Apr 5, 2008

Too Much, Too Old

Reflecting on the Lilies The picture is from yesterday, when whilst Eloise was having her dancing lesson I took the dogs for a short walk nearby and sat for a while by this lake watching the sky and the fishes.

Later in the day, Valerie dropped by to show off her new bike, and Nicole, perhaps jokingly, suggested that we repeat the Nudgee Beach Bike Ride and Dog Walk Experience (we excluding Nicole, of course, who was at work today, her cold much improved).

The suggestion was met with such enthusiasm by Val with her new bike that I felt honour-bound to oblige so while Mick and his little helper strung new lengths of wire up and down the house we readied ourselves for our expedition and set off.

The dogs did exceptionally well on the outbound leg, with Tiny staying the course remarkably well and Matilda only flagging at around the 15km mark.

They collapsed at the cafe while we sipped our coffees, and slunk around on the beach not very adventurously, then laid around as we played at the playground.

Coming back was a struggle and, as the sky lowered and clouded over and the first spots of rain started to fall, we took a break as Eloise slept fitfully on the back of the bike and the dogs spontaneously went on strike.

It soon emerged that Tiny's feet were started to wear through (to put it a little strongly) and they were little spots of blood on the pads of one her feet, but we were in no position to be able to do anything about it, so pressed on, eventually just dragging the dogs along, until we got to the playground at Kalinga Park at which point I left them there and hoofed it home through the soon-driving rain to fetch the car and retrieve them.

And just to prove a point, Valerie made it back on her bike faster than we did in the car.

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