Month: December 2019

I was tucked up good and early last night and there were no interruptions other than those that are expected once one reaches a certain age and eats loads of watery food in the evening. It was cold but dry as we set off across the field. I walked everyone around for two circuits just…

Fido appears to have some gastric problems necessitating his frequent visits to the outside. Considering the weather, I can see no other reason for him to get me out of bed twice in the night. The second trip included the return of the glowing ball which caused me some amusement. It was still blowing hard…

It was a peaceful night. Isabella was not in her crate so there was no need to let her out and Skinny managed to come inside and remain silent until morning. The alarm woke me and I looked at the weather forecast. It’s been less than reliable recently so I was a little sceptical. As…

It was a more peaceful night as Skinny was left outside and remained quiet. Isabella was free to roam and so spent most of the night on my chair and could go out to wee as and when. The alarm woke me so it took a few moments to get my head around the idea…

My night was interrupted twice due to Skinny and his love-affair. I brought him inside later in the evening and then he started to whine at bedtime. Eventually, I got up and tied him to his line outside. I was later woken by him whining as he’d managed to get himself tied around one of…

I didn’t feel quite so grotty this morning as yesterday however my cold is still definitely present and I’m coughing well. We were out as normal under the stars as it is a new moon which rises with the sun. The dogs were quite excited still but then I put that down to the fact…

I started a cold yesterday evening. It had been creeping up on me for a couple of days but I was trying to ignore it without success. It’s just a cold so I’m likely to survive. I felt a little grotty when I woke up but at least I’d had an unbroken night other than…

It was a peaceful night other than the thunderstorm in the early hours around 03:00. Lots of banging and flashing but not that much water. It was all over at Walking time which was a true bonus. We were out on time although I was unenthusiastic as I’ve been building up to a cold for…

I heard the rainfall during the night but fortunately, it was over by getting-up time. We set off hoping for a dry walk and other than a little light rain for a few minutes, we escaped a bath. At the end of the walk, I took all of the dogs back to the van then…

Fido decided he needed to make an ‘urgent’ visit outside at 03.50 so I got up to let him out. Then I got up to let him back in. I was awake so decided to remain awake plotting a spontaneous outing into the mountains. I charged my Watch and my Phone so that everything would…

Luis declined to join us for the Early Walk as he went back into the van of his own accord and was unwilling to come out. I closed the gate and left him to it. The others were ready to go and Isabella was bouncing around between Fido and Charlie making things difficult as we…

My night was a lot less disturbed as can be seen from my Stand Ring today. It was another night with the door open. It was closed when I was watching TV and eating but I left it open later on. Fancy that for the time of the year? The Early Walk was uneventful other…

It was another rather interrupted night so I managed to be standing for each hour from midnight. The fact that I went to bed around 21:00 and was asleep soon thereafter suggested I had enough sleep. Isabella needed letting out twice and the other times were because I just happened to wake up or because…

Luis again declined the Early Walk retreating back into the van in solitude. Isabella was more interested today however she spent a bit of time with Fido who I let off his lead early on. I took everyone on one circuit then left Oskar and Charlie continuing with Obi and Skinny as Isabella had, by…

There were two absentees on the Early Walk today, Luis and Isabella. They were absent out of choice: Luis emerged from the van, went for a wee then went back inside. Isabella started to follow us up the path then evaporated back to the comfort of a blanket under the awning. The others had a…

There was a lovely moon and it was still and dry as we went for our early walk which amounted to 7.55km today. I just felt like going the extra mile or kilometre in this case. Isabella stuck with us all the way but is paying the price now. She could have opted out and…

At last, the rain has stopped and we enjoyed a good walk on the Promontory, some 7.23km to be precise. There was the moon, it was not windy, only a few raindrops and it was mild. What more could one wish? Just me and my dogs to enjoy the solitude of a Sunday morning to…

The Evening Walk did not take place so Isabella was full of beans having slept for quite a bit of the day. I’d settled down to watch the last part of Gosford Park and the first episode of The Crown as recommended by Ursula. Isabella was sleeping but then woke up and started to be…

The Early Walk was not early as it started to rain just as I was about to get up. It continued to rain so I fell asleep until around 06:20 when I checked out the forecast to have another go. The dogs were ready to leave, we got out the gate and down came more…

Skinny has been maligned as I later discovered he’d not done a runner and jumped over the fence as he wandered into the van later on. I’m not sure where he was but I know that he can get out of the compound but cannot get back in. Also, he was not wet enough as…

No rain this morning but a beautiful moon to welcome us on the Early Walk. The moon lasted quite a while before sinking into a bank of cloud on the western horizon. It was warm and the dogs were reasonably motivated so I took the active group around three times before collecting the others. I…

There was rain last night but I was expecting it to be a washout for the Early Walk. It was drier than expected although still cloudy but not cold. I walked all of the dogs around twice so that we might abort if it began to rain. I left Luis, Charlie and Oskar and did…

No disturbance to my slumbers so I awoke with the alarm. I’d forgotten when the rain was forecast but it was dry and warm outside as we set off for the Promontory. Isabella accompanied us on the whole walk again and things went quite smoothly. We were back at the camping having completed 5.81km by…

I did have to get up in the night but it was a brief affair. It was calm and dry as I came out of the tent with Skinny having released Isabella from her cage. She followed all of the other dogs to the gate so I decided we’d try taking her with us for…

I didn’t need to get up during the night to let Isabella out although she was keen to be let out once my alarm went off. It was not so cool this morning and there was little wind. We did our thing, no one disappeared and we went back to the camping to swap Isabella…

The day has been punctuated by a series of earthquakes the first of which was around 10:45 and the strongest. So far, there have been eighteen quakes on or near Crete however we have felt only about five of them. The strongest, the first, was only 18km southeast of Paleochora. By the look of the…

I almost needed a coat when we went for the Early Walk today. We made it all the way to 04:25 today without having to go for a wee which is an improvement from 02:30 – 03:30! It wasn’t really worth going back to sleep but I went back to bed. The Early Walk, other…

Only one wee visit in the night and it was over and done with reasonably quickly. Hopefully, it will not be too long before we can survive the entire night without having to get up around 03:00. The Early Walk followed the same procedure as the previous days and went smoothly at a good pace.…

Nothing to do with Noele Gordon or a motel (1964-1988). We’d not long set off on the Evening Walk and had just turned right from the field onto the track parallel with Alonáki Beach where a caravan and a motorhome were parked. They have been there several times over the summer and a couple of…

Whilst sitting on the loo, as one does, I was browsing my emails to discover another reminder from RadPower Bikes that my shopping cart was ready to check out. I clicked the link which took me to their web page, checked out and paid with my debit card. All from the comfort of the loo!…

Isabella and I had a little excursion into the compound to make some deposits around 03:00 but it was still warm enough not to hurry back in. At least her bed remains dry and there is no other unpleasantness. We used the same walk method as the previous day with Isabella going out on a…