Saturday, January 31

We got up late and in the afternoon Irma prevailed upon we to go and check the DOP stock before she leaves for Helsinki. The dog and I set off.

We gather together the information that Irma wants and then walk back again. On the way Rosie decides that she wants to cool herself. She jumps into the drainage ditch that runs alongside the road and sits there happily.

Eventually she leaps out and reveals exactly how wet and dirty she has got herself. She will look as though someone has painted the bottom half of her blacks black.