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In 1977 we hired our first narrowboat from Anglo Welsh at Market Harborough.From that moment our destiny was set. In 2006 we finally purchased our own brand new 57' narrowboat which we named 'Free Spirit'. Our aim is to travel the length and breadth of all the navigable rivers and canals of the UK. This will be our story as it unfolds.

Friday 15 August 2014

Still concerned about Jade

She really isn't right. Doesn't want to jump off the boat and is very nervous about getting back on. Her breathing seems quick and all she wants to do is lie down. She doesn't feel able to get comfortable and you can almost see the agony in her face as she tries to get up. I think that my holding on tightly to her scruff yesterday, and Ian pulling her up by the loose skin on her back to get her out of the water, has probably caused her more pain. This morning she had her usual dose of Metacam followed by Tremadol pain killer. The vets advice is to give her another 2 pain killers today and continue with 1 every 8 hours for the foreseeable future until she shows signs of improvement.

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Today we have travelled a grand total of 150yds. We knew Doug and James had left their mooring in Lymm because they tried to sneak past at some unearthly hour this the morning, closely followed by friends on Eleventh Heaven. When I took Jade at 7am I was shocked to see the state of FS cabin side. On that mooring the towpath is also a single track roadway. With all the rain yesterday leaving massive puddles every time a car drove by, unbeknown by us, we got splashed by that horrible cream muck that C&RT have laid down for the cyclists benefit
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So we snuck into the space left by Chance and then, so not to leave a gap, pulled back and shared Nb Midnight’s ring.

We are second in line.


The rest of the day was spent walking around Lymm, getting my hair cut, visiting the bakery and devouring a strawberry cream tart (me) custard slice (Ian), walking round dingle reservoir and enjoying a ice cream cornet with flake and raspberry sauce. Jade has bucked up a bit now that she has had her dinner so hopefully keeping the pain killers going will do the trick.
Some of the wildlife seen today.










3 comments:

nb Chance said...

Glad Jade is improving. Hope we didn't wake you at 6am this morning!

Ian and Irene Jameison said...

No you didn't. It was when Eleventh Heaven came past that our tiller clattered. We expected you to follow but you must already have gone on ahead. Xxx

Pip said...

Sorry to hear that Jade is still not well. But, just a word of warning - keep an eye/ear on her breathing. You may remember that we lost our beloved Cassie just over two years ago after a similar incident (you commented on the blog post and sent condolences). It may be that Jade has developed a chest infection after inhaling some water, and will need antibiotics. Hope this is not the case, and that she recovers quickly.
Pip and Roger x

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