We had a fairly busy day today. After a lazy breakfast we took a drive to North Walsham for Robbie to get his ears lowered. We had a very busy (and worrying) few weeks before our holiday and Robbie just didn’t have time to get his hair cut. His hair looks really nice now, they cut it very well, I hope he doesn’t decide that he has to come back to North Walsham every time he needs a haircut! Since we were there we decided to have a little look at the shops and we found some lovely copies of old railway posters.
Then we drove to Wroxham. It is a rather eccentric place and it is always crowded, but it is nice to see the boats on the broads and it is nice to have a wander around the shops. Nearly all the shops are branches of Roys of Wroxham, Robbie always likes to have a look at their toy shop and when he gets into the menswear department I feel as I will never manage to drag him away. Today he bought a big yellow banana carrier, he seems to have rather grandiose ideas – it would take a formidably large banana to fill that carrier! He also bought some cards with old railway posters on them. We drove home via Tesco because Robbie liked the razor blades that he bought the other day so much that he wanted another pack while they were on offer. He was in so much pain again today, I feel so useless because there is nothing I can do to make him feel better.
It was a nice evening, there was a beautiful sunset and the bats were flying around, I love bat watching when I am here. One flew so close to my head to my head that I thought it might bump into me, but of course it didn’t, they fly close but they never crash. Robbie got really excited when he saw a wind turbine installation vessel, it was called IMP Resolution, and you could see it very clearly through the binoculars.
I didn’t get my early night on Tuesday, not even a quick flick through the Argos catalogue! Robbie was busy on the computer and our dog Megan was staring up at him trying to pretend that she hadn’t been fed for days. There was no way I would get any attention. Megan and Robbie have an amazing relationship, maybe it is because they are both somewhat eccentric.
Megan is a failed sheepdog; she wasn’t much use as a sheepdog because she was afraid of sheep! She is afraid of most things really - men, thunder, fireworks, lorry’s, the list is endless. She even gets bullied by our rather feisty rabbit.
The odd thing is that from the very first time they met, Megan and Robbie have had a very special relationship. Robbie loves trains, but Megan is more interested in bicycles - she loves chasing wheels. Both are a bit obsessive, Robbie counts the stairs every time he goes up or down, Megan rushes round in circles frantically trying to round up the rabbit or the guinea pig. So now you know how crop circles are created, it has nothing to do with aliens, they are caused by demented border collies trying to round up rabbits! Megan has created her own lawn circles. Robbie and Meg have something else in common too, they are both easily distracted. Megan only has to catch sight of a football and she has to chase it, Robbie is just the same with trains, books about trains or model trains, suddenly he forgets what he should be doing and becomes totally engrossed – it is almost impossible to drag him out of the model shop!
Megan loves Robbie, but it doesn’t stop her playing tricks on him. On several occasions she has managed to get fed twice by using her most dejected expression and pretending to be starving. Unfortunately Megan sometimes suffers from flatulence. She sits in the doorway of the lounge with her head facing into the hall, she emits a silent but deadly fragrance and when the odour pervades the room she stands up, casts an accusatory glance at Robbie and wanders away in search of clean air. She speaks so clearly without any words, I guess that is where they differ, Robbie uses an excess of words!
