Dog to dog blog: a short weekend

Hi guys

Granny and Grandpa are complaining of being very tired, and I'm pretty well shattered too, so I was quite glad when Mummy decided to give us all a break by leaving me to look after them for the weekend, just Friday night to Sunday afternoon, she said.

Actually, I know Mum is planning to party the weekend away, and wanted me out of the way, can't think why.

I joined Sanity Again yesterday morning, and we had a lazy day, with lots of constructive loafing, apart from a walk round the lake in the water park. Not much doing there, frankly, very few ducks and no bunnies at all, so a complete waste of time. I wasn't even allowed in the water, something to do with "blue green algae". Grandpa says he blames the RYA, but I've no idea what that's about.

At the end of the day, they gave me my usual bed in the saloon, but didn't bother to put the shutters or porthole bungs up. This was really handy, first off when I spotted some people walking past in the dark and told everyone about it, and then when it started to get light I knew it was time to go through and jump on their bed.

G&G were really stroppy about this, can't think why. I mean, they'd said they wanted an early start, it was just nicely getting light, where's the problem. They eventually crawled out of their pit at half six, would you believe, by which time I'd dozed off again.

We actually got to do some boating. Granny and I walked to the first lock, then we rode to the next one. Grandpa let me help work that one, but after that he made me stay in the well deck, tied on a long lead to the bow locker.

This was such a swizz I made a fair bit of fuss about it, but no go, there I had to stay.

Humph.

We finally got to Alrewas at half eleven, taking four hours for a run that's normally two and a half, says Grandpa, as a result of a load of other boats being around, some of them quite out of practice at working locks.

Grandpa took me for a walk, but no running, after lunch, up to Common Lock. He kept stopping to natter to people he knew, but I wasn't allowed to chat to any of the other dogs.

Life is just so unfair at the moment, come back Mummy, I need you.

I'm just so sad!

Loads of licks,

Your friend

Sally