A big improvement for Lucy at Honey Street..

Pewsey to Honey Street, Kennet & Avon Canal, 4 miles 0 locks

Came to Honey Street on Saturday so that we could go to the Barge Inn in the evening. They had a duet playing and we thought it would be a good night out, we were not to be disappointed!

The only thing I don't like about this place is the awful internet connection here.. so hit and miss. I am writing the blog very early tonight, so that I might get uploaded sometime this evening. Talking about publishing this blog, is the feed OK now or not. On my feed all the blog is written in html, and it looks really weird, but I don't know how it looks for others. I presume that because I am now getting a feed that everyone is?

I managed to get a much better picture of Ladies Bridge on the way back from Pewsey, I'm afraid is the best I can come up with for a picture.. the weather has not been good over the weekend, very windy, and I didn't take the camera out!

Of course there has been a lot of excitement too with the purchase of a narrowboat for us, and once I had settled down to the fact that we had actually done it we have spent most of the weekend deciding how we are going to change it about to have it just the way we want it, but more of that later once it passes the all importent survey which is being carried out by George Gibson, who has the boatyard here in Honey Street, on Monday of next week.

I am sure it will be fine, the boat seemed very solid to me, being built by John Pinder in 2003.. Much more news next week then once she is really ours to keep!

I have managed to get out a bit though in between scribbling and drawing.. the countryside around here is out of this world, but oh so muddy at the moment. Lucy has made some major improvement all of a sudden. She has started now to 'trot' on all four legs. Lucy had an accident back in May 2006, and for those who don't know you will need to have a look in the archives at the bottom of this page on the left, click on May.

I noticed the other day at Pewsey that she trotted a couple of paces while sniffing around checking out the rabbit residency in the woods there.. and today I counted 6 strides of trot together.. not hopping along. I know that doesn't sound very much, but it is very significant indeeed. Lucy has not done the pace of trot since the accident. She has found a new pace, lopping along on 3 legs.

I was actually very cruel a week or so ago, I though that I would tie up one of her front legs so she would have to actually use the back leg,, well I though I would just try see what happened, and the clevery little cow doggie managed to go along on just two legs!

You will be pleased to know, I gave that up as a bad job!.. But I am delighted at the improvement, maybe after all she will eventually be back on four legs..

I have to go to the post office tomorrow, and that means Devizes as the one in All Cannings has closed now. There is a wigglybus! I had to phone it up this evening to book it to come and pick me up here at Honey Street to take me to Devizes, then back again.. wonderful stuff. I find these rural services quite unique and interesting.. I am just so glad I have an internet connection to be able to find these things out. This bus is especially for people who want to walk along the K & A Canal and surrounding areas.. give them a ring and they will collect you.. click here for link to wigglybus

Before I go, I just want to say a huge thankyou to everyone who has commented on the last blog and wished us luck with the new narrowboat.. there are so many comments, it is so nice to read them.. thanks

Now then, lets see if I can get the internet to work enough to be able to post this blog this evening..