Hey ho - the drama's of owning a cat!

We had decided to go for a lunch over at Hardwick Inn close to Hardwick Hall for a special anniversary lunch to celebrate our 16th married year.  The day however was being overshadowed by the fact that Sainsbury the cat had wandered out at 0730 that morning and not been seen by the time we left for lunch.

This was unusual because he tends to be quite a nocturnal character hunting his way through the surrounding local rodents and wildlife, then spending his daytime's asleep on a bed or cushion in the house.

We went for a short walk and spotted some young calves as we passed through one of the gates, Awwww!

  

The service at the Inn was rather impersonal from the young barmaid who seemed more interested in her chat with another member of staff rather than our order.  The food arrived without some of the order which admittedly came soon after we had straightened things out with the waiter.  

We sat outside in the lovely garden which has been developed in the last 10 years with the M1 thundering away in the background.  The meal was "adequate" in size but considering neither of us was on a diet it looked as though we were, as we finished it then began to rain!  The day was not going well. 

Undaunted we returned home both agreeing we should have stuck to our usual lunch venue The Grouse at Froggatt  Still no Sainsbury around.  I searched the garden and some of his favourite haunts and concern grew proportionally until around 2200, when he was still missing, I was consoling a tearful Sally who was convinced something was amiss.  

Sally, unable to sleep,  got up and had a cup of tea while I went back to bed to get some troubled sleep.  Just after midnight Sainsbury wandered in and started to eat the biscuits we move from the kitchen to the top of the stairs each night.  I awoke to sounds which indicated his return and we fussed over him for a while before going back to bed.  

This morning we noticed he was half closing one eye and put in a couple of viscose drops to ease the irritation.  He's now flat out up stairs asleep! 

Its raining now but there's promise of some brighter weather later, I'll have a go at "my book" this morning and hope to go logging this afternoon.  

Hey ho the drama's of owning a cat!

Enjoy the day

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