Getting up this morning was a challenge for Baggy! Not because Hormonal Hannah was being difficult, nope, just because she was exhausted. Well yes Clever Bird might be right, it could also have had something to do with the whole bottle of wine that Baggy consumed last night of course. And the sugar-rush caused by the half box of Lindor chocolates consumed - there's a very good reason for that though, they were a new flavour, orange, and Lindor are Baggy's favourite chocolates, so she had to try them. Possibly not half the box, but still, they were there. It would have been the whole box had number one furry not eaten the rest. Oh, and the quarter of a large Victoria Sponge cake might have added to the problem as well. But anyway, she did enjoy it all! And she did manage to get up.
Furry Mama and Calum took Minty Mutt for a walk via the (seriously naughty over-tempting) farm shop. They were good, Calum did buy cakes, but for everyone at the new yard, not for Baggy and him. Mind you there is still a half a cake left at home! A chicken was purchased for tea and bread and ham to make sarnies to take to the yard.
Grotty Groom and Cal then left Minty Mutt with a pile of biscuits, a Western on the telly and the cats for company and headed to the yard. There was a clinic happening in the indoor school today and Grotty wanted to see what it was all about, as well as spending some time with the Boys. The manager greeted them when they arrived to say that the Boys had been fast asleep when their breakfast was delivered at 5.00am. And that they'd been out for a leg stretch. Joey wasn't bothered by anything, but Wesley was rather concerned about the new environment and not totally convinced that he wanted to be out in it. No surprises there then!
Grotty and Calum groomed the Boys (who'd already been groomed), but who enjoyed the extra pampering as they munched their ad lib hay. They enjoyed the extra carrots even more and settled down for another snooze as Grotty and Calum went off to watch the groundwork clinic for a while. It's the kind of stuff that Grotty loves doing with Wesley, but as she watched it for a while longer, Clever Bird realised that it wasn't the method that Grotty likes to use, so she headed off to unload more bits from the car and store them in their special boxes in the tack room: boots, hats, body protectors, air jacket, grooming kits etc etc. The boxes were soon full!
Back to the Boys for more cuddles.
They seem extremely relaxed in their new homes. One very big thing less for Freda Fretter to worry about!
After a few more carrots were distributed, they headed home. On the way, they drove past a Care Home that Calum's Great Aunt has moved in to. Calum wanted to visit her, as he's not seen her for years and Baggy has never met her. So in they went. They explained to the staff who they were, just as the lady herself arrived in the hall. It took quite a while to explain who Calum was as she could not hear well, and Calum is disguised behind a red and green beard. But once she realised, they spent a pleasant ninety minutes chatting and reminiscing. She is ninety-seven years old, but looks seventy and is as sharp as a twenty year old. She is a wonderful poet and recited one of her poems to Calum and Baggy - Creative Clara loved it and wished she'd had her phone on to record it! Next time maybe. She said that she never usually walked around as her leg was bad, which was the only reason she had gone into care, and it was only the second time she had been to the front door in months, so she was beginning to believe in a God, because she'd found us there and thought we were visiting someone else. Lovely lady.
The roast chicken supper is now just coming together, (Calum is in charge) while Creative Clara blogs and tries to resist opening another bottle of wine.......
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