LOST

I managed to finish work yesterday at quite a reasonable time. It was a tough day, what with the bus saga, the accountant coming (had to hide my in trays to stop her nosing through them), so when I got home, after putting the dishes away, sweeping up, putting washing out, putting washing away etc, I decided a little lay on the bed with my book was in order. After reading two pages I could feel my eyes closing.

 Now I could have given into a little siesta but it was such a nice evening I decided to go exploring with Ice. I couldn't take the chihuahuas as they are a bit too unruly and out of control so I decided I'd just take Ice. The problem I had was I haven't got collars and leads for my dogs, they have always run freely but with the neighbour situation which incidentally is going very well, I decided I needed to make a lead and collar.

The nearest thing I had was an old horses lunge line, which was full of knots and frayed but hey ho, a makeshift collar and lead were put on Ice, real Dingle style. The lead worked quite well and I kept  her on it, as it was long and then there was no danger of her accosting farmers, as shes a bit partial to the taste of farmers. I once caught her pinning a farmer up against his jeep. I should have gone to rescue him but that could have lead to more trouble so I hid behind the fence of my house which was covered with Ivy and pretended it wasn't my dog, she eventually let him go. Karma had its way though as the Ivy gave me a rather nasty rash.

We set off, successfully negotiating our way past the neighbours dogs which no major incident and off we went down a track. I have to admit even though I'm not into any form of exercise I started off down the track, jogging. I had to stop after a few minutes though as I heard somebody clapping. Turns out it was just my back boobs clashing together!

 This walk was amazing. I passed lots of interesting things, like a whole field full of pomegranates trees, lots of wild flowers, a random wooden chair and a white clio whose occupants were obviously doing something dodgy.

Before I knew it we'd been walking for an hour and I realised we were hopelessly lost. The path I was on seemed to go on forever with no left turns, which was the direction of home. I was walking towards Gandia!!!! YIKES!!!! Ice was getting tired, my shoes, had worn a bit thin & had stones digging in them, I was hot, sweaty and in desperate need of a drink. Ice found a nice puddle to drink our of but to be honest I didn't fancy it. I did start to get a bit panicky, I hadn't told Harry I was going walking as I only planned to go for 15 minutes and he'd be worrying as he knows how accident prone I am. I eventually phoned Rich ( who pissed himself laughing that I was lost) for some advice as to where I might be. He had no idea but luckily just after the phone call I came to a left turn which lead me back to my original path, eventually. Phew!!!!

We got home tired and thirsty, I found muscles I didn't know I had but I'm glad I got lost and was out for so long. Feeling fab now and looking forward to another adventure with Ice again today. Chihuahuas were not so impressed, took them a good hour to forgive me for not taking them! Oh and lost 2lbs!!!!