rain was still just a mist. I showered…

The rain on the Velux continued for most of the morning so I abandoned hope of going out running and sat working on my laptop until lunchtime. The rain finally stopped but I’d just eaten a meal so it was not the time to go for a run. Instead, Kallie and I went for a…

Kallie and I went for our little trot out first thing. We met some descending runners and Brenda Page with here dog as we climbed Jugg’s Road towards the windmill. It was a dry but chilly day however most of the muddy areas were easily passable and it was firm underfoot on the grass. The…

The rain falling on the Velux window persuaded me that jumping out of bed wasn’t such a good idea so it was quite late when Kallie and I set off for our jaunt. There were lots of people heading off to work and school as we jogged up Bell Lane towards the King’s Head. From…

The night was short due to our wild evening out at Third Eye so the alarm shattered my blissfuls. Skinny was waiting ‘patiently’ with Obi skittering about next to him. Obi’s back paws now exposed to the elements following the removal of his blue socks after his claw operation. I marshalled and we set off…

Surprised to be woken by the alarm as I’d fallen back to sleep unexpectedly. The forecast rain was not falling which was a bonus and the sky was only patchy with a few clouds. Plenty of stars were out making it a delightful morning. I could see the light of Ursula’s torch and she was…

For some reason, probably because I went to sleep quite early, I was awake long before the alarm sounded. I read the newspapers in bed before getting up and setting off with the dogs at exactly 05:30. The Promontory car park contained one red minivan from Hanover and there was no one on the Promontory…

Poor Skinny was attached to the fence waiting for the others when there was a short shower. I was in the process of marshalling the dogs ready to depart for the Early Walk and the shower came. It lasted only a few seconds and was just sufficient to dampen the sand and the decking. A…

My slumbers were disturbed by the strong wind. Obi, who was sleeping on a blanket under the awning, was also disturbed when a couple of light plastic crates blew over beside him. He took shelter under the decking considering that a safer location. I was up early because of the wind so marshalled the dogs…

I could see the light of Ursula’s headtorch on the bushes of the Promontory as I walked across the Grammeno Beach carpark with the dogs. We were not as early as yesterday but Ursula was ahead of us all the way. I let Luis and Charlie off however they seemed uninterested in charging after Ursula…

I wanted to get ahead of the day so got up at 05:15 so I’d have the time to catch the cats and have some breakfast. We managed four circuits of the Promontory and then Ursula and Heidi arrived. I took the others over the rocks and then went back to the camping. I put…

Awoken by the alarm again, despite an early night, I ‘jumped’ out of bed and we were out on the Promontory by 05:45. The walk was very pleasant with the wonderful pink dawn light percolating up from below the eastern horizon. Ursula said she didn’t even see nor hear Oskar who was tied to a…