<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Good evening droolers. Its Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, and true to form it has rained all day today and it is forecast to rain all day tomorrow, but fear not, the sun will be out Tuesday, when we are all back at work :))</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Morse has taken to lying in the road outside of our house. Not at the side of the road, not conveniently at the edge. But right in the middle. It's quite incredible how he seems to position himself at the most awkward area. It is not a massively busy road, sometimes (night-times and mornings) we can go a few hours without a car. But obviously school times/rush hour it is worse. So he lies down in the road. I am looking up the road at both sides (we are in a dip, so surrounded by hills on both sides). Faintly I hear the sound of a car in the distance. I suggest to Morse that he really needs to get up. There is no response, but the nose is constantly twitching just in case I was saying "perhaps you would like a sausage". I step either side of him and attempt to lift. Attempt being the operative word, as he is no lightweight. And at this point in time his body becomes stuck like glue to the road. His face lifts, and he has left a drooly mark on the road where his face was. By now the car has come down the hill and is slowing as he draws nearer. Morse gazes sourly at the driver (who is usually amused. some are irritated. whatever, Morse still doesnt move). I can often wave the car round Morse, who still isnt moving. The car moves round and up the hill. Sometimes they will ask if he is alright, as some think he has collapsed. I explain he is a basset and they are stubborn. Sometimes they will ask if he has walked far, and perhaps he is tired. I point out where we live and no, he hasnt walked far. Morse slams his head to the ground again with a hrrrmph at the nerve of the motorist.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">The horses sometimes pass us. The riders are fond of Morse, and call him Flash. We are loving the sound of the London trip. A Devon diversion will also be very welcome! <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Becky, Morse and Pumbaa ATB</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><a href="mailto:pummorse@gmail.com">pummorse@gmail.com</a></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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