My
goodness I’m exhausted. It’s been a very
hectic few days. Monday we had Ma’s
cousin, Sue, on board – what a nice lady she is as she kept giving me lots of
cuddles and telling me how beautiful I am.
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| Just checking behind us |
Tuesday
we did six locks and I can now do them with my eyes closed – well Ma does them
while I mooch about and see what I can find.
It’s hard work though all his hopping on and off the boat and
supervising the lock operation.
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| Is Pa doing those locks right? |
Wednesday
we went into Chester, doing another eight locks on the way. I wasn’t allowed to do the last ones as Ma
thought it was too busy so I sat in my bed on the roof and watched the world go
by. In the evening we went for a walk
down by the River Dee – Pa kept me on my lead in case I fell in. I did try to tell him that I wasn’t going to
do that as it must have been a 20 foot drop and I’m not that silly but he
wasn’t listening. We then came to, what
I now know, is a racecourse. We had to
walk along a boring old pathway while just below us was wonderful grass and
there is nothing I like better than to burn some rubber on soft grass. I pretended to fall down onto the grass off
the path and made the most of my escape.
However I couldn’t get back up – I do hope these legs of mine grow
soon. Eventually, after a lot of
laughter, Pa pulled me up – phew I was getting a little worried.
I
was shattered that night and slept till quite late the next morning. It was
obviously the right thing to do as I got lots of praise for it.
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| The bus was so boring |
On
Thursday I went on a bus! Ma and Pa
seemed to find some lady talking very interesting but I decided to rest my eyes
for a while. We seemed to do a lot of
walking in very boring places today but I did manage to find a few friends to
have a quick play with, mind you some of these townie dogs are rather stuck
up. We had lunch in a rather nice little
hut beside the river – Ma and Pa had a sandwich and good old Ma had remembered
my lunch too. Then it was back on the
bus and being dragged round more boring places.
Still after that they took me back to the racecourse again but this time
I didn’t think I really ought to go onto the track.
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| Just trying to look like a town dog |
I’m
afraid I wasn’t really a good boy during the night. I couldn’t help myself as I really needed a
pee at 2.30am but I guess there was no real excuse for waking up at 5am and
then again at 6am but hey I was bored and wanted to get out onto the deck and
see what was going on. It was then back
up through the locks and a few more friends to play with – the best friend was
a black Cockapoo who is only a few months older than me and was great fun.
Saturday
we headed back to the marina and I had ten locks to supervise – I have to admit
to leaving the last one to Ma and sitting in my bed on the roof as I was just
knackered. Pa had already taken me for a
long walk before we set off and sometimes I think that they forget that my legs
are still very short.
So
my first boating trip is over and I am now at home again. I really enjoyed the week and am looking
forward to going again.
