We could have headed off eastward, but we’ve chosen to stay up here rather than lurk about on the edge of Leeds. Meg is still making regular visits to the vet and it’s a little quieter now that the ankle-biters are back at school and several boats have headed off at least part-way to Leeds.
We left Skipton last Saturday, heading out to Bradley for a few nights, before returning to town on Wednesday. Shopping and another visit to Meg’s vet done, we untied this morning, filled with water and got rid of the rubbish and headed out of town towards Gargrave.
A sunny morning as we left the quieter Gallows Bridge moorings last weekend.
Busier than recently at Bradley, though.
Every so often the cows in the field opposite get fed up with Canada geese (don’t we all…) and form a line to herd them back into the cut.
The geese don’t like it, kicking up an indignant cackling, but there’s no way they can argue with a ton of beef bearing down on them…
It’s certainly turning autumnal now, with chilly nights and often a heavy dew. Wednesday was definitely a cobweb morning…
It was Wednesday when we turned around and headed back to town.
Mags coming back through Bradley Swing Bridge after we’d turned winded just beyond.
We timed it well, soon after we pulled pins the mower men arrived…
I know they have to do it, but the grass cuttings get everywhere!
Just reflecting on life…
Back into Skipton.
A couple of nights in the bustling metropolis was enough this time, and as I already mentioned, we headed out the other way to Gargrave this morning.
Brewery Swing Bridge, our first this morning.
We chose to move today as the weather is set to get damp and windy over the weekend. It did stay dry but it was certainly breezier than we anticipated!
Sharp Haw rises on the right hand as you approach Gargrave.
We turned around below Holme Bridge as the locks here are still closed, reversed back and moored below the lock landing. We’ll stay here now till the middle of next week, I reckon.
We had another visit to Ashlands Vets yesterday morning. Meg has been on a new antibiotic since last Saturday, and she does seem to have improved a little. But the latest blood test results are not encouraging, they do seem to indicate some sort of cancer somewhere. The only way to be 100% positive is to perform biopsies on her bladder, liver and bone marrow under general anesthetic, but she’s too old and frail to go through that sort of trauma.
Anyway, knowing doesn’t help as we’d already decided that she’d not be suffering a course of chemotherapy. She feels rough enough as it is. So we agreed that keeping her comfortable for as long as possible is the best course of action, she’s staying on the antibiotics that seem to be making a difference and she’s now also on steroids. She had these when she had that bad lung infection last November and the change in her was dramatic. This time too, after just two days on them she’s more responsive, is eating well and is steadier on her feet. It’s not a long term solution, we’re aware that it’s now a matter of time before we have to make that tough decision, but while she’s well we’ll enjoy her company a little longer.
I can’t praise the Ashlands practice enough, they’ve been brilliant with her over the last seven weeks (has it really been that long?) and Sam who has been looking after her has been great. She even brought some medication out to us at Bradley on Saturday evening!
We’ll be up here for at least another couple of weeks anyway, so we can keep Meg monitored and Mags is due her annual health review shortly too, so we may as well deal with that before we head off. We might have some water in the reservoirs by then…
Thanks to all the kind comments about Meg. It’s possible we might be over the worst for the time being…
Locks 0, miles 10
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Lets hope so Geoff, love to you all. x
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