The Adventures of Fripp

  I’ve had to wake Nix up to write this blog so don’t expect too much… We’ve had a lovely day at Jackie’s next door. This was after a couple of false starts where Nix left something important at home, like my bed. I would have slept on Jackie’s rug but I must say it was very nice to have my own bed there and I slept for most of the day.  Poor Barney still wasn’t very well but he joined us for lunch from his bedroom…via Zoom 🙂 He did miss me opening my presents which was a shame because I got lots of things in my own Christmas bag. I got my own dog-elicious mince pies and a toy and some turkey treats too. Nix got a calendar with some of her favourite bible verses in it and also a lovely ornament to hang on the Christmas tree but I think we’ll hang it on the wall when Christmas is over.  We now have nothing to do for quite a few days so I think we might go for some special walks as it’s not going to be raining for once and maybe Nix will get some nice photos of me 🙂

  It’s nearly Christmas and it looks like we will be going out tomorrow for Christmas lunch after all. No one else in the Bartram family has gone down with flu so looks like we’ll be having our lunch with them which we are really looking forward to. Nix has made an apple crumble so at least we’ll be able to share it with them now. Today has been really busy because we have two church services. The first one was the children’s nativity play at 4pm which was fantastic. They were all dressed up as Joseph and Mary and the angels and would you believe three wise women…we are an inclusive church after all 🙂 The children did brilliantly, I can’t really post photographs without permission but there were 140 people in the church which was fantastic. Thing is they all came and sat next to me while Nix was on welcoming duty. I think they were quite surprised to see me and I was very surprised to see them when I woke up 🤣 I am having a sleep now because the midnight mass is next. As I said y...

 We had a visit from our friend Linda this morning. That was very nice especially as she brought me some treats and a toy. She and Nix had croissants and Nix was so hungry she ate all of hers without giving me any! It’s a good job Linda thought about me and saved me some and I did get to eat the crumbs off the plate too. Sainsbury’s arrived early with my turkey mince and my mackerel and Linda helped us put it away. She has gone home now but soon she will be moving to Sussex so we will see more of her.  We’ve just had a wander round Buckingham Park. I did a poo as soon as we got there and guess what, Nix didn’t have any poo bags as she’d changed jackets. She decided to use some dead leaves…bad idea. They all disintegrated when she tried to lift the poo so she may as well have used her bare hands 🤣🤣🤣 The back of the car is fantastic with my new vet bed. It seemed a bit spongy at first and I didn’t want to get in but I’m glad that Nix encouraged me to because it was very comfo...

 So we’ve had quite a quiet day today. It’s been absolutely freezing with a really cold wind so Nix and I have been indoors since we got home from church. Nix did pop out to the car to take all my bedding out and now she has cut all the new vet bed to size. She has done loads of washes so all the old vet bed is nice and clean too.  I was trying to get her to play with me but she said she was too busy 😔 Tomorrow though Nix is going to remake my bed in the car so I will be really comfortable so it’s all been worth it 🙂 I need a comfy bed in the car because my joints can be a bit sore these days. I’m looking forward to settling down on it tomorrow when we go for a ride in the car. This morning I got a present from Nicky my young friend at church, it’s like a walking stick. He’s been practising because he’s doing the narration at the children’s nativity play on Christmas Eve. We watched them rehearse, they are very good. We will be there as we’re doing the welcoming.  Nix h...

  We had a drive up to Mill Lane in north Shoreham today because a family there hang knitted angels from a tree in their garden and they invite anyone to take one to hang on their Christmas tree. They don’t ask for any donation but Nix had a knitted crown from the King’s coronation so she took that up and hung it on their tree for them. It had a little tag on it and Nix said that it was a gift from Fripp 🙂  There was a big box waiting for us when we got home and inside it was a lot of vet bed. The back of the car where I go is a bit scruffy now (after 13 years) and so Nix thought she would replace it all so I’m nice and comfortable. I can’t wait for it all to be laid and Nix is hoping that I might lie down a bit more because at the moment I just sit in the back of the car for sometimes quite a long time.  For our main walk today we had a walk down the river so we wouldn’t get muddy as it’s really rained a lot. It was a bit windy but I don’t mind that, I quite like it. I di...