It was a bit like Lassie trying to warn their owner that someone had fallen down the well - we knew something was not right. It turned out he was having troubling swallowing and decided his best bet was to wake us up as Tilly was clearly not showing any sort of concern!
After massaging his throat and sticking my fingers as far down as I dare, Kim read that dry biscuits / bread might help. So we fed him some dry bread. A combination of all 3 finally did some good and he seemed to be a lot better and happy to settle down again. Tilly didn’t blink throughout the whole episode and was indeed the only one in Brunnehilda that didn’t get their nights sleep interrupted.
So that’s our excuse for a lazy morning. I even grabbed a shower a day ahead of schedule! Not sure if it’s Kim’s sense of smell coming back or the combination of old man and damp dogs was getting too much!?? Kim showers in Brunnehilda and I go to the very nice shower facilities on site. As we have water on tap on this pitch (a fully serviced pitch), it is very easy to keep the internal tank full - a full shower uses about 1/2 a tank.
So it was after 1pm that we set off to have a look at St Asaph. Interesting fact - with a population of just 3,500, St Asaph is the second smallest city in the UK. Competition time Q1) What’s the smallest? Q2) What's the smallest UK city measured by size / area? (This one is quite surprising!)
Answers at the foot of the page.
We parked outside the Cathedral and went in for a look round. It was very pretty inside but really only the size of a decent sized parish church. The BBC were setting up for a Radio 4 show to go out live tonight. Have a look at the picture to work out what the show is?
We looked round for 30 mins - there was a lot of information available so we felt very informed.Turns out, its biggest claim to fame is that it houses a very rare first edition Welsh language bible!
After the bit of culture we wandered down the fairly boring High Street to the river. There we followed signs to a Pottery Studio. Kim bought a really nice Lasagne dish and we spoke for some time with the very nice lady potter / owner. The shop was called Earthworks.
She recommended a coffee shop back up the hill opposite the Cathedral- Jacob’s Ladder. And indeed it was a good call as the coffee was as good as the broccoli and cheddar soup (me) and the smoked vegetables and chilli beans (Kim).
When we left St Asaph it was getting busy - the schools were turning out.
We headed to Prestatyn beach for the daily beach dog walk. It is huge beach - with the tide out! Lots of space for mad dogs and lots of birds so even greater fun for Tilly!
The beach is 5 miles long but we didn’t get that far as we were fighting sundown at 5. We got back to the car just after 5pm.
On the way home we went to Morrisons to stock up with diesel and some very nice veggie “beef” burgers. They were indeed splendid and were devoured as we watched another episode of The Waltons.
The Cobblers are playing in the cup tonight so I had one eye on that as we listened to Radio 4’s Any Questions ... did you see the banner on the picture? In finding the Radio 4 iPlayer we also discovered that the Cobbs were live on Radio 5. So, it seemed rude not to listen- especially as Anne “bloody” Widdicombe was on the Radio 4 show bleating on about all these foreigners destroying the NHS - ignorant woman!
The Wire and then to bed. Up early tomorrow to get packed up and out by 11am. The dogs are particularly wet, sandy and smelly tonight. It’s definitely not me - I’ve just had a shower!
Answers:
Q1) St David’s
Q2) City of London!!
VG if you got them both.
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