Yesterday we had a walk to the vets that I had noticed and managed to get the dogs some worming tablets, took an age as the vet really wanted to see the dogs and weigh them to give them the right dosage. But we knew this would involve extra expense so luckily I had the receipt in the dogs innoculation books for the last lot of tablets and the vet relented and gave us the pills plus an extra lot for free ( buy 1 get 1 free!!!) saying that 4 tablets cost £28 so the second lot were far from being free.
Today we had to get to Little Venice to the sanitary point, when we got there there was a BW barge moored on the point which made life a bit difficult as it is so narrow there and the fact that the tap is very slow, hate to think what is like in the summer. While waiting for the tank to fill up had a long chat with the BW guys who came to retrieve the barge, they had had a call from the police and were on their way to get a BMW motor bike from the canal. Someones pride and joy obviously taken and dumped. Before we left Paul managed to rescue a nice piece of plywood from amongst the rubbish in the barge (he's one of those people who cant walk past a skip with out rumaging around) all I could think was "what is he like" all this for a piece of wood 2ft by 4ft but as Paul says he has been looking for a nice piece of ply for ages. It looks like I will be able to cross one of the jobs off the "to do" list now he has said bit of wood.
We then went into Little Venice to turn round and make our way back to Kensal. By this time it had got very grey and then the heavens opened, it was freezing and by the time we got back to the mooring the rain was really heavy. The journey had taken us two hours and Little Venice is only up the way. If Jess and I dont meet up this weekend we will go back to Uxbridge and spend another week there, we need to call in the marina get some more coal (missed the coal boat Sunday) and hopefully we can get some more wood on the way too. I also need to post the Christmas cards. Before you know it it will be 2009.
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