Month: June 2025

A day at work and we were so busy. In fact it is the most I have taken on a Monday! Also of course trying to raise extra money for Bowelbabe month. Thankfully we had some generous customers.

Father’s Day. Rhys was planning on a surprise visit to the beach hut to wish Mal a happy Father’s Day but he is not well and is in bed and upset because he can’t go… not a good Father’s Day for him.  Tris and Dom were planning on visiting him down there as well. I made the decision that I would take Mal down there and come back to Ellie. I imagine Mal having a few drinks and trying to carry Ellie back up the hill …potential disaster!  So, he can have time down there with his kids.

I made him a smoked salmon and scrambled egg breakfast, then he had an hour at the allotment. I then dropped him off at the beach hut. He had a good time.

In the evening we watched Soccer Aid.

 

What a night, streets flooded and some houses and also a lot of shops at Westwood Cross couldn’t open because they were flooded out.

Mal had the crazy idea a few months ago that he had never had a beach hut and so wanted one for a week. Dumpton Gap is the only beach close by that allow dogs all the time.  So, he booked one. We had to collect the keys today from Broadstairs. Bad timing with Ellie supposed to be resting all the time added to which it is a steep path down to the beach. Mal said he didn’t care he would carry her, which he did. We then had to keep her in the beach hut as there was too much going on outside that she would have loved to have joined in. But lack of sleep the previous night and she slept a lot of the day. We took it in turns sitting with her.

But the view was lovely!

We took our chicken salad lunch with us and tea bags etc. even though there is a cafe close by.  I have to say Ellie was very good considering her normal thing was to run along the beach. When it was time to go, she just kept staring at the beach, so Mal carried her down the steps to allow her a very short paddle which she loved.

Then of course Mal had to carry her back up the steps and then up the steep path back to the car and lift her into the car! As he says it is cheaper than going to the gym!

A slightly more settled night for Ellie, she is having complete rest in the day. She lays in front of the fan in the bedroom.

Another hot day and Kent Lavender Ladies had a meet up with several other groups spending the day in Broadstairs. Only four of our group were able to make it but we didn’t mind we had such a good time.  We met up at The Pavilion to have lunch and sat in one of their beach huts.

After lunch we walked along to Morelli’s Gelato and met up with the other ladies from several groups from north Kent and Essex.

It really was a lovely afternoon putting faces to the names.

It was also the first day of the Dickens Festival but we didn’t see much of that! The weather forecasters kept threatening a raging storm for our area late evening and goodness were they right! It was horrendous, lightning was so fast, thunder so loud and torrential rain and hail. It meant Ellie was panicking and I had hardly any sleep again! Dover and Deal streets were flooded and some of the houses.

A lovely day but of course we couldn’t take Ellie out and so I sat out in the garden with her.  Mal went to the allotment for a short time.

We watched the final of Race Across the World. I have to say slightly disappointed in the couple who won!

We didn’t take Ellie for a walk because of her poorly leg but met up with Lou and two of our grandsons at The Bell in Minster. We took Ellie with us and sat out in the garden in the beautiful sunshine and had lunch. Not often we get together so was lovely to see them all.

We took Ellie to the vets in the afternoon. The nurses made such a fuss of her in the reception area. Ellie has lost a kilogram and this vet , Antonia, said she shouldn’t lose any more. I haven’t changed the amount she has, so we will up her food slightly. She gave Ellie a thorough examination and said her heart is very good.

She thinks it is arthritis in her back legs and maybe spondylitis. She gave her Metacam and we have to return on Tuesday for a blood test. She may need X rays but along with that comes risk because of the anaesthetic, so at the moment it is a question of step by step and now complete rest. Then we have to think of physiotherapy.

Mal now carries her up the stairs at night but she had a very restless night even though we had the fan on. I guess she was pulled around quite a bit at the vets.

We took the car in for MOT. Dropped it off at 8.30 and walked back home. It was too far to take Ellie with her bad leg, it’s only short walks at the moment, vets tomorrow.

Service, MOT and new cambelt and it was all complete in one day thank goodness. Impressed with this garage as it is a new one we have used (new to us) and is in Sandwich.

Better not to talk about the England football game, not good losing 3-1.