Josh & Ben to Eva
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 25 Aug 2018 22:57
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Josh and Ben to
Eva
  We left Eva on time, on schedule to
pick Josh and Ben up at Bird’s grooming parlour (now
in business for fifteen months). Fifteen minutes after leaving, we notice the
temperature gauge going up and down like a fiddlers elbow. After half an hour it
reaches the top (130 degrees) Ooooooooo. We stop and Bear goes to sniff, the
expansion tank had water in it, a quick call to Adam who referred to a techy,
“don’t go too far at 130 degrees, get it in for a check over asap”. Right then.
We carry on for a while and two miles from Handforth we stop again. For the
first time since my late teens, I knock on the nearest door and a terrified,
tiny Asian lady furnished me with three bottles of water. We fill the radiator
and wait a while. We park behind the shop an hour late finding Bird mid-groom of customer Rufus. Ben and Josh refill the
three bottles three times so we must have sprung a leak. Oooooo time for a
growl.
   Bird and
her two assistants - Jessica and Melissa busy with customers.
 Josh posing
with Bird’s pooch, Lilo.
  The car played nice on the way back
to Clitheroe and had an impromptu break when we stopped to feed the very hungry
boys at KFC. Next stop, Tesco to load up with two sets of supper, treats and
bits, once unloaded on Eva we made the most of the sunshine and headed with the
football down to the grass next to the park. The
first time we have had extended sun since the day we arrived nearly three weeks
ago. A good kick-about.
 The serious business of pebble skimming selection.
  Ben’s choice.
If you can’t find one on the shore – go in for
one.
 One or two ducks
came over for a nosy.
  Then several ducks
came and they called some friends.
   Meet Pepe,
he was inherited into a family when the lady of the houses mum died. He moved in
where his own sister and a poodle live. His habit is to strip the coloured layer
off any ball of any size........
   He barked at me to kick his ball so Pepe kicked for
Pepe.
  Pepe may
be small but he has a giant character. Meanwhile, we were in fits watching his sister dry herself, her owners put her towel down and
she got to it propelling herself along by her back feet as her shoulders and
head got a good rub. Millie was non too impressed.
 The boys played with Millie and Penny
as Pepe swung from his
ball...........Yay.
   A friendly
wrestle, that not once strayed beyond fun.
  We introduced the boys to our brand of pitch and putt, kick the ball from one green
to the next and the final shot has to touch the flagpole.
  We enjoyed the recently mowed grass, still wet from all the rain we have
had.
   Josh’s two wet
patches look like a panda, I thought. Final
run before we head to the play park for a
while.
 After showers the boys settle with grandpa for supper while I finish putting
Ben’s bits on the top bunk indoors. Josh chose the pup tent for his nest in the
awning. All jobs done, time to settle in our nest for a film before
bedtime.
ALL IN ALL GREAT TO HAVE THE
BOYS
FUN, SUNSHINE AND A VEHICULAR
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