Booton, 6 July 2021 - Brody's Ride

The day started around 4:40 with "Wuf".  With Brody's conditions the way they are we no longer ignore these calls, so he was allowed into the garden. Unfortunately for us this simply convinced him it was breakfast time.  Every time we came close to dozing off again there was another "wuf", quieter than the first but enough to wake someone who is not in a deep sleep.  I allowed him to sleep by my bed, but that didn't work either, he was awake and wanted breakfast, so the nagging did not stop.

When we finally gave in it was only about 20 minutes before the normal time, I really hope this hasn't started a trend.

Then the challenge of the first morning away began - find things the right size to measure out breakfast and bowls the right size to cook the porridge in.  That done, and eaten, it was time to investigate the shower.  The batheroom, like the rest of the cabin, is very modern and a little minimalist.  There is no soap dish in the shower, in fact there is almost no space for anything in the bathroom, but the room is not small, just underdeveloped.

All ready for the day, but unwilling to get soaked in the pouring rain, we relaxed for a while.

When a break in the weather appeared we drove into Reepham for supplies, and brought fruit in the local shop - served in paper bags.  We also drove the half mile out of town to the Co-op for things we couldn't get in town, reurned home, because the rain had started again.

When the rain stopped we drove to The Crown (near the Co-op) for lunch.  The food was very good, and the service very friendly.  Brody sat by the table and ignored the other dogs, just had we always has, bringing priase from the staff.

Lunch over we set off down the Marriotts Way heritage trail. It was once part of the Easter Union Railway, as this plaque show.

By now Brody was struggling badly, so I returned to the car for the pushchair.  Below he has yet to contemplate getting in.  To say he was reluctant would be an understatement, but with the hlp of some dog food, he climbed in and settled for a while.  He does not like being trapped in it and tried to get out a number of times. Once I closed the front flap (open in the picture) and opened the top flap he was a lot happier.

We called in to the Panther brewery shop to pic up some local brew for tomorrow evening and later in the holiday.  

The returned home to relax in front of the tennis.  Jo had bought some Norfolk Paddle cheese, which was great with crackers and salad for tea.

Then for a short walk to settle Brody for the night.  Jo stopped him walking in the stream, so instead he flopped in the mud a little further on and needed a wash.

Back home in time for the second half of ITA SPN.

Booton, 5 July 2021 - Brody and Cookie deletion

The bags are packed - almost.  Some have found their way to the car, others are in the hall, one or two are still upstairs.  Brody has been uneasy for a day or two now, aware that something is happening but unable to understand what.  He paces around, sniffing in corners, hopeful.  Hopeful that we're not leaving him behind for sure, but hopeful of a little piece of missed food too.  There's a bag in the hall that smells good, the food is in another bag, one that is easily torn open.  That gives access to Oat and raisin cookies.  They are gone in an instant -deleted for all time - all five of them.  Just the crumbs are left as evidence of the crime, and that's when he is caught.  We just hope the grapes in them do not affect him, we are fairly sure they won't because we've been here before!

The journey was only a little longer than the two hours and a few minutes predicted by the sat-nav, that was mainly because we stopped for a cup of tea and to give Brody his drugs.  We found the Beekeeper's cabin easily enough, but went straight past it at the first attempt - the road goes nowhere so turning around was the only option.  The cabin is like a large 'garden room' so I'm thinking we could earn a little extra by putting one in our garden.

I'm not sure holidaying in Billericay would have many takers though.

After unloading the car we walked to Cawston to visit the pub, but due to COVID restrictions they have decided to close on Mondays, so we walked back again straight away, and ate some of the food we had bought with us.  That means shopping tomorrow.  The walk was around 4 miles so Brody was VERY tired.  After a drink he went to bed and snored all the way through our evening our meal.

So far the accomodation is very nice.  The wifi is a little weak, but was good enough for a chat with Karen, Robbie and Mady, so we're happy with that.