Me: I’ve been thinking.
Nell: Here we go.
Me: If Dave wants to spend his time gazing out of the window then that’s what he should do.
Nell: Even when there are things to be done?
Me: We spend far too much time rushing here and there and not enough actually enjoying the beauty around us.
Nell: Would this have anything to do with your secret trip to the sea yesterday?
Me: It wasn’t a secret. Kev surprised me. He knew I’d been missing the sea.
Nell: What about us? Maybe we’ve been missing the sea, too.
Me: That is why we’re taking you all there today.
Nell: Really?
Me: Yes. Now you can’t walk very far we can’t all go on our usual walks together and it makes me sad.
Nell: I know it does.
Me: And getting to our old beach is a problem.
Nell: Yes.
Me: But we’re fairly sure this one is accessible. There is definitely somewhere for you and I to have a short walk and then sit and watch the others.
Nell: I enjoy sitting and watching.
Me: So do I. Especially with you.
Nell: Thank you. Will this trip to the sea involve ice cream?
Me: It might. They sell ice cream for dogs.
Nell: Was it tasty?
Me: What?
Nell: The enormous ice cream you ate by the sea without telling me.
Me: How do you know about that?
Nell: I have my spies.
Me: It was Princess and Sir Roger Blubbery, wasn’t it? I thought I saw seals in the sea waving at me.
Nell: I’m really looking forward to this outing.
Me: So am I. The only thing missing for me yesterday was sharing it with you dogs.
Nell: Enough chit-chat. Let’s go and tell the others.
Me: Yes. Sorry.
