Joan lags behind

When we first thought of approaching and suggesting that Joan needed her waterworks seeing to, we feared a frosty response; but no! she was very enthusiastic “I’m shocked to realise that I am unlagged, I used to love a bit of lagging”, steady on dear, “one should always be lagged, you never know when you need it”.

Well there you go, better get on and lag the outside tap; one of the neighbours had told us that there had been a burst pipe under the previous ownership, and I have to say that we needed to do it; if just for peace of mind despite that we had gone through last winter and minus six or so.

Of course the problem was that we looked after Joan’s lagging, but neglected to re-instate ours in readiness for the winter.  Today it’s -6.3 and when we got to changing the dog’s water this morning, yup! you guessed it – the outside tap is frozen.  So, job for today is to lag our own waterworks – after all, you never know when it will be needed!

The dogs are an experiment still. We lined the sleeping quarters of the kennel with 50mm insulation board and plywood facing. Up to now the temperature difference between in and out is five degrees, and that’s only using body temperature to heat it. We also installed a heater designed for kennels so for example this morning the relevant temperatures were -6.5 and 5.00. And that’s without the pyjamas…. what?

Yup PJs. Rosie/Meg struts the dog walk in a smart blue courtured outfit which draws on references to Taylor/Cleopatra with a nod to Tracey Emin and her unmade bed. When she walks she struts like the best of the Philip Green’s Bottom Shop girls, and keeps looking behind, in a sexy, fetching, flirtatious way, that evokes a feeling of “I’m sure someone’s following me!”.