Me: It’s so hot, Nell. You wouldn’t believe it.
Nell: That’s the village pub garden.
Me: We cancelled Stanley and popped over to the pub for dinner and sat outside.
Nell: When I told you to keep hydrated I didn’t mean downing a few pints at the pub.
Me: I had a tonic water.
Nell: Likely story.
Me: I did. It was too hot to have a real drink.
Nell: What about the Puppies?
Me: Dave and Harriet don’t drink.
Nell: Did you take them with you?
Me: We talked about it but we thought it was still far too hot and they were better off at home.
Nell: I used to go everywhere with you.
Me: I know you did.
Nell: Many’s the time I enjoyed a prawn sandwich at The Cottage Hotel.
Me: Happy memories.
Nell: So, how are the Puppies coping with this heat?
Me: They don’t like it at all. We’ve set up fans everywhere with a bowl of ice in front of them and we keep refilling their water bowls with fresh, cold water.
Nell: Good.
Me: And I’ve been cooling their paws with water.
Nell: They won’t like that.
Me: They don’t, but it helps. We can’t take them out at the moment, although Kev thinks we probably can this evening.
Nell: You do realise not taking them out and throwing a bucket of cold water over them is going to make them think they’ve done something wrong, don’t you?
Me: I hadn’t thought about that.
Nell: You’ve got some explaining to do.
Me: I told them I was just trying to help but I’m not sure they believed me.
Nell: I’m not surprised.
Me: It wasn’t a bucket of cold water, Nell. It was a gentle sponge down.
Nell: Same difference.
Me: Sorry.
