Sorry there wasn’t a blog yesterday, I was registering my father’s death and took the day for myself. I had plenty of support from family and friends. In fact I owe two of my cousins a response to their kind words.
Anyway, today, there was a walk booked in for 3 couples at 2pm. Neil offered to open up Garth Hall which was good news because I slept in until just before 8! I spent the morning working on VAT and got myself up to date. I felt that I’d accomplished something and was pleased with myself. I had a fairly early dinner, walked Skye and went to pick Jordan up to got to Garth Hall. We went early enough to get the boys in before the visitors came. Jordan opened the gate for me to drive in and Neil turned up on the tractor. He drove round and round the paddock because it was making a knocking noise. Then Jordan drove it round so he could stand and listen to it. There is definitely something not right so he’s looking for someone to fix it. That took so long that we didn’t have time to get the boys in and I’d forgotten something important. “I’ve got a present for you!” Neil never gives presents. I was immediately suspicious. “I know what it is too Mam. You’ll love it!” That was it, I was on high alert. What were they up to?
Neil reached in Cai and passed me something. “The world’s smallest ladder cos you’re such a short arse!” I mean, I am short 😂 He got the banner and I carried the ‘ladder’. It’s so small, I may call it a ‘laddette’ 😉 So, the previous sign was a rigid, plastic one. I could hold the bottom of it, reach up high and hang it up. We now have a soft one so Neil had to devise a method for me to hang it, hence the bloody ladette. Off we went to the lane. There was a fence post that’s been there for years. I put my laddette up to the post and climbed up it. It slowly collapsed allowing me to fall gently rather than fall over. It was like a slow motion descent because the post was completely rotten. My two observers nearly wet themselves with laughter. I wish Jordan had been filming, it would have been comedy gold! I had to think again. I propped my laddette up against a nearby tree. That was definitely solid but I was wary so I made sure the angle was not steep. Even though the laddette only had 4 rungs, the second rung was high enough for me. Even though it didn’t look high, it felt high to me. But I couldn’t bloody reach. Jordan was busy taking incriminating photos whilst Neil was heckling me. I had to go up to the third rung. With the full extent of my reach, I managed to hang the banner. It was a bit squiffy but it was up. I put the laddette away and Jordan and I waited for the visitors. Neil went off to get hay for the boys.
We all had a great time with the walk. With it being the first one in a long time, the boys went in the pen just fine 👏The visitors were a fun group. Garth Vader was naughty but in a different way to usual. He took exception to one of the men and kept spitting on him. The rest thought it was hysterical though. After the walk they thanked us and left. I dropped Jordan off and went home to walk Skye. Then I went to Jordan and Louis’s for Chinese. It was a great end to the day.
I’ve also noted that the two people to put laughing emojis on the ‘world’s smallest ladder’ post on Facebook, are my children 🤦♀️
Helen x
