Farmer Vic deals with the Cows at Denford..

Moored Denford, River Nene

We share this mooring with the cows.. but sometimes they get a bit inquisitive.  They are only young, but I am not too sure what good it is doing them when I see them licking No Problem’s paintwork.  Here farmer Vic moving them on…. It won’t be long till they come back though!

I left Vic with the engineer from Foxton Boats while I went into Thrapston on the bus to get some flowers and cards for two special people.  The first card and flowers I was able to deliver in Thrapston to Renee and the girls at The Best Friends Group Vet Practice, and Renee came out the back just as bubbly as ever “She is doing OK is Lucy, I have been in touch with the vet hospital this morning”.. she smiled and we chatted a while about Lucy’s future recovery. 

In fact we chatted so much that the bus back to Denford was missed.. another hour before the next one, so friend Ann and I went to the top of the town to the co-op.. I didn’t know there was a supermarket in Thrapston till I asked.  Got some bread and milk then had a good ‘ol window shop around the small town.

“The engineer can’t find anything wrong, he has had the engine running tor hour and half and it is not overheating at all”  Vic phoned while I was in Thrapston… Typical… bloomin’ typical.  It has boiled over every day this week after about 35 to 55 minutes or running… today.. nope!! There was nothing to be done but to send the mechanic away…

Returning back to No Problem I had a quick cupper before setting off across the countryside to go and deliver my second bunch of flowers and card.  This time to the farmer lady who had kindly taken Lucy to the vet so rapidly the other day.. I saw again the gate where the dreadful accident had happened.  I am still at a loss to really understand what went wrong that day.  Unfortunately the farmer wasn’t in, but I left the flowers and card by the back door.. she will find them.

I continued with Ann and Molly across the fields to complete the walk that we set out to do the other day…. An interesting walk to say the least.. here a field crossed that had horses, cattle, sheep and goats in..

I phoned the vet hospital as I walked, and Lucy is just fine, she is eating well and “wagging her tail at us”.. good.  I won’t go and visit, much as I so dearly want to.  If I go, then leave her she will be devastated, I know she will.  “We want to keep her over the weekend”  “OK.. sigh.. whatever is best for Lucy”.   I will phone tomorrow morning again for an update.  To be honest I think they are just waiting for her to put some weight on that leg just to make sure the pin in her hip joint is holding OK.  I can understand their reluctance to let her come home. Just getting her from the hospital to No Problem is going to be quite a major worry.. still she is “wagging her tail at us”.. she is OK

I got back from the walk a bit late this evening.. guess what.. the engine had overheated after Vic had run it for battery charging!