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A fine and sunny day, after a cool start suitable for some intensive obedience work and training for Sam. My main tasks today were to complete my journal summaries for last month, archiving the past two and then to updating my financial summaries for the end of the tax year.
As far as Sam was concerned, today was "the first day of the rest of his life". I decided to renew my training efforts and, after having had a bath last night, I could quickly wash this morning and then get out early with him. A new strict attitude plus plenty of practice in coming and sitting would do the trick! I deliberately stopped shielding him from the other distractions of people and dogs in favour of encouragement to behave and punishment for not and he did not do too badly, apart from "mugging" two couples around the gravel pits later! In between, he walked to heel past dogs and walkers alike and I was only caught out because I did not know those couples were round the corner.
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Hosting a visit from Derek Giles and his son David. ostensibly to check over his election plans for my advice, but they were fascinated with my Theoben air rifle and wanted a demonstration.
Then to take Same to his Pointer-Retriever class at Harlow with only limited success.
The President of the Bosnian Serbs signing the Vance/Owen Peace Treaty today, but it still has yet to be ratified by their parliament next Thursday
Diana took a long lay in and I had to get myself up to tend Sam; getting washed, shaved and dressed and out before 8.00am. Even then I was not early enough to stop him messing in his run. On my return from giving him some good exercise, I cooked some bacon, sausage and eggs for the girls and the same with some mushrooms for me, but Diana would have none of it and did not like me doing it either. A visit soon after from Derek Giles and his son David. He wanted to run his election plans past me and to collect his cement mixer.
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A May day cemetery walk with Della and Sam to see Dad’s grave again and then home for coffee on the front lawn with Di to plan the rest of the day that was spent with my dog and family.
We ate lunch at The Happy Eater together before shopping for dog accessories in Peterborough and to the cinema with Di to Bedford
Both Diana and I slept very well last night and we were both reluctant to wake up this morning. I was slow to get up and ready for breakfast and had a struggle to feed Sam and get him ready to take with Della to see Debbie off at the bus stop. It was misty early on, but this soon cleared so that the sun was shining and the day becoming warm as Della and I walked on, through the village and then up Wood Lane to the cemetery. We left Sam tethered outside and then walked in to look at my parents' graves. The flowers had withstood the strong winds of these last two days and Mum's grave still looked a picture. I left Della to rest on the bench beside the small cremation place and went out to take Sam for a walk round the outside, startling another pair of partridges into flight, making the second brace of the morning.
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