From Forss to Paxton by car, stopping off at Kwikfit in Inverness to have a full set of new brake pads fitted and my exhaust and hand brake adjusted. My cough had got worse en route, but Diana and Debbie were so wrapped up in the television that it was only Della that would get me a glass of water when I eventually collapsed into bed.
An alarm call at 6.00am, then my wash and shave before out to feed and exercise Sam before the journey. I was a little early for my pre-arranged 7.00am breakfast and so I went through Sam's obedience exercises in the hotel driveway until I got the signal that my meal was ready. I was away soon afterwards, having loaded up my container full of game from the hotel freezer and tipped the girls for their service during my fortnight's stay - £10 for Minnie and £20 for Anne. The first part of the journey was tricky as their was a typical "Scottish Mist" hanging over the roads and mountains and I had to drive without using the brakes to save wear on my rear disks.
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I used my car telephone to call ahead to Kwikfit in Inverness and then stopped there to have a full set of new brake pads fitted and my exhaust and hand brake adjusted. Away after the best part of an hour with a car transformed and able to make much better way. The rest of the journey went well really. I stopped a couple of times for petrol and let Sam have a run round but still it was a very long way to drive and I was pleased to get to the journey's end. It was past Sam's mealtime, I had the car to unload and the frozen food to safely stow but the family were only slightly welcoming and not at all willing to help me unload. My cough had got worse but Diana and Debbie were so wrapped up in the television that it was only Della that would get me a glass of water when I eventually collapsed into bed. Debbie had some village friends coming round for a "sleep-over" as the third weekend of celebrations for her 14th birthday.