Monday, October 01, 2007

a guardian angel


well, dear readers, today was an adventure to top all our others. i should have known that things were not going to be straightforward when i heard herself on the phone a while ago arranging this outing. but little did i know...

in our living-room is a contraption. for a long time i thought it was a tv. it has a screen just like a tv and little knobs underneath which i thought were for changing the channels. it did seem a bit odd that they all had the same programme on - some sort of inferno drama. but it became clear that the contraption had an entirely different purpose. it is a woodburning stove. which of course requires wood, in the form of logs. for a couple of years these have been purchased at great expense from a man up the road. however, what with the economy drive, herself decided to go to a place that was much cheaper, even though you have to collect them.

we set off, towing the trailer, in the general direction of the wood. after a fair bit of meandering around the countryside we met the lady whose logs we were buying at the pre-arranged place. she set off in her landrover down a lane, which became a track, which became a bog, until we pulled up in the wood. i was allowed to get out of the car as long as i wore my muzzle (as regular readers will be aware there have been one or two unfortunate incidents involving deer in the past). the log lady had a rather stout dog called charlie (who is pictured above). while friendly, charlie was a little too forward, so perhaps it was just as well i had the muzzle on or i might have been a victim of my hormones and given him a nip. i fear this would have been a mistake. charlie looks like a bloke who can handle himself. (indeed he has a special handle on his harness for heaving him into the truck).

anyway, herself loaded up the trailer with the logs and off we went. the log lady went ahead of us to open the gate. about half way along the track back to the road herself pulled up. it seems the dastardly trailer had again got a flat tyre. herself tried to ring the log lady to let her know we were no longer in convoy but there was no signal on her phone. luckily the log lady realised we were in bother and she and charlie came back. after an unsuccessful effort to jack the trailer up with a car jack, the log lady came up with a plan. she had a delivery to make nearby so she would lift the trailer, logs and all, onto the truck with the delivery and would then take us to a tyre place.



so back to the wood we went. herself and the log lady filled up a very large bag on the truck with logs. after a break for a cuppa and what looked like a rather delicious flapjack (no, dear readers, herself rather selfishly chose not to share it with me) we set off again. the delivery was dropped off and then we went to the tyre place, which luckily has seen this sort of thing before. the trailer was lifted off the truck (which luckily had its own crane for this purpose). here you can see the log lady operating the crane.



a very helpful young man sorted out the tyre and for good measure put a tube in both tyres to avoid this sort of tomfoolery again. when herself later recounted this to himself he reminded her of their honeymoon.

after profuse expressions of gratitude from herself the log lady headed off to chop up more logs and we headed home. herself had planned to hop into a hot bath but first she needs to move the logs into the new log store under the steps. before she can do that she needs to pump up the tyre on the wheelbarrow...

15 comments:

Casdok said...

Im worn out just reading that!

joker the lurcher said...

and since finishing writing it herself has backed himself's car into the trailer, leaving a dent which will no doubt cost more than the money saved on the logs to repair...

Anonymous said...

Joker, in terms of turning an average day into blog worthy fodder, there seems no drama to large for herself to throw you into. In a real sense of making a drama from the average, are you sure your not related to PC QT?
Yours remains a BLOG amongst mere blogs
Sgt Goose

joker the lurcher said...

why thank you sgt goose! you have of course made a guest appearance in my blog yourself on occasion. and what has pc qt been up to?

Anonymous said...

Herself must love to work and make others laugh of course.

flutter said...

Oh oops, herself was having quite the day.

Girlplustwo said...

i think it's time to go inside, shut the door, and open the wine.

Aliki2006 said...

My goodness! What a day...I am exhausted and frazzled just reading about all of it.

crazymumma said...

What an invigorating day for you!

I hope you enjoy many naps by the fire....

x said...

welcome to my site with these adorable canines.

Anonymous said...

I remember a similar situation which involved herself ,the gypsy, a large sofa, a hill,some men and a van.All in all not much changes in 35 years!

Patience-please said...

Just stumbled on to this delightful treasure of a blog, thanks to Joker (I think).
great reading, thanks!

Patience

Shrink Wrapped Scream said...

Sheesh Joker, herself really needs to sort out some labels here. I, myself have allocated "Blue" and "pink" labels to most everything, this particular job falls firmly into the blue catagory (along with all ironing duties). It makes life sooo much easier..

Anonymous said...

Ooo yes. Who needs to go to the gym when your whole life is an existence on a treadmill!
Best wishes

Sophie Brador said...

It never ends! But at least you'll be toasty warm in the winter.

Why is it that all your lurchers are so insanely cute?

xo
SB