An evening out

Ang and I went to the Gurkha restaurant on Poole quay on Thursday with Helen and Graham. Lee came over and dog sat for us and we caught the train to Poole at 6.36. It was raining when we got to Poole so we took a taxi. The taxi driver put us off going by saying she hadn’t heard any good reviews about the place. We were early so went in and got a table and a drink each. I had a sweet and salty mango lasey and Ang had a mineral water. Helen rang at 7 and said they were just parking. There were only a couple of other tables occupied so it was quite quiet. We decided to start eating so went up and helped ourselves. There was a really good selection and Graham and I started off with chicken and sweetcorn soup. Afterwards I had two plates full of various dishes including a to die for Nepalese chicken curry. Everyone else went back for seconds and had a slice of gateaux and cream to finish off with. Finally Ang had a French coffee, I had an Irish coffee, Graham had a coffee and Helen had a cup of tea. Everyone was well happy and we called for the bill. To our surprise a round of complimentary drinks was brought to us. Baileys for the ladies and whiskey for Graham and me. Helen offered to drop us home so we went to the car park and another bonus was there was no charge for parking the car. We phoned Lee to let him know we’d be back in 20 minutes and got home about ten to 9. Helen and Graham didn’t come in and the first job I had to do was get the dogs out for a wee and get them fed. They had been really good for Lee and he had a coffee and then went on.
When we got back we told Lee about it and said we’d recommend it to anyone.
Saturday Ang went over to see Martine. I had a quiet day and got the dogs out for two walks. I took them behind the railway track to keep them clean for a day. The third walk was rained off. Ang got a bottle of vodka today and got really tearful after half of it. She then took her medication and fell asleep on my sofa.

An evening out

Ang and I went to the Gurkha restaurant on Poole quay on Thursday with Helen and Graham. Lee came over and dog sat for us and we caught the train to Poole at 6.36. It was raining when we got to Poole so we took a taxi. The taxi driver put us off going by saying she hadn’t heard any good reviews about the place. We were early so went in and got a table and a drink each. I had a sweet and salty mango lasey and Ang had a mineral water. Helen rang at 7 and said they were just parking. There were only a couple of other tables occupied so it was quite quiet. We decided to start eating so went up and helped ourselves. There was a really good selection and Graham and I started off with chicken and sweetcorn soup. Afterwards I had two plates full of various dishes including a to die for Nepalese chicken curry. Everyone else went back for seconds and had a slice of gateaux and cream to finish off with. Finally Ang had a French coffee, I had an Irish coffee, Graham had a coffee and Helen had a cup of tea. Everyone was well happy and we called for the bill. To our surprise a round of complimentary drinks was brought to us. Baileys for the ladies and whiskey for Graham and me. Helen offered to drop us home so we went to the car park and another bonus was there was no charge for parking the car. We phoned Lee to let him know we’d be back in 20 minutes and got home about ten to 9. Helen and Graham didn’t come in and the first job I had to do was get the dogs out for a wee and get them fed. They had been really good for Lee and he had a coffee and then went on.
When we got back we told Lee about it and said we’d recommend it to anyone.
Saturday Ang went over to see Martine. I had a quiet day and got the dogs out for two walks. I took them behind the railway track to keep them clean for a day. The third walk was rained off. Ang got a bottle of vodka today and got really tearful after half of it. She then took her medication and fell asleep on my sofa.

Repairs

The heating and hot water packed up last night so had to cancel meeting Jane in Poole so could wait in for engineer to arrive. I got dogs out for first walk after reporting heating and bathroom sink being blocked to the council. Shortly after I got back heating engineer arrived and sorted it out in about 10 minutes. I tried to get dogs out for their second walk about 12 and Dainty was limping on her back right leg. I tried her 3 more times every half hour before we managed to get down to the backwaters about 2.30. Hopefully she’s just having a bad day today and she’ll be better tomorrow. Ang is not good at the minute because she was up 3 times in the night. Hopefully she’ll be better tomorrow. The drain bloke arrived in the afternoon and sorted it out in about 20 minutes. I wasn’t expecting him to arrive for a few days.

Bonfire recession

Fireworks this year weren’t too bad. Not that many going off although they were about for 3 nights. Had some success taking dogs outside on the lead to try and get them used to them. I took Dainty for her injection a week last Monday with Joan’s help. Dainty had a bit of a relapse for two days on the Tuesday and Wednesday. A few days later she had a complete change in mood and seems much happier again. On the Saturday before her injection we planted a tree that had sprouted in the front garden over by the hay meadow. We checked on it over the last week and it seems to be doing pretty well. Ang stopped drinking during the days about a week ago. Got a delivery from Sainsbury’s today and Helen and Graham dropped a bed over for Ang. They stayed for about an hour. We only managed 2 walks today as the weather was rubbish this morning. It was raining and cold.