I have high hopes of Storm Bert who is rumbling in this morning.
I have never had a bad experience with a Bert. Berts in my experience are mostly clean old gentlemen wearing a hint of Old Spice aftershave. Berts who have fallen on harder times may not be as clean or fragranced but they have always seemed amendable. Bert is a solid working-class name. Bertie is more of a socially mobile name, George VI was known as Bertie, short for Albert.
I would rather ask a Bert to do a job than I would a Bertie.
Right now Bert is harrumphing down our chimneys and making the trees sway. I quite look forward to painting him when he has revealed his stormy personality.
Snow hit Devon and Cornwall Thursday. We saw nothing of it on our little peninsula that juts into the sea. But the effects of it made the day quite a challenge.
Hugo was due some more jaw surgery so we set off early to the vets. No vets had made it into work from their homes on Bodmin Moor or Dartmoor. All surgery apart from Hugos was cancelled. I left him in the hopes of vets arriving eventually.
There are only two major roads that take traffic in and out of Cornwall and Devon to the wider world of everywhere else. Unknown to me one of them, the A30 had been closed at 5am which is why the vets were struggling.
The less efficient of the two roads, the A38, became overwhelmed. The A38 is the road I use for the 20 minute journey to and from the vets. In total I should have spent one hour twenty minutes on the A38. Thursday, my actual total was closer to 5 hours. I could have planned my day so much better.Hugo on the other hand had a blast of a day. No surgery, a late breakfast and ample opportunity for cuddles with veterinary nurses who had time on their hands.
In the time it has taken me to write these few words Bert has gone from gusty to glum. He may not be one of the nicer Berts of my aquaintance.
In other news the festive window dressing is finished. Father Christmas/Santa in a sailing boat arrived. I started making a window feature after seeing them in the back streets of Chelsea and Westminster about 10 years ago.
Today I discovered there is a trend for frontscaping a house.
I’m not sure how I feel about this.
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I’m sorry for all of the struggles in your journey to help Hugo, but it sounds like he enjoyed the day, even though it ddin’t go as planned. the window looks lovely
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I think we are entering the end phase. His wires will come out next week. I sense the cuddles give reciprocal pleasure. I feel like I am collecting the star attraction of the day.
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