We left Cobham at just after midday on Friday and headed north, to spend a long weekend with Seb and Ally. It’s just over 220 miles door to door. The first 2 hours of the which were spent sitting on the dreaded M25 ( London’s orbital road network, AKA “Europe’s largest car-park”) , where I sat playing mind games, whilst Rach tapped away on her keyboard. It took a further 3 hrs to get to Little Fenton and we arrived under the cover of darkness, trying to enter the wrong gate with the right code and scaring the neighbours, which we both laughed at after Bella (Ally’s younger sister) had pointed us in the right direction. Chris & Lesley (Ally’s folks) had headed off to Spain for a long weekend and so had very kindly offered their lovely house for us to stay at for the weekend. We had intended to go to puppy training with Seb, but as we’d arrived later than expected, we rustled up some food for Seb and Arlo instead for when they returned. Ally was at a networking event that evening, so wouldn’t be joining us. It was great catching with Seb and Bella, whilst Arlo spent most of the evening chasing his tail and leaping up on us, he’s very friendly and Seb assures me that the gun-dog training is working! The following day we walked up to see Seb and Ally’s farm project for the first time, which I must admit looked very daunting, but I’m sure will be fantastic when it’s complete. But for the next year or so they are staying in a rather posh looking mobile home, not at all what we imagined. Ally prepared a very welcome brunch, after which Seb and I went outside to plant small shrubs into some of the gaps in the hedgerows…I don’t see Seb as often as I’d like, so it’s a real treat spending time together. Later that day, and as a first for Rach & I, Ally & Seb took us into Leeds for diner at an Asian restaurant. After dinner we had a good wander around the city, whilst soaking up some of the Saturday night atmosphere. On Sunday we all met up with Josh and Becky and Arlo’s mum and sister, (Winnie & Wilma) for a good walk and chat, as we strolled through some of the surrounding countryside, watching the dogs run around tirelessly, we then headed back to Ally and Seb’s for a delicious Sunday roast. It was great fun catching up with everybody and getting a peek into Seb and Ally’s project and catching up with all of the Watson’s.
Dream Chasers 