More Nice Days Out….

…So we’re still delivering the wretched Yellow Pages. We’ve done about 130 miles on the job this week and still have another day to do. But we’ve seen some glorious countryside, and some wonderful properties – from a colonnade-fronted mansion straight out of Gone With The Wind and a Victorian hunting lodge set in many acres of carefully-tended gardens, to ramshackle structures seemingly held up by the scrap and rubbish stacked up around them. Oh, and the dogs we met – why do sheepdogs so often have eyes of different colours? Why are so many Labradors fat and slobbery? Why are so many supposed guard dogs so easily charmed by a kind word and a pat from a stranger? Why do tiny dogs have an irritating yappy bark that makes you long to kick them over the fence?
And as for the humans… some, living in isolated cottages miles from anywhere, were clearly unused to seeing people; one or two of them looked at us as if we were aliens, our little Fiat a disguised flying saucer, the directory we handed them some strange gift from another planet. But lots were friendly and interesting, happy for a chat.

So it’s been an interesting and busy week. Healthwise, I’m feeling much better, maybe the fresh air and getting out of the house has something to do with that. Having to give up work was quite a blow for me – not because of the money but because I met so many interesting people and got out and about generally. These days I’m a bit stuck in the house, and easily bored.
I’m very disappointed that we won’t be doing this job again. But the money just isn’t worth the work, not to mention the potential damage to our little car from going up and down those miles of rough unmade farm tracks.
Had my tests at the surgery today – been feeling so healthy that I fully expect them to find nothing wrong!