Those of you who know me
will know I have a haircut once a year.
Since living on the boat I have made it a rule to only use a shop that
allows Buddy in and is also cheap. As luck
would have it I found a shop in Stoke Prior that allowed Buddy in and only
charged £7.50 for a wash and cut.
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Obviously forgotten how to
smile
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I always feel sad for a
few days afterwards but soon get used to it.
I get mixed emotions from the family as half the children prefer it long
and the other half prefer it short. I
say half, but some don’t care either way.
You may wonder why I do it and the only reason, is that I know Karen
likes it to be short sometimes, so, as I’m lucky enough to still have hair that
grows, I give in once a year.
On Tuesday evening we were
off to Stratford to play bridge with our friends but during the afternoon Karen
rang to say she wouldn’t be able to get away from work in time so I cancelled
it. I then found out from one of the
girls that we had the wrong evening anyway so it was just as well we didn’t trek
over to Stratford for a non-event. That’s
the first time in over two years we’ve got a date wrong.
At last we had a rain free
and warm day forecast on Wednesday so, after my early morning haircut, Buddy and I went
for a walk before the heat of the day.
Just down the canal from where we are moored a cat keeps teasing Buddy
and he just stands and stares at it not knowing how to get across. Sometimes it just sits on the gunwales of a
boat on the other side and that winds Buddy up even more as it is then a boat
width closer.
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Buddy and his friend the
cat
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As it was a sunny day I
decided to visit a wild flower meadow that I had seen last week to check out
the butterfly situation. You can’t really
tell from the picture but the meadow was full of different flowers and there
were lots of butterflies on the wing – mainly Meadow Browns.
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Wild flower meadow full of
butterflies but you can’t really seethe variety of flowers or the butterflies
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Male Meadow Brown at rest
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The last part of the walk
took us up a flight of locks and every lock was empty with one of the bottom
gates open. This meant that a boat had
been down and couldn’t be bothered to close the gates. This is just lazy and contributes to water
wastage. Not only had they left gates
open but paddles were left up too. I
know this flight quite well and there is one lock where one of the gates will
swing open when the lock is empty but not the whole flight.
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Paddle up on left hand
gate – right hand gate not closed
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When we got back to the
boat I saw a Comma flying around the flowers on the roof and then got a picture
of it on the towpath displaying its distinctive comma mark.
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Comma butterfly displaying
its distinctive comma mark
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Boat beginning to look summery
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I was planning to service
the engine today but it never happened – in my mind I decided it was too hot. I’ll be having a little cruise on Thursday
morning to get a pump out. It is only
one lock and a mile away so I’ll probably turn around afterwards and come back
to the same spot. At least the engine
will have run so the oil will be warm so I’ll have no excuse but to change the
oil etc.
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