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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 30, 2016 9:42:27 GMT
Just got back after an early morning stroll (to take the volvo to get some new brake pads). My route is along the Basingstoke canal. What an utterly fantastically glorious morning. Air as crisp and clear as glass, Clear clear blue skies with a egg yellow sun, leaves crunching under foot in the -6c frost, its cold, a dry cold, no wind, very still air, so its not "in your face" cold.
I am now down to one crutch, I can walk short distances with none, but its not a good gait and would cause trouble later if i let that develop, so for the long game I wont push it. My walk this morning was 1k, and of course there will be the return. Should be a little warmer by then!
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Post by Humph on Nov 30, 2016 9:50:47 GMT
Sounds like it's all healing well. Good stuff. Parky enough up here too, but very pretty along the Shropshire Union at the back of us. Usual bunch of over protective dog owners along there yesterday with poor wee mutts not allowed off their leads and stupid little coats on. My wee guy just loves to run and run and I suspect if I tried to put a coat on him he'd take it very badly indeed.
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Post by Alanović on Nov 30, 2016 10:01:23 GMT
Basingrad Canal, eh? I wonder how the bank repairs I built last year are doing. Was just a few yards up from St Johns Lye on the south bank. -6 was the lowest I saw on the car display this morning too, in the sticks between Reading and Basingrad. Anyone see lower?
I think my dog's eyesight has pretty much gone, along with her hearing. She's started to walk in to trees. I put a hi-viz jacket on her when out and about, just in case she does something daft. Probably a pointless exercise but the children think it's cute. The dog's Happy enough in general and plenty waggy at meal times etc, gets a bit confused about where she is in the house, but not quite bad enough for the inevitable I don't think. Matter of months I expect, 18th birthday coming up in April.
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Post by Humph on Nov 30, 2016 10:09:23 GMT
18 eh? She's done well. What make is she?
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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 30, 2016 10:23:52 GMT
Basingrad Canal, eh? I wonder how the bank repairs I built last year are doing. Was just a few yards up from St Johns Lye on the south bank. -6 was the lowest I saw on the car display this morning too, in the sticks between Reading and Basingrad. Anyone see lower? I think my dog's eyesight has pretty much gone, along with her hearing. She's started to walk in to trees. I put a hi-viz jacket on her when out and about, just in case she does something daft. Probably a pointless exercise but the children think it's cute. The dog's Happy enough in general and plenty waggy at meal times etc, gets a bit confused about where she is in the house, but not quite bad enough for the inevitable I don't think. Matter of months I expect, 18th birthday coming up in April. I know the bank repairs well, dog found the bottom of the freshly drained canal, very very messy and very very smelly was the outcome. Canal is now refilled. As long as your dog is happy with its limitations, then no need for immediate action. As soon as its apparent it has become anxious, then over rainbow bridge i think.
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Post by Alanović on Nov 30, 2016 11:11:34 GMT
18 eh? She's done well. What make is she? Jack Russell. Which is mongrel, really. Mongrels are the best breed, bar none. She is short haired and short legged, I suspect a dachshund in the mix somewhere, Queen Anne legs and a dachsie type temperament. Unless you're another dog, particularly if you're white and fluffy, then all hell is unleashed.
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Post by Humph on Nov 30, 2016 12:10:47 GMT
My dog is white and fluffy...
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Post by Alanović on Nov 30, 2016 12:18:59 GMT
Good job it's in Cheshire then, and mine's gone blind.
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Post by Humph on Nov 30, 2016 12:26:39 GMT
Er, yes, I can sort of see the logic in that. Mine is very placid and never gets into conflict with other dogs unless they bring it on, when he sort of shrugs his shoulders and faces up to them in an "okay then, if you insist, but I really have stopped being nice now, so be very sure of your next move" sort of way. Never goes submissive or runs away. Maybe he's just stupid of course...
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Post by Alanović on Nov 30, 2016 12:35:42 GMT
Mine's always been pretty placid, but there's something about white fluff which sets it off. Managed to get itself involved with a white malamute once, thought it was going to get eaten in one gulp. I think her fighting days are over.
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Post by Humph on Nov 30, 2016 15:41:12 GMT
Don't fall into the canal on the way back for the car NB, it'll be dark soon...😁
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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 30, 2016 15:47:58 GMT
Don't fall into the canal on the way back for the car NB, it'll be dark soon...😁 He's back. Pleased too, new pads and disk on the rear of the Volvo, £260 quid. Its only about 100 quid more than I would have DIY'd it(with a lot of faff and agro to get the EPB wound off)
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Post by Humph on Nov 30, 2016 15:51:06 GMT
That's not bad at all, can't remember what new fronts were on the last car but it would have been more than that for sure. Lasted 96,000 miles between changes though, which I think is pretty good for front pads and discs.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 18:26:49 GMT
Yes, lovely day today, but regretfully spent in an office and a conference on complicated residential valuations (yes there are some). Polo, our white Bolognaise, seems to like the cold and spends hours running around the frost encrusted garden. I hope this chill stays till the weekend - it so much nicer going for a ramble with Espadrille and Polo than squelching through mud.
Got to drive over the Pennines tomorrow to Hull and Donacaster. Hope it doesn't snow overnight. The M62 will be dreadful.
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