tuesday

My friends horse died, which is sad. But it died of natural causes, wandered down to the end of the field, lay down under the trees and expired. And that is the most dignified bit of the story. Begin rural Cornwall her hubby got out his spade, only he couldnt dig near the trees as it was too rocky/rooty, so he dug a bit up the field. It was a small horse which requires a BIG hole. Took all day, that day was one of her daughters birthdays. So with an audience of goolish girls he tied some rope round the horses legs and proceeded to drag it up the field with the old tractor. Swift diversion round the hole and the theory went it would drop in the hole and be "sorted".... Sadly the horse went in head first and much to everyone's horror remained arse up to the wind. They retired for a time to contemplate the new field monument... but eventually with ropes and tractor got it at least below ground level, filled in the hole... i dare not suggest the build up of gasses etc might just lead to disaster!


Oh dear, Dotty was just on the phone, poor lady she was asking to borrow some money. I know that she will have agonised about that for days, but she's so skint she cant eat and more importantly for her her dog cant either. We don't have any money either but we can have an over draught easily. I'm delegated to meet her in the lane to her caravan tomorrow after i pick up our son from school will 100 quid cash. Its not easy for us to do this but her need is great and our discomfort slight.