Tree/Paw/Speeding Disaster/zzzzzzzz

So last weekend I went off to Notts to take Mother out for her birthday and we had a lovely meal and I got new hair and a speeding ticket (Speeding Awareness Course here I come!)

I spent a bit of time with the cats at Grove Mews

They did their usual thang....

Tansy is pretty dull was very well behaved....

Alfie tried to be wild and scary....

 but mostly just sat quietly on my stuff.....

Lovely Bella made an excellent Dobbie-sleeping-substitute.....

 

I came home to see widespread Wiltshire Tree Devastation - it really was pretty impressive

If this tree pictured below had fallen 180 degrees in the other direction houses would have been squished - and this is just one of a few dozen that have fallen just in the square mile around the flat. However zillions of people havent died I will never know!

This one over at Bishopstone just ripped up the road quite spectacularly - with much upset caused to the country-folk of SP5 - The daily Ocado delivery was compromised so the council received a few angry phone calls let me tell you.....

This weekend I got out with new confidence on my bike with new puncture-resistant tyres (essential given the millions of pot holes and general tree devastation) and had a MARVELLOUS ride

 whilst dobbie did a lot of this...........

and this.......

and then when I got home he did some of this....

 and this.....

 and this......

 so Sunday arrived and I got up ready for my lovely long muddy run with My Very Favourite running-partner but some MAJOR BADNESS was happening with her back paw....no weight bearing at all....so I left her at home and she proceeded to lie in bed ALL DAY! and every time we spoke to her she lifted her swollen shakey paw up to show us over and over again it was REALLY REALLY hurting!!!!

 2 doses of paracetamol gave no relief so it was off to the vets this morning and it transpires she has a 1.6cm abcess in her poor little paw!!! 

So after a general anaesthetic and a very very poorly paw we look forward to several days of familiar whimpering, anorexia and general patheticness on a background of no exercise and general hideous doogie-mental-ness

Miss Tiny has been very stoical and practical about it all and whilst Tarks was under GA today she spent her time very usefully contacting her insurers at John Lewis - very sensible.

 Comeon!! I can walk on 3 legs!!! I can I can (she can she can - lets GO!)