Autumn on the cut!

November 12th 2014

Hello Folks,

The clocks have gone back and the days are shorter. It's 4 o'clock now, still quite light but it gets dark quickly from here on....

Is it me or has Firework night turned into Firework Fortnight? Oh please give them a rest! And it's not because of the dogs, they don't really turn a hair being gun dogs. We both think they should only be used by organised teams of people and not sold to general public, that would reduce the injuries and save the Emerency services. Rant over!!

We had a fair trip from Penkridge to Blisworth, here we met up with Warren and had an evening to catch up. Then down through Stoke Bruerne to Grafton Regis. Here Karen and I took Darley to our vet in Newport Pagnall. Disappointingly  she had made no improvement. Caroline kept her on the same drugs and wanted to see her in another three weeks.

During the two and a half weeks that followed we stopped at Cosgrove for a night or two, Bolbeck Park, where Diane and Gordon came for lunch. Then Fenny Stratford, Leighton Buzzard and Grove Lock to see Corinne. We had a lovely evening with her on Avanti. A couple of good dog walks and a nice little park there.

It was after going around the park on the Sunday 12th October that Darley took a turn for the worse in the afternoon. She deteriorated so quickly, Corinne drove us to the Emerency vet in Walnut tree, MK. There was nothing else they could do for her, I had known she was in distress during the journey. We had to make that most dreadful decision. I can not put into words how we both felt. The next few days was just like a nightmare. We couldn't beleive she was gone.
A week later Heidi took me back to collect her ashes. Both The Emergency vet and Willow vet were so kind, cards and a packet of forget me knot seeds.


We are at Marsworth junction, arrived today. We spent last weekend at Grove Lock visiting Corinne and then a slow jaunt to here. Karen is arriving on Sunday, hopefully being dropped off, having left her car back at Fenny Stratford. Then we can cruise it back......

I've arranged a supermarket delivery to the bridge behind us for Saturday morning! It's the first time using a bridge so cross fingers it works! Pub car parks are easy!


Enterprise Car Hire have agreed to let us hire a car for a week in January when visiting Dad and family. We don't have the documents they ask for as ID, but they kindly agreed to others. Thank you Enterprise!!

At the end of the month Geoff's brother, Chris and Catalina are visiting for the weekend, looking
forward to that!

When we have turned around we aim to go back to MK. Stopping at Campbell Park to look at the shops, I say look, not shop! Don't do that!
Then probably Gifford Park for a couple of weeks, moving down to Cosgrove mid December. Staying there till end of Febuary depending on the weather.


I have finished my first rag rug, I shall pop a pic on for you to see. The dogs seem to adopted it already! Starting another but not so big. For something so simple they are very affective!