Lancaster Canal - Walking with a smelly dog.

Saturday started with a quick trip to the library, then the local garden centre, not to buy plants but to drop my Daughter at her new(ish) saturday job.

We then set off for a canal side walk.

My Son wasn't overly excited because its not Xbox, typical pre-teen.

The weather was very changeable.

Gloriously sunny and hot, then windy with rain.

Lunch out was a reward, we all needed a pick-me-up because of Penny the beast!

She did it again, she rubbed herself in something unmentionable.

(She did this during the Easter Holidays. It better not be another bad habit)

So we walked for about six miles, five of them with a stinky dog.

Then back home, windows down, ready to bath the dog.

I'm trying to finish our challenge from 2016, which was to cycle the length of the Lancaster Canal.

Due to my Sons health problems we will be doing shorter sections and not always on bikes.

More of the Lancaster Canal here, here, here, here & here.

Woodwork with Penny

In my proper job I use 3D Cad, I draw mechanical handling equipment and although I find it interesting most people zone out if I chat about it.

One big bonus is that I have the software at home, ready for my own small projects. 

On Thursday I thought 'Wouldn't it be nice to have a bee hive in my garden, but without huge amount of bees and the white suits'

So fast forward to Thursday lunch time and I'm at the wood yard ordering my wood!

 

On Sunday morning, fuelled with tea and assisted by Penny the dog, we made a start on my beehive.

The rest of the family went to the cinema.

Penny was my only assistant BUT she doesn't like me sawing wood or using the drill or hammering nails, she sit in the house and watches through the door.

She does like off cuts of wood, which she carries onto the the grass to chew!!!

So the finished bee hive. 

It has a hinged lid and now contains my trowel and kneeling pad.

Doesn't she look proud of her achievement.

Also Penny doesn't make cups of tea, she doesn't put away tools or sweep up and in case of an emergency (if I cut my finger off with the saw) she cannot phone for help BUT she looks pretty . . . . .