Saturday, October 1, 2022

Red sky in the morning ......

It's dry when Sophie heads out on her start of day comfort break .The morning sunrise signals what's in store for us.... real 'Red sky in the morning' weather. We look at the deer. The deer look at us.  After that the skies open. Solid, unrelenting rain . 


Sophie is delighted that there are deep puddles to dance in. What joy it is to stand in the middle of a puddle, in a gale, while your human companion urgently tries to coax you home. This is dawdling weather and a time to feign clinical deafness.. and obstinacy. Getting soaked is part of life.  All of our PONs have demonstrated this indifference to the elements coupled to an enthusiasm for venturing out at the absolute height of the storm.  A large pile of dog towels is now positioned, strategically, in the porch. Sophie's double layer coat can absorb her body weight in water and given half a chance she'd bring it all indoors before shaking herself dry. 

It's been a busy week. We have met with all sorts of tradesmen but have made less progress on the house than we'd planned.  This coming  week we hope to get the curtain people here to measure and talk through the designs for the new front and back extensions with the architect. We both had our Covid and flu injections. One in each arm. I'd somehow thought that they would have been combined into one injection. 'The Font' had slight soreness but it soon disappeared.

Angus, who has never had a reaction to anything in his life, was at first 100%, but the next morning  felt a bit yeugh. He skipped lunch ( unheard of ). By mid-afternoon climbing the stairs was an ordeal. Early into bed and fifteen hours of solid, uninterruptable sleep .The next morning the symptoms had entirely gone . Was it the Covid jab or the flu jab that was responsible ?

Travelling to London is now so, so easy. The station is fifteen minutes away and the local airport twenty. The train via Edinburgh takes  just under five and a half hours and the plane ( only one crack of dawn flight a day in one of those antique things with two engines at the back)  from front door to city centre is three and a half . In future I'll probably get a train that gets in mid-afternoon and then  return at lunchtime the next day. Both ways by train doesn't leave much time to get anything done.

Angus would like to do this. 'The Font' is less enthusiastic :https://overlandyukon.com/


11 comments:

Tigger's Mum said...

Tell the Font that F's bro and his less than enthusiastic wife did something like this before covid (bought their own truck) and both came back raving about it. Mr T

Teena and Lala said...

Pons and puddles. Perhaps they should be renamed Polish Lowland Water Dogs.

And why are they all so good at an Elvis Presley impression?

Got to love them.

x

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari Om
You can practice 'overlanding' right here in Scotland (That company is based in Dunoon!) Clearly, Sophie is already practising off-road living. YAM xx

Travel said...

To paraphrase something I read recently, some dogs walk in the rain, some humans just get wet. She enjoys the walk. There is a reality TV show "Gold Rush" mostly filmed in the Yukon, pretty part of the world, I am not much for camping, I think I would fly in and out.

WFT Nobby said...

The Yukon Territory has always sounded to me like an impossibly romantic destination. However, a reality check on the summer insect situation might be in order...
Cheers! Gail.
PS Could Angus pick up the Caledonian Sleeper in Leuchars? It's generally a civilised way to travel.

Coppa's girl said...

What a spectacular sunrise to be followed by rain leaving spectacular puddles for Sophie! My first and third Labs would have loved them - they too, feigned deafness when wallowing.
Would definitely prefer a van to explore the Yukon (not that I'm likely to go) it looks more civilised.
Builders seem to be much in demand these days. I've just had a quote for work to be done in early 2020, but Covid scuppered that. At least here they can't blame Brexit!

Vancouver Barbara said...

I hope you do it. A friend just returned to Vancouver from a road trip so she could dip her toes in the Arctic Ocean. The scenery is completely spectacular. She drove a van that she outfitted herself. And is going back for the Solstice next year.

rottrover said...

THAT SUNRISE!! Spectacular way to start your day. I'm thinking that come time to travel, you and The Font may want to seek warmer climes. I guess we'll see!

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

Methinks its the Covid booster. Had mine yesterday, felt fine all day, woke up with every joint sore. It lasted until lunch, then I was good to go. By the way... we made it to St. Kilda! Gorgeous day, the sea like glass. x

Kten said...

All 3 of my Covid jabs have made me very sick. Getting worse each time. I hesitate to get the 4th. Rest up

Tara said...

The Jeep adventure reminds me of a family trip to Hawaii. We headed to a remote beach. I was concerned about scraping the bottom out of a rental as we drove around and over the rocky terrain. We went for quite a while, picking up a family with small kids on the way. I stopped when the Jeeps stopped (we had a Ford Explorer) and we walked the rest of the way.

Same thing with the boosters. I get a flu shot every year (otherwise, I get the flu and am knocked out for 2 wks). No issues there. Got the initial 1 & 2 Covid shots, no issue. Both Covid boosters have taken me down for a day or two with fever. That was unexpected.