Our focus has shifted to our trip to Tamworth – getting the van ready and packing our food and other essentials. We have made two trips to the storage depot and will go again tomorrow morning to load the fridge.
I cleaned and refitted the hitch today. We take it off when not towing the van as it makes it difficult to park sometimes.
Last night I heard a loud noise involving our cat enclosure gate. I normally lock the pet door before it gets dark, but had forgotten to do that. When I investigated, Tilly was furred up to look twice her normal size. The gate she was watching has the plastic sheeting facing outside the enclosure, so I checked the security cameras and found the cause of the ruckus. This black cat was in our pool area enjoying the catnip. It then must have jumped up onto the wall and tried to get into the enclosure. It failed! We now have a good reason to shut the pet door at night time.
We have spent a lot of time researching for our trip to Europe later this year. Our library has a good selection of travel books to supplement our google searches.
The weather has continued to be hot and muggy with some rain overnight or during the day. This is forecast to continue for the next week, but not torrential rain. The river is still carrying a lot of debris. As it is tidal some of the debris is washed onto the beach, then taken away, only to come back on the next tide. A street sweeping truck finally cleared the leaf matter clogging our gutters and drains, which repeatedly caused minor flooding at the end of our street.
Bluey continues to be really clingy. As soon as one of us sits down, he wants to sit on our lap. We went to Alfons for breakfast, where dogs are not allowed on laps or seats. He didn’t understand that rule, and nor did we! It is near the groomer he doesn’t like, so he is shaking when I lift him out of the car and still a bit stressed until we order coffee.
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