Visiting Daniel at Philadelphia Road on my way through Norwich
Visiting Daniel at Philadelphia Road on my way through Norwich

The journey back from Norfolk exercising Sam several times on the way and visiting Daniel at Philadelphia Road on my way through Norwich.

I was still early to meet Diana and the girls for lunch at The Croxton Happy Eater and then persuaded the family to join me to run Sam to the playing field.

It was a struggle to get packed up and to leave Norfolk this morning and the continuation of the humid balmy weather was a further factor slowing me up. Sam was awake before me again and then I took him for a nice walk up the Crabbetts Marsh sawdust road before putting him back in his kennel. He is settling down nicely to just two meals a day but needs more polish on his obedience work on the lead and in coming to heel. I had to clear up the boat as well as the boathouse, having used both and knowing that I would probably not be back before our trip to America and there was always the last-minute chore of disinfecting the kennel.

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Eventually away and then stopped off to see Daniel at Philadelphia Road on my way through Norwich. He made me a cup of tea at my request, and gave me some biscuits, and then I gave him my bubble-jet printer to borrow and drove home. I made better time than I thought on the journey and so had a while to spare to exercise Sam on the way. I stopped at the lakeside Post House Hotel by the Cambridge A45 bypass and gave him some exercise. I was still early to meet Diana and the girls for lunch at The Croxton Happy Eater and was greeted warmly by Della but gruffly by Debbie, who was still suffering from the congestion of a cold.

A nice meal and then home to give Sam a proper run, having persuaded the family to join me. We went to the playing field, Diana and I walking and the girls cycling but I got back in time to watch some Rugby League on the TV whilst relaxing after the week's exertions. Della was visiting a friend this evening and so we missed a chance of going out to the cinema but had an earlyish night instead.